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The Christian and Judging Others

Matthew 7:1-6

1 Corinthians 5:9-6:11

What society says about judging

It’s confused

Christians also sound confused

What is judging?

Who and What we are to Judge?

1 Corinthians 5:12 – judge the immorality of those who claim to follow Jesus
Rev 2:14-15 – failed to judge and reject the false teaching and sexual immorality of those who claimed to follow God. (see also Rev 2:20-21)
1 Tim 4 – judge between biblical truth and false doctrine.
2 Peter 3:17 – urged to be on their guard against false teaching and no to be lead astray and fall from their secure position.
Proverbs 31:9 – “judge fairly and to defend the rights of the poor and needy”.

God alone judges people’s eternity

Acts 10:42 – Jesus is the one God has appointed to judge the living and the dead.
Acts 17:31 – God has set the day and he will be the judge and he will judge with justice.
Heb 10:30 – God will be the one who will judge his people.
Romans 2:16 – God will judge the secret thoughts of man,
2Tim 4:1 – Christ will judge the living and the dead,
Mat 19:28 – the Son of Man is sitting on the throne judging.

Warnings how we are to judge

Matthew 7 – not from hypocritical self righteous superiority.
John 7:20-24 – not by mere outward appearances.

For us today

First – honour God … adjust our thinking and practice
Secondly – who you are not to judge.
Thirdly – attitude that drives our judging of our fellow Christians?
Question: How would you respond to someone who said, it is wrong to judge others?