Judge Not

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If your entire belief system is Do not Judge & God is love, then you do not have Biblical Christianity, you follow false idolatrous beliefs of Oprah, you do not follow God. 



JudgeNot is a judgemental judging of a non-Christian towards a Christian. You are therefore hypocritically judging and not loving. And that kind of accusation from a professing Christian is said by one with an incorrect understanding of what the Bible actually says. 99.9% of the time is used by those who never read the Bible, are not Christian, and certainly haven't studied this topic in Scripture at all. 


The Bible never had verses to divide Scripture till 500 yrs ago. Jesus never said a verse nor limited what was said to a single specific verse. We need to look not only at what he said here but in the surrounding previous oand following sextion in Scripture. Likewise with the Bible being the full revelation of God to mankind... when we examine a topic we are to look at all of Scripture. Jesus and the Apostles spoke and taught doing this as well. Referencing all of Scripture, and Jesus further clarified at times what Scripture revealed [that even the top Jewish religious leaders (in his time) were totally oblivious to]. 

So...
We are to judge; Jesus explained about How to Judge. We are judged by the standard we judge. 

Righteous Judgement is not condescending or rude or judgmental, it is speaking truth in love. It is warning with the purpose of correction. Christians likewise do not "judge" the unsaved, but can judge truth from error, they simply share God's revealed truth in love, and lovingly share the Gospel (as commanded by Jesus). God saved the believer and (not just because we are commanded to...but also because) we care about other humans that we share the Gospel.  What people do with the Gospel message is between them and God. 


The Bible says that we are to judge righteously and to judge fairly. Not to judge as in to condemn. God's word has many other examples of this. Some:

Zechariah 7:9
“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.

Deuteronomy 16:18
Justice for the People
“Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.

Psalm 72:2
Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.

Also Christians are the prosecutors of the world; unsaved are convicted by the Holy Spirit and already under God's judgement, but believers also go share the gospel to lead people to salvation before God's gavel drops. 

But we are also called to be righteous judges. Both inside the church; among believers, and in how we judge anything in this world. 


We are called to go seek to rescue people, and be truth tellers, encouragers, guides and Christ followers. Christianity is about Christ. 

To those lost we are told:
Jude 1:23
and for others, save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing polluted by the flesh

Of those God tells us: 
"...Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news!" Romans 10:15


And to those who wandered off due to lack of undestanding we are sent to:

James 5:20 
Let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.



On Judging... 
Note of caution:
Many simple have a misunderstanding and dont understand in light of the whole council of God. But others who judge Christians by twisting the verse (to attack them) should be made aware what they are really doing. 


Our job as Christians isn’t to judge the people of the world (1 Cor. 5:12-13). It’s to tell people about the Judge of the world (Acts 17:31), and lead them to Jesus. 

What is "the Gospel"?



Important verses
2 Timothy 2:25
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may give them repentance leading to the full knowledge of the truth

Hebrews 10:24
"And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love "

1 Thessalonians 2:11
"just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and bearing witness to each one of you"

Ephesians 4:2
"with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love"

1 John 4:11
"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."

2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and teaching.

1 John 3:11
"For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another"

Leviticus 19:17 
"You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, and so not bear sin because of him." LSB 

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath...

1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a one who cares for you



On Inside the congregation: 
As Christians, "in" the world, we make contact with the unsaved in the world. God intends us to be in the world as witnesses... (cf. Matt. 5:13–16; Acts 1:8; Phil. 2:15).

concerning professed believers in the church:

Now, verse 11 "But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone (who bears the name of brother) if... he is guilty (of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler)--not..  even... to eat with such a one."

  1 Cor. 5:11 "anyone who bears the name of brother." Paul clarifies his intention in the earlier "letter." He expected them to disassociate... with... all... who said... they were brothers, but... had a consistent... pattern... of sin.

"not even to eat." The meal was a sign of acceptance and fellowship in those days. See 2 Thess. 3:6; 14.

"Is it not those inside... the church whom you are to judge?  (1 Corinthians 5:12b)

Paul intended himself and all in the church to be judges of those inside the church. (cf. 1 Pet. 4:17)

"Purge the evil person from among you."  (1 Corinthians 5:13b) 

Those who sin on the inside, the church is to put out. 1 Corinthians 5:13 is quoted from Deut. 17:7.


On Final things
Jesus came the first time for the purpose of mankind's redemption. The second time will to be to rule and reign the Earth, and as Judge. At that time (future judgment) 1 Corinthians 6:2 tells us "Or do you not know that the saints [Christians] will judge the world?" 
Later, in that future time, Christians will be judges, and will have the ability to do so perfectly, having been perfected when they entered eternity and recieved their new eternal body. All sin will be gone from them. They shed the sin stained shell they lived in on earth that they dragged around. And God perfected them in Christ, at death. So, stepping into eternity, they are in their new eternal nature, where sin will never enter, and will never affect them again. They will "be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect", as Scripture says. Until then, believers are going through a life-long "sanctification process" where they gain victory over sin, remove sin, and grow in holiness day after day. 


If you are born again and you are just learning about this topic, or you are unsaved and wonder more about Christians "sinning after salvation", then go here and here. Hope it helps you understand a bit better, and maybe even brings the Gospel to a much better understanding as well. 

God bless. 





Bonus consideration on topic

John 8:12-21

They were incorrectly judging everyone, like all unbelievers (and uneducated or weak "Christians") do today.  

Jesus says, “You judge according to the flesh.”  Verse 15.  You judge according to the flesh.  Your judgment is superficial.  By the way, they judged everyone.  That’s what Jesus referred to in Matthew 7.  A sermon on the mount when He said, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.”  Stop the judgment.  The final judgment is at your rendering.  That’s what the leaders were doing on everybody, but they judge according to the flesh.

Verse 15, He then says, “I’m not judging anyone,” in that way he means.  “I don’t judge in the flesh.”  Apostle Paul, you know, in 2 Corinthians 5:16 said, “I judge no man in the flesh.”  What did he mean by that?  He meant I don’t judge people superficially.  If you’re a Christian, you judge people spiritually.  You don’t judge people superficially.  You judge them spiritually.

Pharisees judge superficially, behavior.  Jesus said, “I don’t judge that way.”  But, verse 16, “Even if I do judge, my judgment is true.”  And by the way, He will judge.  Back to chapter 5, verse 22, “And following all judgment is given to Him, and one day, He will raise all the dead to a judgment of life and a judgment of condemnation, and the Father has given all judgment into His hand, and He will judge.

But according to 5: 30, “He will judge in perfect harmony with the Father.  Next time He comes, He will come as the judge.”  Back in chapter 3, He said He didn’t come to judge, but to save the first time.  “I’m not here to judge, but if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone in it, but I and the father who sent me.  I judge in accord with the Father.”  John 5:30.  He says exactly the same thing. 



Jesus is coming soon. It could be tonight.
Make sure you are right with God before then. 




















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