Sometimes our suffering is the result of false notions about God. We may think that God is out to condemn us for our sin, adding needless guilt. Pope Francis recently stated that the opposite is true.
Francis warned faithful not to usurp the role of judging. He said it's not any person’s responsibility and if one does try to judge his brother, he will be a “loser, because he will end up a victim of his own lack of mercy. This is what happens to a brother who judges."
Speaking on mercy, the Pope stressed that Jesus “never accuses,” rather he does the “opposite,” he defends.
Not only did God send Jesus to defend us, but also he sent the Holy Spirit to “defend our charges.”
“Who is the accuser?” of these charges, the Pontiff asked. He answered, “In the Bible, the 'accuser' is called the devil, Satan,” but he noted that although the devil accuses, “Jesus will judge, yes, at the end of the world, but in the meantime [he] intercedes for and defends” us.
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