Should Christians Condemn People?

Bizarre question.
Christians are Messengers... period.

It is the duty of a Christian to point out how the ways of man run contrary to the will of the Father, the true Way. Not to condemn man for being off-track.

Merlin475 said:

Should Christians condemn people to Hell?

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No, it's not our job, that is God's.

Merlin475 said:

What is the message Christians should send?

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The Message is God's Grace. yes, part of the message is what His Grace saves us from, and why we need that Grace.. but the Message is Good News, not 'bad news". The 'condemnation' is of evil, of sin, not people because we All fell short. If the condemnation of evil, feels like condemnation of oneself, then it's the mirror one should be looking at, not the messenger.

Merlin475 said:

Should Christians condemn people to Hell?

After answering, explain why

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No human being, whether Christian or not, can condemn another human being to hell. That is God's business.

Merlin475 said:

Should Christians condemn people to Hell?

After answering, explain why

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No. God is the only one who can pronounce such a judgement. Christians can however point out things that are condemned by God according to scripture.

Merlin475 said:

Intention and style of the message is important for the receiver. A message can be conveyed too harshly and with too much condescending judgment which can make the receiver take it too personally and not take in the Grace of the message at all. If a person does not receive the message well of condemnation of evil, it could be because its delivery was ineffective.

Therefore, if the receiver interprets a message to be condemnation of the self and not the sin there may have been a mistake in the messenger's delivery.

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I agree with that totally, and in fact I think alot of damage has been done by so called "evangelists" screaming at people in the street. I'm a born again believer and they put me off. Clanging gongs. That said, there are also plenty of people that will attack you for simply standing with a sign saying "Jesus Loves You" and nothing else. The fact is, the "spirit" of this world Is 'offended' simply by the fact God condemns sin, and often it's the spirit inside them that is in full rebellion against the Spirit in you. And it's a real thing that on a spiritual level, they will get set off simply because you are there...

Merlin475 said:

Should Christians condemn people to Hell?

After answering, explain why

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Christians do not have the power or authority to condemn anyone to hell. I am not sure where you got this notion.
Christians do have the ability to make obvious observations and use deductive reasoning to come to a rational conclusion. If you are murdering people and do not repent and believe the gospel, you are going to hell. That is not condemning anyone. It is a logical conclusion based on the facts and what is plainly seen. It does not matter who you are, if you have not believed the gospel and called on His name, you are going to hell. That is just a fact established in scriptures. If Christins bring this up, it is not to "condemn you," that has already happened. They bring it up to inform you of your dilemma and share with you the free gift of salvation through Jesus. When a free gift is offered, only a darkened mind reacts with offense at those who seek to share the gift. "How dare you imply that I require salvation." Yes, you do. As do we all.

SavedByGrace3 said:

It does not matter who you are, if you have not believed the gospel and called on His name, you are going to hell. That is just a fact established in scriptures. If Christins bring this up, it is not to "condemn you," that has already happened.

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"already" >

"he who does not believe is condemned already" (in John 3:18).

"'And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.'" (John 3:19)

But love "hopes all things", we have in 1 Corinthians 13:7. In God's love we have hope for any evil person, at all. Jesus died with hope for any and all people to be saved >

"And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world." (1 John 2:2)

And so, God's all-loving love has us praying with hope for "all men" >

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1 Timothy 2:1-4)

So, we are called to be specialists in God's love and mercy and forgiveness. Condemnation is not in our job description, but all judgment has been committed to the Son >

"'For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,'" (John 5:22)

Consider how well Jesus will do it. How we can condemn now is so inferior; so why share with Satan in his inferiority?? Now we can love with Jesus, how He was loving, on the cross; and this is commanded >

"And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." (Ephesians 5:2)

Jesus on the cross was "sweet-smelling" > so pleasing to our Father. But our ways of condemning are not about being sweetly pleasing to our Father.

"Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:31-32)

So, do not negotiate or just struggle with the bitterness and nasty anger and judgmental clamor and evil speaking that can be going on in our heads and hearts; but put it away > trust how God is able to put away . . . get rid of . . . that nasty and rotting stuff, which is condemned. God is almighty to easily get rid of that wrong stuff, plus change us into how He has us loving tenderly as His family, and in His love forgiving "even as God".

We can see, then, how Satan has nothing in Jesus. So, do not go along with his stuff of self-righteously criticizing and condemning.

But do know right from wrong.

"Do all things without complaining and disputing," (Philippians 2:14)

Complaining and arguing can wreck a marriage and leave children without an example of how to love in a close relationship, so then they can join with peers to seek pleasures which do not love them. And in their weakness and foolishness for selfish pleasures they also are weak and ruined enough to give in to various sorts of deep suffering and all the things we are seeing now.

And there is beauty discrimination . . . how ones favor more nice looking women, and then the culture of this helps men to stay foolish so they do not know how to love in marriage and other close relating. And because men are so vain for beauty, women who want such men can also be vain about how they make themselves look. And ones dread and fear getting older, because they feel they will not be so lovable and desirable once they start to have wrinkles and grey hair. They fear being condemned because they are older!!

But as we age in Jesus, now we can become examples to our younger ones, so they do not fear old age and so they can find out how to really love and be deeply sound in God's love with almighty immunity against any and all personality "torment" >

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment." (in 1 John 4:18)

However, the ways we can condemn can have a way of not giving attention to how arguing and complaining and beauty discrimination help to degrade people to do all the evil they do now. And what works is prayer with example. God uses our prayer and example.