Of course I've read my bible, why are you being untruthful on top of making comments you cannot back up. The rest of that didn't make sense, and I understand that happens but you need to clear it up please..
If your purpose was to back up what you said earlier, please don't throw random scripture at me and expect me to get what you evidently do from it. Just list the comments I asked you to back up, then, after each comment, list the exact scripture that backs it up. Anything other than that is going to have no order to it.
See I have no idea what comment you are trying to back up with the verses you provided with no explanation at all on what in particular it relates to.
On the other hand, if you cannot as I suspect, let's please waist no more time on it.
This is for everyone to read, just because it seems this needs to be addressed to everyone, this is not directed to anyone specifically because I seen this issue brought up in the recent pages. This is for everyone.
Maybe this will help you out, don't fall into the trap that we cannot judge as Christians because we certainly can judge other people and I have bible verses to back it up.
It is a misconception that we cannot judge people, you have the right to judge as a Christian as long as you follow a couple of rules when judging. Also lets think about it for a second.
If all judging was a sin and wrong then that is self defeating.
Imagine telling someone "You cannot judge me" by simply telling someone that, that person has just been a hypocrite and judged someone for judging.
You cannot escape judging other people, judging is a part of being a Christian and a human, we have to make judgements. In the bible there is a book called "Judges". There is a day called "Judgement day"
When you go to school your teachers judge you, they judge how good you did on a test or exam, when you drive your cars you make judgements about things. When you let people into your home you are judging them, would you let a rapist into your home? No because you judge them that they are not fit to be allowed or welcomed in your home to be with your children.
You cannot escape judging other people, and judging righteously is not immoral, it is not a sin or wrong. I will prove this with bible verses but right now I am using logic to show that if it were true that judging was wrong then that is self defeating because when anyone tells someone to stop judging them they are using a judgement and judging someone elses judgement against them.
We can judge as Christians and everyone judges and you cannot escape it
When everyone is reading this post right now they are already making judgments against if what I am saying is a load of crap or actually true. You cannot escape making judgements and making judgements in life is not a sin as long as you judge according to the bible.
Here are bible verses that prove we can judge
1 Corinthians 2:15
15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is
rightly judged by no one.
^ Like I said, judging is inescapable, we have to make judgements to make decisions about who we let in our homes, who we trust, ect. In order to even believe the bible which most of us do, we had to make a judgement on the bible to judge if it is full of lies or full of the truth. We actually just judged Jesus's words to see if they were true or not when we became a Christian. As spiritual Christians we are ALLOWED to judge all things, not just some things but ALL things.
John 7:24
24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
Now here we have an example of how we are NOT allowed to judge people. We cannot judge someone based upon how they look without seeing the proof of their fruits aka if we have no proof of their sin or no evidence to back up a false claim about them.
For example: If you seen a guy walking down the street in a purple shirt and shouted "You are a homosexual repent sinner" that is judging according to appearance. Meaning, you have no proof the person is homosexual and simply judged them according to them wearing a purple shirt and assumed because the color of their shirt they must be a sinning homosexual.
This is an example of how NOT to judge and this type of judgement is NOT allowed. As Christians we must judge with righteous judgement and only call people out for sins we have witnessed or proof of so they can get rebuked and see the error of their ways.
This is where the misconception comes from about judging, everyone needs to read this
- Do not jump to conclusions or read into things not said,
read word for word and
in context and
in light of the other verses I provided about judging
Matthew 7
Do Not Judge
7 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank
is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Now, most people including alot of well meant Christians have not read this carefully and have taken this to mean something it does not mean. This verses is not saying we cannot judge people. Years ago I fell into the trap to think judging people was wrong until someone rebuked me and corrected me and showed me that I was wrong. So now I am sharing this information to everyone else.
^ First of all, the consequence for judging someone based on this verses is that the judgement you use will be measured back to you. Meaning, if you judge someone for being a drunk, then you will also be judged by that standard. As a Christian you should have no problem being judged by the standard you judge because you should be living a holy life, not a life of a hypocrite
Then the verses go on to talk about the spec in your eye which it is talking about sin.
Notice immediately it says the word "
Hypocrite"
This passage is talking about hypocritcal judgement, meaning people who judge others for the very same sins they commit, however no where does it state that everyone who judges is a hypocrite or that you cannot judge.
In fact, if you keep reading it shows that you can remove the plank from your own eye (meaning you can remove the sin from your own life to judge to see clearly to take the sin out of your brothers life).
Notice it says you can see "clearly" to take the plank (sin) out of your brothers eye
But what is the condition? The condition is that you must first remove the sin or plank from your own eye and stop being a hypocrite before you can judge or take the plank/sin out of your brothers eye.
So in conclusion we can all judge and judging is not a sin or wrong if done properly
God is not illogical, God is logical.
If it were true that judging was a sin that would be illogical since telling someone to stop judging would be self refuting and hypocrisy becasue in order to tell someone to stop judging you yourself has to judge them for judging you.
LET ME SAY THIS
This post was not meant directly to you, it is for everyone who claims to be a Christian. I've read alot of you guys go back and forth about judging and I think some of you do not realize that judging is okay and not a sin, there is no bible verse to support not being able to judge, the only judging we cannot do is hypocritical judgement and judging according to appearance.
But other than that we are free to judge and it even states that a spiritual man/woman judges all things.
If any of you have a problem with judging then I guess the judges who judge criminals for their crimes here on Earth should get a new job for sinning. Lol
I wrote this out of love, because I think it would help those of you who are debating each other to realize it is OKAY to judge, some of you are holding back your arguments out of fear of judging when judging is perfectly okay if you are a Christian.
Years ago I fell into the trap of thinking judging was wrong, but as I have just shown, that is a misconception, judging is okay as long as us Christians judge righteously.
So have at it
God is okay with judging and even appointed JUDGES, teachers judge, judges judge, God judges, you judge, I judge, everyone judges
The question is not if we can judge, the question is, are the people judging obeying God or are they being hypocrites judging others for the same sin they are doing. If that is the case then no, they cannot judge because they are doing the very same things.
If they have though repented and forsaken their sins, they have the right to judge and are supposed to.
Would any of you let a child molester watch your children???
No, because you "judged" that the child molester is not trust worthy and will probably abuse your child.
Judging is OKAY, not a sin unless you judge in the hypocritical way or according to appearance.
I thought I should step in and let everyone know this who is unaware or have been lied to.
None of you have to hold back in fear of judging someone, if you are a Christian and follower of Christ you should be judging righteously
This was not directed to you but to everyone, I just noticed pages ago that everyone seems to be in fear of judging each other lolol, the bible gives you all the OKAY to judge as long as you guys are judging righteously.
I have no problem with judging or being judged, a Christian should not have a problem with being judged, usually people who have a problem with being judged are criminals who are guilty.
As a Christian I know I am good before God and I know I am not praciting any sins I am judging others for, therefor the same judgement can be applied back to me because I know and God knows I am not committing any of the sins I judge others for.
All of you should be the same way, you are ALLOWED to judge
If any of you think you cannot judge after reading this you have a logical problem and I would call you a hypocrite for judging someone for judging you, also you should go down town and sign a petition against the judges who judge criminals for their crimes since they cannot jduge apparently.
But we can, everyone God bless
Just wanted to clarify because I know this will help someone, I know this helped me before I knew this.