There is Biblical support for this question. Has the Lord called us to judge anyone other than fellow believers here on earth?
2007-03-07 09:53:20 · 24 answers · asked by super Bobo 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey 'ichthyc' - it looks like we shop in the same mall!
2007-03-07 10:02:27 · update #1
i don't judge unbelievers because how can i hold them up to the standards of my religion when they don't believe it
2007-03-07 09:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by kaderman37 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Pharisees were judging people all the time and Jesus was constantly correcting them. They thought they knew it all yet they actually knew little. It was the poor and the young that knew more and had more faith than the elders. Of course this didn't settle well with the Pharisees. But Jesus was always telling parables about true faith, trust and obedience.
Many say we aren't to judge. But actually it's we are not to judge until we first judge ourselves. I can't judge the non-believers except to only say that they lack faith. That they aren't willing to put their trust in the Lord and that they can't fathom the concept to worship a God that they can't see. That's between them and the Lord. When I talk to other Christians, I see some very devote ones and (sadly) some very lost ones. Many don't attend church services, they don't read the Bible, they rarely pray except at mealtime and at times of crisises. Some will read the Bible on their own and do their own interpretation and have it wrong.
Jesus once said that He will not go into the cities where there is no faith because it would not help. But where He finds ones with wrong faith, He will correct them.
2007-03-07 10:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I think many Christians feel very comfortable Judging both. When I was a Christian I found that I was judged continually, it was very depressing and painful.
Now that I am no longer a Christian, I still get judged, but just don't care. In fact, I find it kinda fun. There is nothing like being judged by someone who bases their moral lifestyle on letters written by uneducated fishermen nearly 2000 years ago. When Christians learn not to judge, they will have a better time converting others to their belief system, until then scare tactics will have to suffice.
2007-03-07 10:00:18 · answer #3 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I judge Christians All the Time.
Just don't Tell anybody bout' it!
Hahaha.
You can Judge!
In Public or between the Other.
Yes, you can! Most People don't complete that Scripture--it says Judge NOT LEAST YOU be Judged.
Just have your Ducks in a Row when you do it!
What goes round comes round!
Ditto.
2007-03-07 10:06:41 · answer #4 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are sitting at church and the married couple next to you decide to start making babies right there on the pew. They are not even sinning but they are disrupting the whole service. You would ask them to stop and to please get a room to say the least. It's a common sense judgment call. That is what Paul is referring to when he says we are to judge matters for ourselves. We are never to make any judgments concerning matters that are between an individual and GOD. That is GOD's business not ours.
Grace and Peace to you.
2007-03-07 10:04:48 · answer #5 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't judge anyone. I try to love and accept everyone, even those who I don't agree with. It's not for us to judge, but for God to judge. I do believe however, that we Christians ought to hold each other accountable for our faith. When we see fellow Christians behaving in ways that are not consistent with the teachings of Christ, then we should bring it to their attention in a loving, yet non-judgmental way, that they are doing that. If we don't hold each other accountable, then we are allowing each other to say and do things in the name of Christ that could ultimately turn someone AWAY from Christ. So my feeling is that we should not judge anyone. We should profess our faith to those who don't believe, but we should love and accept everyone. We should hold each other accountable who claim to be Christians, because to fail to do so is to invite others to turn away from Christ when they see a Christian behaving badly.
2007-03-07 10:00:49 · answer #6 · answered by Chimichanga to go please!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOOD QUESTION! First of all, no one should be judging anyone. I don't understand how people can call themselves good Christians and yet they hate everyone that isn't a Christian. We should be questioning the believers not the unbelievers.
2007-03-07 09:58:07 · answer #7 · answered by Shay 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What exactly are you referring to? We are not to judge people's sins or motives "before the time" but Jesus warned us to judge who our fellow believers are and are not. He told us to test the spirits. Is that the judging you're referring to?
2007-03-07 09:57:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Believers ARE judged. I'm a moderage/liberal Christian, but am going to hell for not taking the Bible literally as opposed to tempered with some education and logic. So sayeth the mighty Evangelicals, who judge as Jesus said not to.
2007-03-07 09:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by Christine S 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because christians are Spiritual Losers!
the christians WILL be judged, but will not be able to handle the judgement!
christians have KILLED more people in the history of humanity than any other group.
christians have persecuted millions of "non-believers" just because they DIDN'T believe in "christianity!
but........... there's a Solution:
"religion is Spiritual fraud"; "religion is the Worse invention of humanity" - Jesus Christ
Create a private, personal, direct, divine relationship with Our Creator and save your Soul from religion.
Only with Our Creator's Love and Peace will we be Truely Free!
Without God, there is No Love; Without religion, there are No Wars!
2007-03-07 09:58:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋