Who Are You To Judge Me?
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· 157 viewsWe have a bad habbit of judging people who are not like us especailly if we feel we come from a better invironment or upbringing. Paul takes the time in Romans 2 to combat this idea of anyone being judge besides God himself.
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Introduction:
No one like to be judged. But yet we find ourselves being judged everyday.
Judgement is very much a part of our everyday life. You can escape it and you can’t function without it.
What is judgement? A judgement is an attempt to draw a conclusion of truth after weighing out all the evidence at hand.We are judged for our character.
We are judged for our character.
We are judged on appearance.
We are judged by our status.
We are judged for our actions.
We are judged by our accent.
We are judged by our age.
We are judged by the color of our skill.
We are judged on performance. Which dictates our pay and job titles.
We are judged by
We have judges in the court system.
We have judges on American Idol, The Voice, World of Dance, The Four, and America’s Got Talent.
We have judges in the Church and outside the Church.
Everyone is making judgement calls all the time.
Jesus warned us about judging.
“Judge not, that you be not judged.
1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Matt 7:1-
We are to learn to judge ourselves before we can make a proper judgement call on others.
We have to be careful with the measuring stick that we use to judge.
12 Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
2 Cor 10:
The only true measure in Christ.
17 “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
When a person is a good judge they are called wise. Wisdom is the ability to discern a citation and make a correct or truthful judgement.
Solomon and the two mothers with a dead child.
When a person is a good judge they are called wise. Wisdom is the ability to discern a citation and make a correct or truthful judgement.
There is indeed a rightful and just judge which is God.
God is the measure and righteous standard by which all of us are judged.
Chapter two of Romans gives the authority and rule of God to judge every single person that has ever been or will be.
We have already learned from Chapter one that God cannot be denied and therefore we are subject to Him. To say he doesn’t exist is foolishness because you have to deny yourself.
Now that we are subject to the Creator, Paul reveals the measure of God judgement is the law.
Either the law of God’s Word or the law of God written on everyone’s heart: conscience.
Either way we are found guilt because we don’t measure up to even our own standards of life.
Let’s dive in and see what we can learn from the judgement of God.
Bible Lesson:
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
There is no doubt that we are all inexcusable in the eyes of the Lord. Chapters 1 -3 are written to leave no doubt that everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory and righteousness of God.
When you understand the nature of God you will realize that He created the law to show us our error in hopes that we will turn from our wicked ways. Much like we do to our children.
5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” 7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrew 12:
When we are judged by the Lord it is always to move us to a place of repentance and not condemnation.
3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
Rom 2:3
So how can we embrace the judgement of the Lord in such a way that we can grow through it and be better because of the judgement that God has revealed.
The rest of lays out 3 principles that will help you embrace the judgement of the Lord for your spiritual growth.
The judgement of others will never condemn you. It only reveals their heart.”
The judgement of others will never condemn you. It only reveals their heart.”
The first principle is an inward focus on yourself:
“When you learn to judge yourself you will be free to love others.”
“When you learn to judge yourself you will be free to love others.”
Judging others just reveals the hatred in your heart.
Judging others just reveals the hatred in your heart.
A religious judgement will only come from others.
A religious judgement will only come from others.
Jesus warned the people about the Pharisees of his day that would set up all these rules and would keep them themselves.
He called them Hypocrites
Religion always leads to the judgement of others.
Religion by it’s nature produces a set of rules that are used to judge the spiritualness of others.
These rules are not the laws of god but the traditions of men.
6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
A righteous judgement can only come from God.
A righteous judgement can only come from God.
All this accomplishes is a revelation of hypocrisy in those that make and break the rules.
All this accomplishes is a revelation of hypocrisy in those that make and break the rules.
You can’t hold someone accountable for something they have never known.
There is a difference in ignorance and rebellion.
Ignorance is the lack of understanding and knowledge of a situation or truth.
Rebellion is direct defiance to a higher authority or truth.
3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
Rom 2:3-
A righteous judgement can only come from God.
A righteous judgement can only come from God.
A righteous judgement can only come from God.
No one escapes the judgement of God.
No one escapes the judgement of God.
27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
6 He will render to each one according to his works:
Hebrews 9:
Judgement is determined by what you are seeking.
Judgement is determined by what you are seeking.
7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
Seeking God is a walk of faith. God promised that those who seek him will find him.
8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
Self-seeking is rebellion to God and will result in wrath.
The second principle is an inward focus on your conscience:
12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
rom 2:12
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
rom 2:13
“Allow the law to guide your conscience so that you can properly guide others.”
“Allow the law to guide your conscience so that you can properly guide others.”
“Allow the law to guide your conscience so that you can properly guide others.”
“Allow the law to guide your conscience so that you can properly guide others.”
The law is holy, righteous, and good.
The law is holy, righteous, and good.
God’s law is not sin but the revealer of sin.
God has placed the law on the hearts of every person that we call a conscience. This is the second undeniable truth for God. God has given every person a witness in themselves of right and wrong.
Let your conscience be your guide.
Let your conscience be your guide.
If you know that law you are subject to the law.
If you don’t know the law trust the law within you.
God will judge the motives or secrets of men.
16 on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
Practice what you preach.
Practice what you preach.
21 you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. 24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Rom 2:21-
The law is the standard for every person and no one is above the law.
Lawlessness causes people to turn from the Lord.
The Third principle is an inward focus on your heart:
25 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
The Jews were privileged to have direct revelation from God that the rest of the world didn’t have.
26 So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
rom 2:
“The real judge of your character is the inward condition of your heart and not your outward appearance.”
“The real judge of your character is the inward condition of your heart and not your outward appearance.”
The circumcision of the flesh is worthless without the law.
The circumcision of the flesh is worthless without the law.
Every Jew was to be circumcised as a part of God’s chosen people.
The Jews were privileged to have direct revelation from God that the rest of the world didn’t have.
It was a symbol of cutting away the flesh.
26 So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
rom 2:26
The circumcision of the Spirit in the fulfilment of the law.
The circumcision of the Spirit in the fulfilment of the law.
28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Rom 2:28
The law only has the power to condemn you, but has no power to save you.
What the law was unable to do Christ has accomplished for us.
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Jesus is the complete fulfillment of the law. He never sinned against the Father.
Jesus took our penalty of sin and paid it in full on the cross.
13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Through Christ we have been circumcised in the Spirit.
Our debt to God is paid in full.
All legal demands have been met.
When you
Next Steps:
So, Let’s review how we can take the judgement of God and view it has a help for our lives.
Focus on yourself so you can properly focus on others.
Focus on your God-given conscience and let it guide you into righteousness.
Focus on your heart condition and let Jesus nail your debt to the cross.