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1 | What can you call someone? | Matt 23:13 | Norrie | 101352 | ||
Matt 5:22 But whoever says "you fool" will be in danger of hell. Why? Jesus called the Pharisees snakes and vipers, washed tombs, hypocrites, etc. If someone really is what they are being called, is it OK then? | ||||||
2 | What can you call someone? | Matt 23:13 | Makarios | 101353 | ||
Greetings Norrie! Matthew 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire." Matthew 5:22 [ESV] "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in." Matthew 23:13 [ESV] Are Jesus's strong words in Matthew 23 contradicting His directive to us in Matthew 5:22? In Matthew 5:22, Jesus suggests that verbal abuse stems from the same sinful motives that ultimately lead to murder. We commit murder in our own hearts and thoughts, which carries the same kind of moral guilt as carrying out the act itself. Jesus says that whoever calls another a 'fool' will have to answer to God. That is not to say that calling someone 'a fool' will condemn a believer to eternal punishment, but rather Jesus was saying that to utter such words was to place oneself in a worse condition at the time of judgment (1 Cor. 3:12-15). Who is the Judge of all humankind? Jesus (Matthew 10:33; Matthew 11:22; Matthew 25:31-46) Therefore, did Jesus have every right to call the Pharisees "hypocrites" and "whitewashed tombs"? Yes! Did He voilate His own directive to us when He did so? No. Jesus was without sin (Hebrews 9:14; 2 Cor. 5:21). So how could He be without sin and speak to the Pharisees in that way? Would Jesus be answerable to Himself? No. Jesus was not speaking out of sinful anger or hatred towards the Pharisees. He was speaking out against them in judgment, which is something that He had every right to do. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3 | What can you call someone? | Matt 23:13 | Norrie | 101363 | ||
I know I have a bad habit of calling a jerk a jerk because they are! It's hard to break a habit like that, esp. when someone does something really stupid...:) I guess I'll have a lot to answer for. :( It still seems like we have to judge somethings for ourselves, so it seems if someone is acting like, then it goes to reason that they are. |
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4 | 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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5 | 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. :) | ||||||