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1 | What can you call someone? | Matt 23:13 | Makarios | 101364 | ||
Hahaha! :-) I know what you mean! Its hard to hold back our tongues, but that is another topic for another post on another rainy day.. :-) If we look at Matthew 7:1-6, we see that Jesus says, "Do not judge so that you will not be judged", and "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you." (v.2) The same thought is expressed in Romans 2:1. However, at the same time, Christians are to 'examine everything' (1 Thess. 5:21). Scripture repeatedly exhorts us to 'examine everything', from the sexually immoral (1 Cor. 5:9), those who falsely masquerade as angels of light (2 Cor. 11:14), dogs (Phil. 3:2), and false prophets (1 John 4:1). (1) Therefore, are we to judge, or are we not to judge? A Christian is not to judge hypocritically or self-righteously, as seen in the context of the Matthew 7 passage. This restriction does not mean that a disciple never judges. In fact, some judgment is required in order to obey Matt. 7:6. Therefore, we are not exhorted to prohibit all types of judging. There is a righteous kind of judgment we are supposed to exercise with careful discernment (John 7:24). So, in what way are we to 'judge' as Christians? Censorious, hypocritical, self-righteous, or other kinds of unfair judgments are forbidden; but in order to fulfill the commandments that follow, it is necessary to discern dogs and swine (Matt. 7:6) from one's own brethren (vv. 3-5). (2) "Do not judge" does not mean that one is to never, in any sense or to any extent, judge another, since verse 5 indicates that when your life is pure, then we can see to it to take the speck out of our brother's eye. It does, however, mean that a follower of Christ is not to be censorious with another person. Blessings to you, Makarios (1) The Zondervan NASB Study Bible, 1999, the Zondervan Corporation, Kenneth Barker, pg. 1377 (2) The MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur, pg. 1404 |
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2 | What can you call someone? | Matt 23:13 | Norrie | 101367 | ||
I have some info on judging I'll send to you, it's too long to put here. :) | ||||||