It may be clear to you sir, but it is not correct. The Bible does not tell us not to judge others, just like it doesn't say that money is the root of all evil. It says to remove the log out of your own eye first so you can see clearly to remove the speck out of the other person's eye. It says don't be a hypocrite by doing the same thing that you condemned others for. It say that the measure in which you use on others will be used on you. It says not to strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. Basically, the 'don't judge others' has to do with walking in love rather than hypocrisy. There is more to it than that, but I believe, that's the gist of it. Most people that judge others in the manner in which Jesus condemned, do so without mercy, condemning without regard or the love of God toward the other person. They are more concerned about their laws, truths of God, legalities, rules, denominational doctrines, beliefs, and the like, than they are for/toward the person they are judging. I often think of these people to be somewhat mindless, because they act like they can't think for themselves. There is a reason why we don't have computers in judges seats that look at an equation and come up with the solution, based on a simple program. Such as a vehicle going through a red light. Program says if vehicle is in intersection when light is red, then, they are guilty. Computer sees vehicle in intersection when light is red.... guilty!!! Printing citation and mailing it to the person that didn't drive the car that night. That is all it sees and that is all it considers. In like manner, people judging others without godly character, seeing and considering only what the law says, only they have omitted the weightier matters of the law, [that being] judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Joh 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
Joh 8:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Where was the man?!
Joh 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
Joh 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
Joh 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Joh 8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
Joh 8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Joh 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
Joh 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
To the Scribes and Pharisees, it was all about what the law/program said.
To Jesus, it was about love and mercy.
Has He changed?!
I'm not agreeing with what the Pope said if he was saying that the atheists are children of God too and will go to heaven because they are redeemed by the blood of Jesus, but that we need to walk in the love of God, if the love of God be in you.
