Luke6:37.
‘Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven;
2007-09-16 00:43:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Karma simply means "balance". To the Hindu it means that whatsoever you do on one side of the scale MUST be balanced by the other side for life to be fulfilling.
A Christian may utilize this concept in the following manner, according to Scripture. That which ye do unto another WILL be done unto you (paraphrase). In other words, BALANCE.
2007-09-16 00:53:26 · answer #1 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
This means "Do not do unto others, what you do not want others to do unto you". So, where is the karma in there? Or in plain language what you plant is what you harvest. For truly, how can you harvest corn if you planted a rice?
Do not judge, and you will not be judge- if we look at this and meditating upon it, it means, we have to judge justly and righteously in order that no one will judge us falsely, but not to the point of not judging for God said; Pro 21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Do not condemn and you'll not be condemn - same implication as the first one, if we condemn others, chances are we'll also be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven - the implication is, how can God forgive all our sins and iniquities if we, ourselves have a hard time forgiving others? Matthew 6:13-14.
God is actually telling us to be just and righteous in all things, as HE is Just and Righteous! And in order not to suffer or if we don't want the things we did unto others. It is not a karma, for karma is only a words invented by those who believes Hinduism or Buddhism. Nothing you can find in the Bible such word. That even Christ Jesus, Himself did not mentioned such word. Amen.
2007-09-16 08:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ephesians 2:8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"karma" is a Sanskrit word that literally means "action" or "activity" (not "balance") from the verb root kri "to do.". It started out, in part, in the philosophical and cultural development of Hinduism, as a term that defined "right action" or "dharma"--meaning keeping to cultural societal codes and performing appropriate religious rites. The idea (as was the idea with early pagan western religions as well) was that in keeping certain codes of conduct (religious and civic), the order of the universe would be maintained and all would be well.
The idea of karma then evolved into the idea that action has a reaction and, thus, a certain momentum (this is actually a very primitive physics). Karma then became understood as the unending stream of actions and reactions. Spiritually, the idea inherent in "karma" is that a part of a person survives death as this string of momentum--a virtually unending stream of actions and reactions. Good actions presumably result in good effects, and bad actions in bad ones. So then comes the idea of merit and demerit and morality. Hindus want to engage in right and good actions so that they can go to a heaven (temporarily) when they die and/or be reborn in the world in decent circumstances where they can continue to perfect and, technically attenuate (that is wear down) their karmic momentum so to be liberated from the cycle of cause and effect and rebirth and then merge with God.
Although some believe that early Christians and Jews believed in reincarnation, Christians nowadays do not (in terms of official Christian dogma). The teaching about judging not lest you be judged, etc. --although similar to the idea of karma--is not thought of in that way. It is simply teaching about the value of compassion, forgiveness, and morality. Also that particular passage is a twist on an Old Testament teaching about "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." The passage from Luke turns this around. Thus there are passages such as this one from Luke and also passages such as "If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other."
2007-09-16 08:11:49 · answer #3 · answered by philosophyangel 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You must forgive us for we are ignorant people. Thanks for bringing this up, you are so kind. I wonder how you are so bless with scripture and is so knowledgeable when we Christian is not given to understand. You must have study hard the Bible and have prove to us not to be lazy. I am sure You live by those principal and have not judge or condemn us. If only You were my brother in Christ, I will give You a brotherly hug and even to the extend of washing your toe, I mean feet.
2007-09-16 07:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by Kingdomchild07 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Karma is from the Hindus who existed 3000 years before Christianity
2007-09-16 07:49:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
From what I've heard, karma is the effect the deeds of your past life has on your current life, i.e. good people have good future lives, bad people have bad future lives, etc. While similar, these concepts are not entirely the same.
2007-09-16 07:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by rokkon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Karma is a lot more complex than that. Actual Karma is not just 'give and you shall get', it makes extensive reference to the Hindu belief in reincarnation, which is incompatible with Christianity.
2007-09-16 07:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Karma is said to be “the influence of an individual’s past actions on his future lives, or reincarnations.”
what does that have to do with not judging?
2007-09-16 07:50:18 · answer #8 · answered by papa G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look into Hinduism which has been around loong before Christianity. That's where Karma comes from. Don't try to claim it!
2007-09-16 07:57:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Amen, some don't want to accept and will take offense to Comparative Religion.
2007-09-16 08:05:37 · answer #10 · answered by Yahoo Sucks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋