I can't seem to find any verses wherein Jesus indicated that he gave his followers the authority to judge others and determine their ultimate destination. please be so kind as to provide the N.T. verse in which Jesus gave Christians said authority.
thank you.
2007-01-28 14:49:45 · 27 answers · asked by nebtet 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Three of the first five people who responded feel righteous enough to interpret scripture in a way that justifies the judgement of others. Knowing a person by their fruit in no way implies that we are to judge someone. Discernment means understanding, but also does not give the authority to judge. One person said that to non-believers, christians are the ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, which means representative (in behavior and example), not judge. In fact, the words of Jesus intructed "Judge not, lest ye be judged", and "let he who has not sinned cast the first stone", and "pluck first the timber from thine own eye before removing the splinter from the eye of another". Jesus instructed his followers to be charitable, tolerant, and forgiving. Jesus taught to the sinners, not the saints. This should remind us of our position.
2007-01-28 15:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whenever one person confronts another person over an issue, the statement "Do not judge!" comes up. Christians are often accused of "judging" in contradiction to what the Bible says whenever they speak out against a sinful activity. However, that is not the meaning of the Scripture verses which state, "Do not judge." When Jesus told us not to judge (Matthew 7:1), He was telling us not to judge hypocritically.
The same people who love accusing Christians of judging rarely keep reading past the mentioned verse. But look at Matthew 7:2-5 where Jesus continues, "In the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
2007-01-28 15:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Heaven's Messenger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not indicate that all who follow him would be judges, the holy ones that make up the 144,000 kings and priests will be ruling beside Christ and judging from heaven--1 Corinthians 6: 2-This is God's kingdom government that will soon take over earth's rule.
2007-01-28 15:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by avaddohn-Apollyon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By reading this short discussion along with its referred Scriptures, you'll find more than one Scripture about that ...
What Is the Kingdom of God? :
1 Where is it located?
2 Who is its King?
3 Do others share in ruling with the King? If so, how many?
4 What shows that we are living in the last days?
5-7 What will God's Kingdom do for mankind in the future? http://watchtower.org/library/rq/article_06.htm
2007-01-28 15:03:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not to judge people who are not under our authority to judge. However, we are to judge sin. If I say that sex before marriage is sin that does not mean I am judging people who do have sex before marriage. I am simply telling the truth that is in the Bible. If you have a problem with hearing the truth then that is something you need to do some soul searching about.
2007-01-28 15:02:29 · answer #5 · answered by tas211 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are not to Judge anyone in their final destination. There is no way we could know that anyway. If you would of asked me what I thought of Jesus ten minutes before I got saved I would of laughed at you. We are however supposed to use common sense when we see things that are just disrupting the Kingdom of GOD. Like Benny Hinn and other nonsense.
1Cr 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
1Cr 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1Cr 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
1Cr 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
1Cr 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
2007-01-28 15:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it clearly states in James 21:18 "Who soever shall follow the course of Jesus your Lord shall judge and condemn and be held accountable for those transgressors. Condemn them to hell fire where the worm never dies and the flame is not quenched." You should read the bible more carefully.
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2007-01-28 15:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
He taught exactly the opposite.
Mat 7:1-2 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
This is something I find that many Christians have a problem with. One cannot tell them they have a problem with it. They will never believe it. If one points out some place where they are being judgmental, they will most often say, "No, this is the area in which we are to judge." Then they will point to some Scripture such as I Cor 6 which speaks of judging acts, and not judging people.
Mat 7:3-5 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Verses 3 through 5 are so often separated from the context of verses 1 and 2, and the beam is made to be what ever the speaker wants it to be. Looking at the context, what would you say that the beam would be?
I'll bet you come to the same conclusion as I do. The beam is the judgmental attitude. It is hitting the brother over the head with his sin.
2007-01-28 14:59:42 · answer #8 · answered by Caveman 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus says, "Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine" (Matthew 7:6). This command assumes the exercise of spiritual discernment. A few verses later Jesus said, "Beware of false prophets...You will know them by their fruits" (Matthew 7:15,16,20). Again Jesus demands spiritual discernment. In Jesus' view it is not "judging" to conclude that someone is a false prophet.
In Matthew 7:2-5, Jesus warns against judging someone else for their sin when you yourself are sinning even worse. That is the kind of judging Jesus commanded us not to do. If a believer sees another believer sinning, it is their Christian duty to lovingly and respectfully confront the person with their sin (Matthew 18:15-17). This is not judging, but rather pointing out the truth in hope of bringing repentance in the other person (James 5:20). We are to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). We are to proclaim what God's Word says about sin. 2 Timothy 4:2 instructs us, "Preach the Word ; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction." We are to "judge" sin, but always with the goal of presenting the solution for sin and its consequences - the Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:6).
2007-01-28 14:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
in no place, and in no action, Jesus mentioned that in the N.T.-- then,; what you said proves the veracity that when they judge,all in the name of Jesus ,they are using Jesus and his words in vain ,showing then they are not the so called Christians
they want to appear to be,
2007-01-28 15:06:39 · answer #10 · answered by Byzantino 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋