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by M Randall
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I found that this really does a good job at those who think they are helping God out by judging.
I really needed this. That was awesome. I was going through a tough situaion with my fallen best friends. Now I know that I did do the right thing.
Very good article, very well said and you used the perfect Scriptures. It is in the attitude of the heart that makes all the difference. Blessings to you.
Very helpful. You said things in a way that I understood them and also backed up a few revelations that I had had of my own about Matt 7. Thanks a bunch.
This article was helpful, however, there are some who judge under the public premis of "Discernment of good and evil" when they actually think they are "standing up for Jesus", similar to when the Pharisees thought that God was lucky to have them on His side - looking out for what is right and wrong. I think spiritual discernemnt is good but every issue that we, as Christians, disagree with does not have to be brought before a church council, the problem is this - eventually anytime someone diagrees with an idividual then they think they will bring them to justice (it is an adult form of tattle-taling.) We have to take extra care not to conisder other Christians only to be: People who think EXACTLY like us and who never upset us. A Christian is someone who believes in God, his son Jesus, accpets Jesus as savior and knows that Jesus dies on the cross for our sins, that is what makes one a Christian not if they agree with everything we say, or not. The biggest caution should be taken to not discern whom we feel is truly a Christian or not - that will get us into not a little trouble with the almighty.
let the man without sin cast the first stone....get the plank out of your eye before you try and remove the dust from your brothers. those are other good verses on not judging others. i see it as if your of sin you have no right to jude others for their sins. there is only one judge. i think the way people interpret matthew 7:1 is actually the correct way it should be interpreted unless you are saying the bible contradicts itself.Casey
I'm not sure how the people you are referring to interpret Matt. 7:1 since people interpret it in different ways. I believe you have missed reading part of my article. This is the way I see it.
The verse saying, get the plank out of your eye does not say we are not to judge, it says we are not to judge if we have sin in our lives. Read on down to verse 5 and the meaning becomes clearer, "first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." This informs us that we can judge after we have cast the beam out of our own eye, otherwise if we judge and we have sin in our lives we are hypocrites. "Judge not," does not mean that we cannot judge but we must first judge ourselves to be sure we have no sin. If we do have sin then God is faithful to forgive if we confess that sin. Then we can judge and judge righteously.
You are correct if you mean there is only one judge who will judge ones salvation.
In many other matters not pertaining to salvation Christians are commanded and/or expected to judge. Rather than quote a lot of verses to prove that let me just give you the references and you can see that in all of these the judging is not done by Christ! I will list a few but there are many others.
John 7:24, 1Corinthians 6:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:3-4, 1 Corinthians 11:31-32
These show that Christians are to judge with righteous judgment, they are to judge other Christians, they shall judge the world, they shall judge the smallest matters, they shall judge the angels, and they shall judge things that pertain to life.
We don't have to agree but hopefully you will take another look at the passage. Hope this helps and may God Bless as you live for Him.
Casey
We have to judge everyday of our lives just as Randall has pointed out.
We have to judge who we leave our children with if they will keep them safe or abuse them. We have to judge who teaches our children if they will teach them or harm them. As employers we have to judge who we hire, will they be good employees or rob us blind. We look at their records and have to come to a conclusion if their records are clean enough to be hired. How they have conducted themselves in the past.
We have to judge who we allow in our home are they there to help us or harm us. We have to judge when we are called to serve on jury duty, this is a law of the land and God has commanded us to obey the laws of the land.
We have to judge who will be our next president. We cannot have a man or woman who doesn't have our best interests at heart. Choosing incorrectly could have dire consequences.
We have to judge everyday of our lives. God expects us to. He does not want to us to judge others if we are unclean ourselves. So make sure you repent everyday and live your life in harmony with God. By doing those things you will not be judged by judging others.
Always judge righteously. If you are unsure of the person in question, always pray and ask for guidance.
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