The Bible’s command that we not judge others does not mean we cannot
show discernment. Immediately after Jesus says, “Do not judge,” He says,
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs” (Matthew 7:6).
A little later in the same sermon, He says, “Watch out for false
prophets. . . . By their fruit you will recognize them” (verses 15–16).
How are we to discern who are the “dogs” and “pigs” and “false prophets”
unless we have the ability to make a judgment call on doctrines and
deeds? Jesus is giving us permission to tell right from wrong.
Also, the Bible’s command that we not judge others does not mean all
actions are equally moral or that truth is relative. The Bible clearly
teaches that truth is objective, eternal, and inseparable from God’s
character. Anything that contradicts the truth is a lie—but, of course,
to call something a “lie” is to pass judgment. To call adultery or
murder a sin is likewise to pass judgment—but it’s also to agree with
God. When Jesus said not to judge others, He did not mean that no one
can identify sin for what it is, based on God’s definition of sin.
And the Bible’s command that we not judge others does not mean there
should be no mechanism for dealing with sin. The Bible has a whole book
entitled Judges. The judges in the Old Testament were raised up by God Himself (Judges 2:18).
The modern judicial system, including its judges, is a necessary part
of society. In saying, “Do not judge,” Jesus was not saying, “Anything
goes.”
Elsewhere, Jesus gives a direct command to judge: “Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly” (John 7:24).
Here we have a clue as to the right type of judgment versus the wrong
type. Taking this verse and some others, we can put together a
description of the sinful type of judgment:
Superficial judgment is wrong. Passing judgment on someone based solely on appearances is sinful (John 7:24). It is foolish to jump to conclusions before investigating the facts (Proverbs 18:13). Simon the Pharisee
passed judgment on a woman based on her appearance and reputation, but
he could not see that the woman had been forgiven; Simon thus drew
Jesus’ rebuke for his unrighteous judgment (Luke 7:36–50).
Hypocritical judgment is wrong. Jesus’ command not to judge others in Matthew 7:1 is preceded by comparisons to hypocrites (Matthew 6:2, 5, 16) and followed by a warning against hypocrisy (Matthew 7:3–5). When we point out the sin of others while we ourselves commit the same sin, we condemn ourselves (Romans 2:1).
Harsh, unforgiving judgment is wrong. We are “always to be gentle toward everyone” (Titus 3:2). It is the merciful who will be shown mercy (Matthew 5:7),
and, as Jesus warned, “In the same way you judge others, you will be
judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:2).
Self-righteous judgment is wrong. We are called to humility, and “God opposes the proud” (James 4:6). The Pharisee in Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector
was confident in his own righteousness and from that proud position
judged the publican; however, God sees the heart and refused to forgive
the Pharisee’s sin (Luke 18:9–14).
Untrue judgment is wrong. The Bible clearly forbids bearing false witness (Proverbs 19:5). “Slander no one” (Titus 3:2).
Christians are often accused of “judging” or intolerance when they speak
out against sin. But opposing sin is not wrong. Holding aloft the
standard of righteousness naturally defines unrighteousness and draws
the slings and arrows of those who choose sin over godliness. John the Baptist incurred the ire of Herodias when he spoke out against her adultery with Herod (Mark 6:18–19). She eventually silenced John, but she could not silence the truth (Isaiah 40:8).
Believers are warned against judging others unfairly or unrighteously, but Jesus commends “right judgment” (John 7:24, ESV). We are to be discerning (Colossians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:21). We are to preach the whole counsel of God, including the Bible’s teaching on sin (Acts 20:27; 2 Timothy 4:2). We are to gently confront erring brothers or sisters in Christ (Galatians 6:1). We are to practice church discipline (Matthew 18:15–17). We are to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). ( Crd: https: //www.gotquestions.org)
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
What does the Bible mean when it says, “Do not judge”?
Do not judge, or you too will be judged...” —Matthew 7:1
When Jesus gave this command, did He mean that we should withhold all judgment ever? Should we never say a critical word to anyone for any reason? Many people like to interpret Jesus' words in Matthew 7:1 as meaning, "You don't have the right to tell others they're wrong!" The mantra "don't judge" is probably one of the most quoted of all of Jesus' sayings—by Christians and non-Christians alike! "Don't judge" is practically ingrained into today's culture.
As widely quoted as "do not judge" is, it is just as widely misused because it's taken way out of context. The Bible is clear that we should have discernment as to what's right and wrong, thus, judging the righteousness or morality of a situation, action, thought, or word. There's a whole biblical book entitled "Judges," and these Old Testament judges were appointed by God Himself (Judges 2:18). Besides, Jesus gave a direct command to "judge correctly" in John 7:24. So what was He talking about when He said, "Do not judge"?
(1)Wrongful Judgment
The next several verses give us more insight as to what Jesus meant when He gave this command about withholding judgment. Look at Matthew 7:2: "For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." Would you want to be judged in the same way you judge others? Jesus rebukes those who are hypocritical in their judgments in Matthew 7:3-5. While some would love to judge a person on a certain matter, they may be guilty of far worse and therefore unfit to judge someone else.
To be clear, just because we are commanded to withhold judgment in certain ways, that doesn't mean everything is equally moral or that everybody's truth is different. The Bible tells us God's truth is based on His character alone, and we know God's Word is true. When a situation, action, thought, or word goes against God's nature or contradicts His Word, then it's considered sinful. We ARE allowed to discern (or judge) whether something is sinful or not, based on God's definition of sin. What we DO with our conclusions is where the fiddliness of "correct judgment" comes in.
(2) Correct Judgment
How can we figure out what Jesus would consider "correct judgment"? The Bible gives us plenty more advice as we investigate this topic, so let's explore some ways to judge righteously.
(3)Judge wisely.
Take into consideration the bigger picture when making a judgment. To simply judge a person based on their appearance, reputation, gossip, or rumors is foolishness (John 7:24; Proverbs 18:13; Luke 7:36-50). Make sure you have all the facts before you judge.
(4)Judge truthfully.
Going along with judging wisely, we need to be sure of the truth of what we say in judgment. To knowingly bear false witness is to lie and absolutely wrong (Proverbs 19:5). Titus 3:2 reminds us to "slander no one." When dealing with judgment, we should only speak what we know for certain is true.
(5)Judge humbly.
Before we judge another person for their alleged sins, we need to take a good, honest look at ourselves. Do we have any right to judge someone else's indiscretions or sinful mistakes in the state we ourselves are in? (See Romans 2:1 and James 4:6.) Jesus had many strong rebukes for hypocritical people in the church (Matthew 6:2, 5, 16; Luke 18:9-14), and He very harshly warned against copying those actions (Matthew 7:3-5).
(6) Judge gently and mercifully.
Just because we recognize sin in another's life, that doesn't give us the right to hack them to pieces. Titus 3:2 tells us to always be gentle toward everyone. If someone were to confront you about a sin, how would you want them to go about it? Would you want them to be harsh and hurtful or gentle and compassionate? (See Matthew 7:2 and James 2:12-13.)
Sunday, April 10, 2022
HOSANNA to the CROSS
(တနည်း) ယေရှုခရစ်တော် ဂျေရုစလင်ဝင်လာခြင်းသည် ကားတိုင်ပေါ်အသေခံရန် ဖြစ်ပြီး OT ၌ ဘုရားကတိတော် ရှိထားသည်. 'မေရှိယဖြစ်ကြောင်း' 'ကယ်တင်ရှင်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း'သက်သေပြခြင်းဖြစ်၏။ ခရစ် တော်လူ့ဇာတိ မခံမှီ ဇာခရိ ၉:၉” အိုဇိအုန်သတို့သမီး၊ အလွန်ဝမ်းမြောက်လော့။ အိုယေရု ရှလင်မြို့သတို့သမီး၊ ကြွေးကြော်ကြလော့။ တရားသဖြင့် စီရင်၍ ကယ်တင်ခြင်းသို့ ရောက်သော သခင်၊ သင်၏ အရှင်မင်းကြီးသည် မြည်းမနှင့် မြည်း ကလေးကို စီး၍ နူးညံ့သိမ်မွေ့သော စိတ်နှင့် သင်ရှိရာသို့ ကြွလာ တော်မူသည်ကို ကြည့်ရှုလော့”ဟု လာသတည်း။
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