Are we suppose to judge our christian brother and sisters spiritual lifes?
2007-08-26 18:47:55 · 12 answers · asked by moma3 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Apparently, yes. When the Christians get tired of attacking the atheists and Muslims here, they start attacking the other Christian sects. They all do it, and they're all sure that they're right. Must be God's will!
2007-08-26 18:58:20 · answer #1 · answered by /\v/\TARD 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't feel it's my responsibility to judge other christians unless I have definite proof that they are living sinfully. But God is going to judge sin. He is a perfectly Holy and Righteous God and a Holy God has only one reaction to sin and that is to judge it. Judgement will first come on the church
both in this country and around the world. This will purify the church because all of the people who are playing the game of christianity but are not serious about it will drop out when the heat is turned up. God is also going to judge America. This country, which was once a very moral country has become corrupt, where you can kill babies, walk around nearly naked at the beaches, put any form of immorality on the TV and Movie screens and parade your immorality in the streets. But God is going to protect people like you who are sick of all the filth in society. Just read Ezekial chapter 9. But the return of Christ is just around the corner and it's going to be followed by a 7 year period called the 'tribulation' where God will judge the whole world. God will start off with judging the church but the true believers will make it through that unscathed. What comes after that will not be pretty. 1 Peter 4:17 says "For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God"?
2007-08-26 21:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not advisable because,
Mt 7:1 - Show Context
Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
Mt 7:2 - Show Context
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Lu 6:37 - Show Context
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
I was very disobedient to my parents. I listen very rarely to advise. But after Holy Spirit baptism, He teaches me. So a true christian does not need a teacher. But if a person is guided by the Holy Spirit and have matured and grown in thier spiritual life, then he may advice. For example for Jesus disciples, they stayed 3 years with Jesus, learnt many things and then only they ministered. It is best to stay close to Jesus in the initial period of our (born-again)growth in Him.
Please read here how God changed my life,
http://www.protectinghands.com/ladder_to_heaven.htm
2007-08-26 19:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by Brinda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you see someone in sin, then you should talk to them privately, then 2 or 3 witnesses, then the congregation, if it goes that far. But one should not judge someone who is spiritual....but if that person is spiritual, he is probably not sinning anyway. It's all a part of holding each other accountable to the Word.
Of course, today you have CONGREGATIONS that have strayed from the Word, so indeed it is a great problem.
If it brings you comfort at all, just know that God and Yahshua both knew it would come to this. That was the plan.
2007-08-26 18:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by witnessnbr1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should never judge anyone, including non-Christians. But there is nothing wrong with correcting a brother who sins. It is called fraternal correction and it is done in love. There is a big difference between the two.
2007-08-26 19:00:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That should be are THERE (not their) and LIVES not lifes)
If you were a true christian you would know that you should not judge, but then that;s what christians are good at
2007-08-26 18:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On judgment day we have the responsibility of judging and recommending to Jesus what we feel is He should do.
Until then judge whether to have contact with a person. Either witness to them or stay away.
2007-08-26 18:54:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are many true christians who are sick. Everybody of us as humans are bound to be sick.
It is only Jesus Christ who will come to judge us at the end of the world.
jtm
2007-08-26 18:56:14 · answer #8 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judge, no . . . but we also have to be discerning so that we are not deceived or led away by false teachers or hypocrites. It's a hard balance.
2007-08-26 18:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by JesusFirst2Day 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I though only God can do the judgement and we are supose to love our neighbours regardless of their faults.
2007-08-26 18:51:47 · answer #10 · answered by zi_xin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋