God himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you?

Answer 1

Well said Sara....It is too bad more people don't think this way.

Answer 2

Well, certainly we would not want to judge other humans based upon personal opinions. But the statement that God does not judge until death is not entirely true. If God judged after death, that would be a travesty of judgment. Why is that? Notice how Romans 6:7 reads: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin.” The person who dies (if he lives again) is not judged for what he did before his death. If he attains to a resurrection, he is judged according to what he NOW does. That is why Revelation 20:11-12 describes a judgment of deeds based on what is written in opened scrolls. Not deeds before death. Deeds after resurrection. This should be understandable to us for how would we feel if after serving prison time for a crime we committed, we were hauled back to court to be tried agan for the same crime? That is what is known as double jeopardy and we recognize it as illegal, immoral and unjust. Now if we recognize that as injustice, how much more so would the God of love?

Also, it is just as Rowland W mentioned: it is not judging when one calls attention to wrong behavior by means of God's word or law. Thus while still alive, King David’s reprehensible behavior with Bathsheba was judged by God through the prophet Nathan. And David was punished. That God loved David there can be no question. But unconditional love does not mean God never punishes us for wrong – nor does it mean that God has no standards. That he does have standards and that he does punish can be seen from a consideration of such accounts as are found at Acts 5:1-10 and Acts 12:21-23.

Answer 3

Whatever gave you the idea God does not judge until a man is dead? True that at death comes the FINAL judgment. But there are daily consequences and judgments for a person's actions. That is one of the reason God instituted laws that would fine, imprison, or even execute a person for their actions - during their lifetime.

God holds people accountable for their actions every moment. That is why he requires people to repent, to ask forgiveness, to make restitution, to apologize, etc. After death, its too late to do any of those things.

As his children, we also have to do some judging in this world - what is right and what is wrong. We have to warn when we see danger, and plead when those we care about are doing dangerous and destructive things. We have to protect the innocent and right injustices. Or the world would be total anarchy.

If you are being judged in an area, perhaps you need to step back, take an honest look at yourself and the situation, and see if there might be some truth in the judgement. Is there something there that might need to be dealt with? Is it possible that they are right - even if only a little? If we honestly judge ourselves (and few of us do), then we would not have the judgement of others.

Answer 4

God does not ever judge anyone Sarah. This is nonsense you have been told about God.

The real God is unconditionally loving. Unconditional means no conditions; if there were no conditions to start with then there is nothing to judge.

Think about this, stop believing these lies you have been told about our loving source. If it were true then why the need to enforce the so-called belief with threats of eternal damnation and hell fire.

How logical is it that these ideas come from an unconditionally loving God.

In your heart what I am saying sounds like the truth. This is because your heart remembers Gods love for you and knows that what you have been told about Gods judgmental nature can't possibly be true.

Love and blessings.

don

Answer 5

This is something alot of people in society have trouble dealing with. But the saddest part is every time we put a foot wrong someone is judging us. Although I personally would resent myself for judging another human on this earth; its not the way I was raised as a child. I have never judged another person, but we are all judging other people many people dislike bush for what his done, that's judging another man. Why should we judge him, but then say we don't judge. I don't judge bus btw as Im not American Im aussie! I hope that in the future less people will not judge another living person on this earth, even though as much as we hate that person forgiveness is a solution

Answer 6

Its true GOD is the ultimate judge,but the bible says a good tree produces good fruit,and a bad tree produces bad fruit so we can look at a person and draw a conclusion. Also it is not us making the judgment when we use GODs word to decide if someones actions are wrong.

Answer 7

Though God said we shouldn't judge, he gave a standard to follow regarding the ways in which man should live. He said in his Word " By their fruit you shall no them ". This lets us know that when we see rotten traits in a person we do not need to wait for God to tell us such a Person has traits we should avoid. That is not judging that is merely following Principles found in his Word.

Answer 8

Don H. Get a better course to study...

A loving God would not be loving if he allowed wicked people to do brutal things to his people without standing up for them. If stood around watching someone abuse my daughter, could I really claim to love her? You need a better definition of love, my friend, and work on the doctrine of judgement, because it will get awfully practical for all of us soon enough.

We are told not to judge hypocritically. With whatever measurement we use to judge, we will be judged too. 1 Corinthians 5 and 6 urges the church to judge the behaviour of those within it, because the church must be kept pure. God will judge those outside (read it for yourself).

Answer 9

Well honey, we are not God we are human, and we judge people based on "human" flaws, traits etc. God judges on a diffrent level.

Answer 10

now lets think cause your not fisrt of all there are ppl on here who curse you out for what ou just did i am a christian and i don't judge ppl ok so you post a question and didn't make to which type of ppl you are refering to but i do agree with you certain christians make god look bad caus ethey judge ppl and they are not

Answer 11

i just prayed last night about this very subject we dont own nothing on this earth yet we act as if we created it its our human nature to divide and conquer, sometimes if we dont use judgement we get trampled on by others there comes a time when we as christians are put in situations where we must make a stand i just keep moving and pray the Lord Jesus stays with me and helps me not to make mistakes and recognize them when i do