You people simply are ignorant of what the bible tells you on a lot of things. You think we aren't supposed to notice error? You think we are supposed to shut up when false doctrine is preached? The judgement we are not supposed to make is the one of eternal destination. That decision lies only with Christ. You don't know the bible! By your views, I would be sinning by serving jury duty. Which I have done, more than once, by the way.
Oops, there I go, "judging" again.
Here it is, in a nutshell.
Let’s See What the Bible Really Says About Judging:
- "The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment." (Psa 37:30)
- "With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth." (Psa 119:13)
- "Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy." (Prov 31:9)
- Jesus commended Simon, "Thou hast rightly judged." (Luke 7:43)
- "Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations." (Ezek 22:2)
- "But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man." (1 Cor 2:15)
- "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?" (1 Cor 6:2)
- "Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?" (1 Cor 6:3)
There are many other passages and verses in the Bible about judging. While God is our ultimate Judge of all things, He has also commanded us to judge according to the Word of God.
According to the Webster’s Dictionary, to judge means "to discern, to distinguish, to form an opinion, to compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and
thus to distinguish truth from falsehood." Therefore, when you say that your neighbor is a "good person," you are passing a judgment (forming an opinion) just as much as when you say that the thief is a "bad person." A judgment simply means to form an opinion!
If there were no judgment...
- All the prisons would be empty and thieves, serial killers, drug dealers, rapists, and murderers would be loose in your neighborhood.
- You could not discipline your children and teach them not to steal, lie, do drugs, or give in to peer pressure.
- School could not be mandated (by parents or the government) but if children did attend, they could not be evaluated as to their progress. Everyone should graduate regardless of their advance. Students could not be graded or disciplined.
- You could not judge any false doctrine and would have to allow it to be taught from your church’s pulpit ("discerning" is the same thing as "judging").
- You should leave your children with anyone who said was qualified to be a baby-sitter. You should not bother to check his/her background. Later, you should not be upset if this baby-sitter turned out to be a child-molester, because "thou shalt not judge."
- You should marry anyone that asked. You shouldn’t worry about his/her character or beliefs. What if he beats you up? What if she cheats on you? You shouldn’t get so mad because "thou shalt not judge."
Hopefully you can see the perils of such doctrine by now. The devil has been successful to push the church further and further into a corner, while everyone else comes out of the closet with their sins. The church is "not to judge them," while Christ's body is being judged by the world. Our belief that Jesus is the only way to Heaven (John 14:6) automatically makes us "intolerant" and some Christians have backed away from declaring these truths from the Scriptures. The Webster's Dictionary definition given above says that to judge is to "distinguish truth from falsehood."
