what happened to turn the other cheeck? i dont see ANY christians doing that anymore.?

Question

Or how about judge not lest ye be judged or look at the plank in your own eye before taking out the speck in your neighbors?

Answer 1

a christians *rights* are anything but violated. you have a silver spoon in your mouth and whine for a gold one. that makes me sick!

Answer 2

I am not biblical scholar by any means but will attempt to answer you question as best I can. I will also try to keep it short enough that you might read it and then maybe do some research on your on and speak to a strong Bible believing Christian or Pastor. Its Gods word that counts not mans. First of all many people who think they are Christians do not truly understand what that means ( they are still learning) and many of these are just not true Christians. It is also true that at times all Christians do not show the compassion they should. We are still human and sometimes we sin. Also when I share god’s word or lets a non-Christian no what the Bible says about certain behavior (sin) I am not judging you but simply sharing what God says about that behavior. As a Christian I am not better than a non-Christian just forgiven and saved by grace.

To answer you we must take verses of the bible in the correct context. When Jesus was speaking about turning the other cheek (Matt 5:39) he was speaking to the heart of his people on forgiveness. The Law of Moses and the Old Testament was (An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth). You will find this in the verse just before the one that speaks of (turning you other cheek Matt 5:38). Jesus was not saying that Christians did not need to defend there faith and sometimes even fight for what is right.

In Matt 7:1 (Judge not, that you be not judged.) Jesus is saying that you should be righteous in judgment, and not judge as a hypocrite. If you read the second part in context it says Matt 7:5 5 (Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. NKJV). Here is another verse, John 7:24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

Don’t take my word on this but JUDGE for yourself, remember the only thing that will count on judgment day is how God judges you and not how people judge you.

I had to come back and add this last paragraph. I started on my answer a couple hrs ago and had to leave to take care of something else. When I got back, finished and sent my answer in I found that there were a bunch of new answers. Just wanted to say I was happy to see so many good answers. God Bless.

Answer 3

It really bugs me when people cut scripture short to make it fit however they want it to fit, for example. This is the entire verse from Matthew 7:1-5 "“1 Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 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? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."

As far as turning the other cheek, and judging people, yes christians are supposed to turn the other cheek, but there are rules for "judging" people. The scripture clearly states that you will be judged in the same way that you have judged others. So if you judge them using prejudices and assumptions, you will be judged in that same light.

Christians must be able to call out sin, not only in other christians but in other non-beleivers as well. I dont consider it judging, tho some will, it is being honest. For example, if "Alex" is having an affair on his wife with the neighbor, it should be brought into light that he is sinning--you may call it judging, but we are all sinners, and it isnt judging.

Judging would be saying that Alex is having an affair with the neighbor because of circumstancial evidence, not hard evidence or the admittance of an affair.

Confused?

Answer 4

This really hurts. In Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he was well aware of their behaviors. God was undoubtedly in their lives because they could boast of spiritual abilities, yet they were grouped around rival factions (Corinthians 3:4,21); they were spiritual conceited ( 4:6-21) ; they were into sexual immorality (5:1,2) ; they took each other to court ( 6:1-8) ...and they failed over marriage, women, money. Paul wrote, " I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly, mere infants in Christ (3:1). Again, " You are still worldly. For there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?" (3:3).
This letter of Paul's demonstrates how unpleasant people who claim to be Christians can be when they don't experience the work of the Holy Spirit. Some of the people Paul wrote about were sexually immoral, idolators, adulterers, men who practised homosexuality, thieves, greedy, drunkards, swindlers ( 1 Corin. 6:10 ) Such, Paul says, " were some of you".
Where were the nice people? Nice people, I dare say, were probably " born nice ".
In almost every area across America or the world for that matter, we shall come in contact with grumblers and trouble-makers, the prickly and the mean and so on and so on. There is no church that is completely free of these types of people and more so, would we even want it that way? It wouldn't be healthy for the church.
It is always a healthy sign of evangelistic involvement when a church has an unruly membership. Better that, then to have a church which is ultra-pure. I mean where else could we put into practise scripture ( Colossians 3:12-14).

Answer 5

I'm sorry you don't see it in those who profess to be Christians around you. As for Christians, they aren't perfect, they have bad days, good days, they live and die, they are still flesh, the only difference is they will have a guilty conscience for their sins and will have to seek forgiveness when they judge, and don't turn the other cheek, if they are not really a Christian, then they will not have that guilt. Christians will bear fruit - they will come back and say I'm sorry, I was wrong, etc., etc. It's a shame you haven't meant any real ones.

Answer 6

Okay...I really don't have an answer to your question,but I'd thought I would share a humorous story with you...My brother and I were in the kitchen one night and got into this big screaming match.(my mother was cooking at the stove).I don't remember why we were fighting but I didn't like something he said so I reached out and slapped him across the face.He said"I'm going to do the Christan thing and turn the other cheek"!....I very quickly slapped him across the other side.....The next thing I remember was laying in the floor(mama got me). Hope you find it a bit amusing.♥

Answer 7

don't forget the other parts, where you correct your brother doing wrong, where you take your brother doing wrong in front of the entire church if they do not correct

And the part where you turn the other check, don't know what it really mean do you, Study Hewbrew tradition

if a person slaps you, and you turn the other check, you are telling that person you are as good as they, since it would dishonor the other person to backhand you.

And to some it even meant that you expected them to backhand you, so you where showing disrespect that they would lower thierself to do it.

Not the merley letting someone beat on you, since it expected the person who hit you to have honor and respect.

Answer 8

There's a reason that we as Christians are not very good at turning the other cheek--because it's hard and we are fallen and imperfect. We really need a Savior!

Answer 9

How about YOU just be the kind of christian God wants you to be and stop judging the others? After all, we will all stand and give account to God for our actions. Perhaps when they see you 'turning the other cheek', they might begin to follow your actions. I was always told...ACTIONS speak louder than words.

Answer 10

Was it really prescribed by the first being who did it ? At the most he would have suggested ... But subsequent teachers quoted it as the thing to be done. And usually teachers are comfortably placed with no risk of getting slapped (so they can afford to prescribe)! Any teaching sustains only with practical applicability. And one who teaches has to demonstrate it . Only with few teachers who really risked themselves, this teaching sustained so long. With their number getting outnumbered by ratio to the number of followers, you are missing the 'other cheek'.

Answer 11

I haven't seen any Christians on here bashing anyone for asking questions that are way out in left field, so I see a lot of turning....