The "Don't Judge" Lie

Most Christians have been fed a lie from the secular world. The secular world has told Christians "You shouldn't judge" and we have bought into that. So now if we see something wrong, according to the word of God, we keep silent or feel bad/wrong if we make the "judgement."

God is so awesome that he has required every human being to make judgements. If we didn't make judgements we'd be dead by now. You make judgements every day in clothing, driving, what to say, how to say it, who to allow in your life, cooking, with family and friends when you give advice. You judge the advice you take in. After all you made a judgement to become a Christian right? You made a judgement on the friends you have selected. Every one is in a constant state of making judgements. You measure, you weigh, you consider, you think critically. To say that you shouldn't judge is like saying, "don't think."

One thing I have learned about God is He is black or white....He is never gray. He is absolute, never halfway, he is either all the way or not at all. So either you make judgements or you don't. If you say you don't judge you're lying. It's impossible for you to absolutely not judge. If from this article, you call me judgemental...guess what...you've just made a judgement.

Well Jazzmine...what about the scripture that says

Matthew 7:1-5

   ¹Judge not, that ye be not judged.
   ²For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
   ³And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
   ⁴Or 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?
   ⁵Thou 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.

John 7:24  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Notice in these scriptures Jesus is not saying DON'T JUDGE, he is telling us HOW to judge.

He is saying how can you help someone else with a small problem and here you have this issue consuming your life? He wants us to help our brother and sister, but first we have to deal with self. Once our beam is out THEN go help them. If I have an eating disorder I can't tell you how to lose weight. It's not only hypocritical it is ineffective.

Secondly, he says don't judge by the appearance, but a righteous judgment. In other words, before you think you are "telling it like it is" get all your facts and discern with your spirit. Most people may look at a prostitute and judge that she is nasty and disgusting. Yet when she was 15 she was raped and abandoned and a pimp was the only one to take her in. In her heart she hates her lifestyle. This is what has given Christians a bad rep. Misjudgements (by the appearance).

Christ was giving us instructions. And if you find other passages that use the word judge. Please pay close attention to its context. Remember Israel had several judges. It could be using the word judge but in a different tense.