Judging Vs Judgmentalism
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“Judge not, that you be not judged.
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
In our culture we love to judge but we hate to be judged.
We have saying like only God can judge me.
Back in the day we say I would rather be carried by 6 then judged by 12.
Christ is extending grace to the weak.
Christ knows that we are weak. But exalt yourself as a judge knowing you are weak.
This is speaking about illegitimate judgement.
But Judging is what allot of people seem to do very well.
“To illegitimately judge is to create your own standard of what is acceptable and measure everyone against it, hypocritically critiquing them.” Tony Evans
Not surprisingly, people who do this typically find no problems with their own behavior. That’s because when a sinner creates a standard, he becomes the standard.
I remember me and my nephews playing basket ball in there basketball in there yard. Then I decided to show my skills do I started dunking the ball. The only thing is that we adjusted the basketball rim in order to dunk.
Thats the same thing judging hypocritically is that one would use a standard, but it isn’t God’s. Its been lowered.
Judgmental people lose sight of that fact that they too will be judged
Is Jesus saying the believer shouldn’t judge? No
Jesus is not, of course, forbidding all judgments (cf. “judge righteous judgment,” John 7:24, ; he is warning against the hasty condemnations that are so easy to make, and so characteristic of the human race.
Our whole life we are making almost an innumerable amount of judgements.
Also a few verses down in Matt. 7:15-20 it speaks about judging false prophets and judging them by there fruit.
Its implying the necessity of evaluating spiritual character.
But Judging becomes sinful when we are hypocritical.
However, believers should refrain from judging in matters of conscience and personal conviction, recognizing that all will ultimately answer to God. The distinction matters: Christians are called to make discerning judgments about behavior and doctrine while avoiding condemnatory judgment that assumes a role belonging solely to God. This means evaluating actions and teachings against biblical standards while maintaining humility about one’s own limitations and extending grace to fellow believers.
“Stop pronouncing censorious criticism, in order that you may not be the object of censorious criticism, for with that judgment by which you are judging, you will be judged, and with that standard of judgment with which you are judging, by that standard will judgment be passed on you. And why do you contemplate the splinter of wood in the eye of your brother and do not put your mind upon the log in your own eye? Or, how is it that you will say to your brother, Permit me to draw out the splinter from your eye, and, behold, the log is in your eye? O actor on the stage of life, draw out first from your eye the log, and then you will see clearly to draw out the splinter from the eye of your brother.” Kenneth Wuest
censorious- severely critical of people.
Do not judge refers to the passing of harsh, adverse verdicts on the conduct of our fellows; it does not forbid the use of our best critical thinking (which may be done in a spirit of tolerance and helpfulness and which Jesus elsewhere commands as a help to others, 18:15; for that matter how can we avoid casting pearls before pigs [v. 6] without a process of discrimination?)
“Don’t judge” does not mean “don’t think” (Stott remarks that the command “is not a requirement to be blind, but rather a plea to be generous,”)
Jesus could’ve condemned each and everyone of us but yet He choose the cross.
Don’t make a practice of judging.
To be quick to call others to account is to invite God to call us to account.
Sometimes we falsely judge and say the reason why you are going through what you are going through is because of some sin in your life. We see that with Job and his friends. Or we think about the man who was born blind in John 9- “who sinned this man or his parents?”
“If we could banish pain and sickness from the world, it may be we should be robbing righteousness of two of her most impressive evangelists.”
Theres a difference between judging and being judgmental
Judging someone it’s about discerning the truth based on facts
Being judgmental on the other hand it’s about finding fault with people
Being judgmental is being critical without cause based on personal feelings and assumptions.
There are two basic feelings that are associated with a judgmental person.
One is Based on appearance but not just the physical appearance. Based on the actions or behaviors.
Because we don’t know all the facts we are often jump to conclusions and assumptions
The very definition of prejudice. Is to prejudge someone and often it based of appearance.
It’s to form of adverse judgement on someone with out knowing someone.
Thinking this way prevents relationship. Prevents success prevents love.
“Both favoritism and discrimination is often based on appearance they are evil twin sisters.”
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,
and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,”
have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Discrimnation and Favoritism they both are two sides of the same coin.
John 7:24 - do not judge according to appearance
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
There’s a big difference between judging from appearance and making right judgement
Judging according to appearance is the epidemic of rushing to judgement often without context or facts.
There was one one Pastor that was seen riding alone with a women in his car who wasn’t his wife. And someone from the church seen it and started spreading rumors about it. Come to find out it was his sister in the car she was from out of state. By time that information came out the damage has been already done.
Secondly Our experience is another way of being judgmental is our experience
How do we righteously
1. Gods preference
Refer to Matt 7:1-5
“Judge not, that you be not judged.
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Understanding that all sin carries has the same weight and has the effect.
Lust is the same as gossip
Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
Jesus calls this kind of judgmental
A hypocrite is one who under judges himself and over judges everyone else
Your own sin should come before someone else’s sin.
How to make right judgements
1. in the right order ( our sin first)
2. with the right heart (humility)
3. for the right purpose (to help the brother/ sister)
We don’t make allowances but we are in this together and we want to help one another be more concern about your own sin and have grace to help others with there’s.
It’s easy to judge my neighbors and say OK why isn’t there grass cut?
