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1 | Would this be biblically accurate? | Luke 18:11 | EdB | 133830 | ||
Reighnskye To judge someone does not in itself constitute sin. It is what we do with that judgement that determines whether we sin or not. For example I see a man staggering and falling down, I draw near and smell alcohol. I judge he is drunk. I then can either turn on my heels and walk away shaking my head saying a drunkard is in danger of hell's fire or I can go try to determine how to best help him. Perhaps he needs a safe way home, perhaps some coffee, perhaps an ear to listen to the reason why he is drunk, perhaps the police to arrest him and keep him safe until he is sober. Another example I see a young woman dressed in very revealing clothing, standing on street corner waving to cars. I judge her to a be prostitute. I can either walk away shaking my head saying adulteress or I can perhaps get some ladies to minister to her. Offer her a alternative life style from the one she is in. Perhaps nothing more than telling her Jesus loves her. In each of these I judged but in each of these I tried to apply a Christlike responses to that Judgment. Let us go deeper. I hate tattoo's. The reason I hate tattoo's is because to me they are visible proof this person makes life effecting decisions on the spur of the moment and/or without thinking through all the consequences. After I reach that judgement I can then walk away saying boy they defied Lev.19:28 so I want nothing more to do with them Or I get to know them and understand where they are coming from and see what they are really like. I could pretend not to see that tattoo, or pretend that to me it doesn’t matter but then I would be living a lie. To me tattoos do matter but because of Christ in me tattoos are not the basis to reject or disfellowship myself from someone. One way is negative the other is positive but both involved the same judgment process. EdB |
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2 | Would this be biblically accurate? | Luke 18:11 | Reighnskye | 133868 | ||
EdB, I greatly appreciate the very apt examples that you provide, insofar as they help me to better understand your position. I suppose that we might just be using different word analogies, but examples really seem to go much farther it seems. - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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