[1]Genuine openness to the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, will reveal to the world how it was wrong about sin and judgment. Those who supported Jesus' crucifixion thought He must have been a sinner to have suffered and died in the way He did because they believed this manner of death showed that God had judged Him. They thought it was right to execute Him because they believed He had led the Israelites away from the Law.
However, their judgments were utterly mistaken. Jesus was not a sinner, nor was He judged by God. What a contrast between God's perception and human perception! The One God looked upon as a beloved Son, others saw as a sinner. The One sent by God was viewed by others as condemned by God; they were entirely wrong.
Human judgments can be off-target, so we must keep seeking God's perspective and seeing others as God sees them. The Holy Spirit, the Advocate, gives us God's perspective. He enables us to see as God sees, know as God knows, and be wise as God is wise.
[1] Based on a homily from biblical.ie.
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