Scripture Post #383: *JUDGE NOT*

Luke 6:37: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"

 

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JESUS is speaking here (Luke 6:37). 

How can I judge someone else, when I myself will be judged by GOD? We can't judge as if we've never done anything wrong. And we must also forgive if we seek forgiveness of GOD. This Scripture shows: how we do others, is how GOD'll do us. Meaning: that we shouldn't judge in the hypocritical sense. Or in the sense that we ourselves haven't done things similar to what we're accusing others of doing.

Matthew 7:1-5 goes a little further in the explanation of judging. 

Matt. 7:1: "Judge not, that ye be not judged." 

V. 2: "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."

V. 3: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

V. 4: "Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?"

V. 5: "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye."

So basically, we shouldn't judge others while we're still struggling with sin—it's time to shut your mouth then. But once we cast the beam out of our own eye (walk free from the sin we once struggled in), then we'll see clearly enough to help our brother with his sin-problem. It's like, I can't go over to my brother and tell him, "Hey man, you ought to quit lying." When, at the same time, I have a stealing-problem. I've gotta quit stealing before I tell anyone to stop doing anything wrong against GOD. But once I get myself together and no longer steal, then I can approach my brother to help him stop lying. See? We don't judge to cast stones, or to sit on our high-horses—we judge to better our brother, to help our brother out of the sin he's in. We judge righteous judgement:

John 7:24: "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

After all, how could we judge looking down on others like we're high and mighty, when we ourselves will stand before GOD's judgement:

Rom. 14:10: "But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ."

2nd Cor. 5:10: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."

Originally Published: Mon. 9/30/13