If the Bible says "Judge not lest ye be judged, why do so many Christians judge others?

Answer 1

Because not everyone who says they are Christian, really truly are. These fakes gives real Christians a bad name. Real Christians do not judge. We only express our beliefs and love others. We hate the SIN, not the SINNER. Also, we are all sinners and one sin is as bad as another. Thank God for His forgiveness which I have to ask for everyday. "The same manner in which you judge is the manner in which you will be judged." Jesus died for us all. All we have to do is believe it and accept it. No one is perfect. Christians aren't perfect, just FORGIVEN.

Answer 2

There are two different kind of judging. Judging the fruits of the action (dicernment) and Judging the heart/motives.
The first one, dicernment, is judging by the right standard which is God's standard. (John 7:24 " 24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”) If I saw someone will commit a murder, should I stop him, or should I just sit still and silence, because I have no right to judge ? Off course I have to stop him. That's dicerning, knowing what's wrong and what's right.
the second kind of judging, is what we can't do, is judging someone's heart and motives. For example, when we saw someone give a lot of money to a charity organisations, and we said that , "oh he do this, so he can get fame.. " Now, that's wrong. Because we don't know his heart, we don't know his motives. The verse that you gave on your questions is more to this kind of judging. It's known to be taken out of context, for many centuries.
God Bless

John 5:30
I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

Answer 3

Good point. Sometimes Christians fall into the pattern of the pharisees, who wanted Jesus crucified. God will judge in the end. In the meantime, we need to be showing the acceptance that Christ showed of all people (prostitutes, fraudulent tax collectors, traitors, etc.). On the other hand that does not mean we are not to call sin sin. Jesus did say "Go and sin no more". So if a Christian says he believes a certain activity is sinful, that is not the same as judging people. He is judging people when he looks down on them, when he condemns them as being worse than others (or than himself).

Answer 4

Christians aren't to judge others who believe in Christ unless they are to be judged likewise.

Because when a person is judgmental, critical, it is because they have a log in their eye (self righteous blindness) and complaining of a splinter in an others eye.

A critical spirit is rooted in self righteousness. If a Christian, Christian tries to become more righteous by personal sets of rules. When others don't go by their rules they criticize others.

The reality is that when one is born of God, they automatically are cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb and born of God. Because of God and not by their own righteousness. At that moment, what ever they do can not make them more righteous. So why judge someone else who isn't convicted in an area.


Christians can also discern whether someone is a sinner needing a Savior or not. But the verse you bring up is within the church.

Answer 5

Because no one is perfect and a lot of people just don't care. They claim to be christian on the outside and in all reality it starts from the inside out and its a work of God. Some people God is just working on little by little. When you become Christian it is not a change over night. You go through a process. The most you can do is pray for them..

God bless

Answer 6

It potential I could attempt my acceptable to appreciate; with the aid of fact i will decide not something i don't understand. now and lower back I do this nicely and that's a triumph for the two one human beings. now and lower back I do this nicely and that's something I wish i did not see. now and lower back I do this poorly and that's a humorous 'fact'. now and lower back I do this poorly and make an @ss of myself. yet i'm continually prepared to think approximately an allure. it is the comparable technique I concern myself to - and attempt to decide the judgment handed on me besides. Going to heaven or hell does not relax interior my judgment no rely what I verify approximately something for others - i'm not even specific that it concerns how I decide myself. it is God's determination. MY judgments I question - I have faith God's judgments.

Answer 7

We're all human and we all make mistakes. Only, as Christians we should learn from our mistakes, repent and ask for forgiveness. It's human nature to be condescending and it sometimes gets the best of us. All we can do is try harder. Some Christians are "luke warm Christians" and they don't realize what they're doing. I'm sorry if I've ever offended anyone.

Answer 8

I see a lot of that too. I've tried to attend church because I love the Bible and stuff but the judging that goes on pushes me out the door every time.

Answer 9

Come on. How many things does it say in the bible and out of that how many do Christians do? It says to circumcise boys at the age of 8 days, it says not to cook meat and dairy together, it says not to eat pork, it says to put fringes on four cornered pieces of clothing (tzitzit), it says to sit in tabernacles for 7 days, it says to blow a rams-horn (shofar) on the first day of the seventh month, it says to eat matzot on passover, and millions of other things. How many Christians do you know who do those stuff?

Answer 10

That is often quoted out of context, so let's look at what it's REALLY saying...it's talking about being a hypocrite and practicing secret sin in your life while condemning another person for doing the very same thing. That doesn't mean we can't stand up for what the Bible says...or condemn wrong doing...that's just standing for God's truth..imagine what the world would be like if no one ever said anything about evil doing.......