Sunday 6 May 2018

Judging

Judging
Jesus said,
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.  
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1,2.
Someone once said,
“I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world.
Than stand with the world and be judged by God.”
To which someone else replied,
"But make sure while you are standing with God,
you, are not judging the world.”
The apostle Paul wrote,
“What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? 
Are you not to judge those inside?  
God will judge those outside. 
“Expel the wicked man from among you.” 
                                                        1 Corinthians 5:12,13.
As believers in Christ Jesus we are not to judge the world. That is God’s job. Billy Graham the American evangelist said,
“It is the Holy Spirits Job to Convict, 
God’s job to judge 
and 
my job to love,” 
                         Billy Graham.
Another American evangelist Tony Campolo wrote,
“We ought to get out of the judging business. We should leave it up to God to determine who belongs in one arena or another when it comes to eternity. What we are obligated to do is to tell people about Jesus, and that's what I do.” Tony Campolo.
As believers in Christ Jesus we have no right to judge those outside the church.
Even when we look inside the church the only reason I see for us to judge anyone is to tell whether or not they are preaching the truth about Jesus. Whether or not they are teaching sound doctrine.
We must always remember as believers in Christ Jesus we are to love the world not judge it.
Please think about it.

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