Matthew 7:1-5 Jesus Tells Us Not To Judge

[Ballaurena]

Per:

Magenta disagrees with my post with a red X. But my post is biblical. So she is refusing what Scripture says. When people disagree with me they are generally disagreeing with the Word of God.

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

Romans 2:
17 Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18 and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21 You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

 

[glf]

Mt 7: 1-5
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 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? 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. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Mt 7: 12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Mt 7: 15-20
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Wisdom with love goes a long way...

 

[Magenta]

Matthew 7:12

 

[GWH]

Read Jesus' own explanation in the parallel passage, Luke 6:37, “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven." Judging means condemning; discerning means to determine what is sin in order to avoid it in our own lives. Judging means looking down your nose at these inferior humans that aren't as good as you are. We're all sinners.

Yes, the title of this thread was misleading. Verse 5 indicates that Jesus said we should judge correctly by beginning with our own sins.

 

[glf]

Every word a seed
To feed those with great need
Avoiding those with greed
Who might tempt and then mislead

Amen Magenta...
Some judgement is required as we will know them by their fruits and there are wolves in sheep's clothing, hiding among us. Even some of the faithful who are living in sin much as the man in 1 Cor who was with his father's wife. The Church there was told not to consider him as an unbeliever, but also not to even eat with him. And in another place we're told that bad company corrupts good morals.

 

[Magenta]

Amen Magenta...
Some judgement is required as we will know them by their fruits and there are wolves in sheep's clothing, hiding among us. Even some of the faithful who are living in sin much as the man in 1 Cor who was with his father's wife. The Church there was told not to consider him as an unbeliever, but also not to even eat with him. And in another place we're told that bad company corrupts good morals.

This is so true!!! I am on my phone at the moment and cannot give your post the reaction it deserves but I will later...

 

[DavyP]

I'm not sure what definition to use for judge. I believe I had heard a definition at one point that made tremendous sense, it is to decide who is more important than whom. The reasons it makes sense are that it leads to unhappiness and strife.

Unhappiness because once you start to judge the beggar, the chances you'll find someone who's "better" than you are astronomically high, this also leads to envy. Who is more important really? The peasant or the king? Each has it's place, food is vitally important and a military is vitally important. The world works best when these people work together. So while the king makes more decisions on an individual level, they need each other.

Strife because if you think you're inherently better than someone you might treat them like dirt, which leads to friction and conflict. I mean think about it, if you and yours are superior you tend to look down on other people. Hitler believed the Germans were superior and they got into quite the fight with the world. The biggest war in human history I believe.

What are you your thoughts on this particular section?

Keep it simple, Lord Jesus was talking in the 'prejudice' sense, not in the discerning of evil sense. Have you ever been guilty of being prejudiced against someone without cause? maybe because you hang out among a certain group of friends that are prejudiced against someone, but you don't know why? Those are the kind of things Lord Jesus was pointing to in Matthew 7:1-5.

 

[Publican]

Magenta disagrees with my post with a red X. But my post is biblical. So she is refusing what Scripture says. When people disagree with me they are generally disagreeing with the Word of God.

I'll take what is Hubris
for $1000 Alex