As a Christian, what do you think it means to leave judgement of people to God?

Question

From my understanding, the Bible says that since people are all sinners, they shouldn't judge each other and that only God reserves the right to judge. What does this mean? Is it ever ok to judge? Are you supposed to forgive everything you can?

Answer 1

Good question...Here are two verses & my thoughts on them:

First we have to define what you mean by judgment:
I define it as pointing out things to people to help them grow spiritually. This must be done out of love for the person & for their welfare. If you have a wrong motive, it can be very harmful.
Ultimately, God will judge all people according to what they have done, while in their bodies (the Bible).

1. Matthew 7:1-6 (look @ verse 5-we are not forbidden to judge but to rather make sure we are working on things ourselves before we confront someone else).

2. 1 Corinthians 5:12- we have no business judging those outside the church, but are to help one another inside the church to grow.

3. We are called to judge, to make character judgments time and time again in the Bible (Romans 16:17 is one example 1 John, 1 Timothy 3 are others). God has given us discernment & brains to be careful.

Therefore, we are called to make judgments but greater than that, we are called to love God & love people.

Answer 2

The Bible does say Judge not least ye should be judged. What happens when you judge someone is you get the discipline for the sin and the person in turns gets a blessing. I have enough discipline of my own and do not want the discipline of others. Leave the Judging to the Almighty. Peace out.

Answer 3

As a christian, I believe this means that we can not know or condemn someone for some sin that someone else commits, because we are all sinners, and only God knows our true hearts. He is the only true and just judge. All we can do is witness when the opportunity presents itself, and be someone other people can talk to. And most importantly, pray. For ourselves and for others. We all sin and come short of the glory of God. How then can we judge someone else for their sins if we sin ourselves? We must try to be a good example and only then can we hope to influence anyone who may have taken a wrong turn. Christians have to repent daily.

Answer 4

Judgment implies the ability to say, "I am qualified to say that you in particular are guilty and worthy of punishment." I cannot, for instance, decide that the man who molested me is any worse than I am. Perhaps I never molested a child, but I have committed my own misdeeds. Therefore, I choose to forgive him, and I pray that when my sins look bad to someone, that person will forgive me as well. I also pray that before he commits another act like that, God will stop him.

As we know, God established judges, so we should be able to create laws to protect people, and the justice system should imprison offenders. Yet, we must work hard to keep a clear account with all men and harbor no no unforgiveness on a personal level. Judgment, then, is personal, and that is what we must avoid. However, tell me to keep that in mind the first time I catch one of my kids smoking. (smile)

Answer 5

Judgement is required to live a peaceful life or chaotic life...God gave each of us free will to choose. God did not tell us to allow people to hurt us or shut our mouthes if someone has hurt themselves - they have already hurt themselves so will learn one way or the other from that however, having a loving friend around to say hey, I care about you and I would have made a different choice...this is the outcome of my life as a result of my different choices..... God teaches us love and sometimes the truth hurts...sometimes realizing something that a loving individual shared with you turns out being the best thing that ever happened.

Answer 6

These things can be considered as judging:
"You are going to hell!"

"Don't you know that's is a sin? Geez,and you call yourself the child of god...."

"You are not a real Christian.Real Christians don't act like you!"

There are many more,but I just woke up....
Anyway,
It may be wrong because we are mere humans,and we have little understanding already of what is ok and what is not ok. We never wish to be judged ourselves by our fellow humans, so why judge others? What is the point?

Answer 7

Forgiving releases oneself from an action or problem. Forgiving means to understand that something happened and that no matter how the other party or parties chooses to handle the situation (apologize, discontinue relationship, etc), we do not get do-over's in life. Therefore, what sense does it make to walk around with a huge chip on your shoulder angry at the world for something that just cannot be changed or "redone"? Learn from the situation and move on.

Sometimes the other party doesn't want to "work it out" and you are left to deal with it the way the hand was dealt to you. You have to eventually come to a place where it's really okay for you to keep going on with your life despite the road blocks you encounter. God helps me personally do that.

As a Protestant myself, we believe in giving our burdens to God. Guilt, like anger, will just eat you alive and makes for very unhappy people. Forgiveness is essential to sustain human life. If we could all be free to act on our hurt feelings we'd probably be extinct.

I do my best not to judge others because you just never know the path they're on or why they are on it, and that is only between them and their God. For those who choose not to believe in a power higher than themselves, I really wonder how they are able to handle day to day stresses in life because it is hard. I believe we all pay for our decisions in life one way or another, and you always get 110% of what you put out, back, good or bad. I always remember that when making decisions for myself. To me, God is the ultimate Judge, Jury, and Executioner and I leave it at that. If I couldn't come to that point, I think I would be a very angry person and I don't want to be.

Even those who don't believe, you must believe in something or you'd fall for anything.

Answer 8

The bible also says judge righteous judgement. If I quote something out of the bible to someone then that is not judging thats only telling them what God said first. If someone said me they was not saved then I can tell them that they will go to hell and quote from God's word what he said on that and thats not judging.

Answer 9

1 Corinthians 6:2 APOSTLE PAUL SAID Christian to Christian
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Verse 3 goes on - "Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?"

At least 80% of Americans claim to be Christian. These Christians go to court every day and sue their brother. If Christians would obey as the Bible tells us to do, the court houses in America would be empty.

Quote the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures because these words will judge all people. Let the Scripture do the judging.

1 Corinthians 2:14-16, "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? but we have the mind of Christ."
Chapter 3:1 goes on to say, "And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to carnal (fleshly people), as to babes in Christ. (babes do not know God's word)" New Christians are often called "babes in Christ." Verse 16 tells us the best known verse, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?"

Answer 10

Consider these three quotes from scripture:

Matthew 7:5
“You hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”

Luke 17:3
"If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him."

John 8:7
“He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.”


How do we triangulate the three quotes? Here is my interpretation:
First, one must clean up their own act, before they have the moral authority to question other's behavior (Matthew 7:5). Second, one should demand moral behavior, but be ready to forgive when others clean up their act (Luke 17:3). Finally, one should not pass FINAL judgment (i.e., death sentences) for minor transgressions, which is the domain of God and God alone (John 8:7).