To Judge or Not to Judge
How many times have you heard someone whine, "Judge not, that ye be not judged?" This verse of Scripture from Matthew 7:1 is often quoted out of context by people who never want to hear any form of correction.
There seems to be a lot of misperceptions about judging. Some say we should never judge but then you hear them making judgments often. We all make judgments every day and yet we know Jesus did say “Judge not that you be not judged.”
Some who say we should never judge are quick to let you know when you are discerning something wrong that “You shouldn’t judge.” If we are to never make a judgment about anything that happens then we could lose this precious fellowship we have. There are all kinds of religious bigots who if they found this forum would come in and wreak havoc until they managed to run everyone off who was seeking a place of love and fellowship.
When Jesus taught that you should not judge he was not saying that you should lose your discernment or that you should never bring correction in a situation. We all need and should desire judgment. The scriptures are full of judgment.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Isa 26:9 9
We should not judge except in a righteous way. If you are judging someone and your emotions are involved and you are acting out of anger you should stop immediately. Our judgment should be from a heart of compassion and a desire to bring righteousness in the situation. We can be harsh if need be but with a heart to bring peace and restoration.
As moderators of this forum we have a responsibility to do as we feel is best for the community as a whole. Usually the ones who cry “You should not judge” are the ones who cause disruption and then say we are judging them when we bring correction.
We should never judge someone and then think we are better than them or that we are not capable of doing the same thing. Usually when you judge someone wrongfully is when you may later find yourself doing the same thing that you are judging another for. That is why Jesus said not to judge. He never meant to throw out discernment or to never correct a bad situation.
When you truly have the heart of the Father you do not want to hurt anyone and you want to please each person but you soon realize that is impossible. So we do the best we can do according to what we feel in our hearts.
There seems to be a lot of misperceptions about judging. Some say we should never judge but then you hear them making judgments often. We all make judgments every day and yet we know Jesus did say “Judge not that you be not judged.”
Some who say we should never judge are quick to let you know when you are discerning something wrong that “You shouldn’t judge.” If we are to never make a judgment about anything that happens then we could lose this precious fellowship we have. There are all kinds of religious bigots who if they found this forum would come in and wreak havoc until they managed to run everyone off who was seeking a place of love and fellowship.
When Jesus taught that you should not judge he was not saying that you should lose your discernment or that you should never bring correction in a situation. We all need and should desire judgment. The scriptures are full of judgment.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Isa 26:9 9
We should not judge except in a righteous way. If you are judging someone and your emotions are involved and you are acting out of anger you should stop immediately. Our judgment should be from a heart of compassion and a desire to bring righteousness in the situation. We can be harsh if need be but with a heart to bring peace and restoration.
As moderators of this forum we have a responsibility to do as we feel is best for the community as a whole. Usually the ones who cry “You should not judge” are the ones who cause disruption and then say we are judging them when we bring correction.
We should never judge someone and then think we are better than them or that we are not capable of doing the same thing. Usually when you judge someone wrongfully is when you may later find yourself doing the same thing that you are judging another for. That is why Jesus said not to judge. He never meant to throw out discernment or to never correct a bad situation.
When you truly have the heart of the Father you do not want to hurt anyone and you want to please each person but you soon realize that is impossible. So we do the best we can do according to what we feel in our hearts.
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Comment by Linda Keith on February 10, 2010 at 2:44pm -
Aurora, you don't think that maybe you might have been being shown something that YOU as WHO YOU ARE, were to "call forth", such as the Christ in that person to rise from within them? It is wonderful to see Christ in a person, BUT IF, (and I believe we do) we have the fullness of Elohim , don't we , not only for ourselves, but for others too, call forth all that HE is to rise up? I do not consider this "judging", when done in love. we are to be teachers as well as learners, at least this is what I believe.
I think that we are in this realm to LEARN to make CHOICES, so we can mature and BE WHO we are, so how can we make choices if we don't see the whole picture? I don't mean that we are to say, "Look, I don't like how you treat me", because this would be sort of "accusing". But that as we see, that we are to call forth all that He is. I don't think that we are to be ostriches with our heads in the sand and just see the "good", but to "go forth and multiply" HIM. Making choices is not being "dualistic", it it seeing by sides of the choices that we have to choose from. By the way, I am not a football person either!! It is too rough for me!1 lol. These are just some of my thoughts, and everyone DOES see differently. But WE are to change the world, or PRODUCE the new earth. Love ya much, El
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Comment by Linda Keith on February 9, 2010 at 6:50pm
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Eileen, just wanted to get your meaning on, "I don't judge them". What does that mean? And I agree, I think you should write more too. And for Beverly, she DEFINITEL should do more writing. Love you both, Linda
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Comment by Reecie Ariola on February 9, 2010 at 2:25pm -
Beautiful Eileen. I would love to sit down and have coffee with you and get to know you. Love you, Reecie
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Comment by Gary Sigler on February 9, 2010 at 2:16pm -
Eileen, you expressed that beautifully. I think you should write more. :)
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Comment by Reecie Ariola on February 8, 2010 at 6:06pm
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Eileen, I so agree with and enjoyed what your post said about the mirrors. It kind of goes hand in hand with what I heard about discernment. If I only discern the Christ in each person then that is what my mirror reflects; however if I mirror something else that is what my reflection is teaching me about myself. Hmmm Thanks and Namaste, Reecie Ariola
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Comment by Linda Keith on February 7, 2010 at 3:10am
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Gary, you are SO right on about this judging thing. I do believe that first of all we are to judge OURSELVES. To me, judgement is simply correcting something that is incorrect. But, like you said, IN A LOVING INTENTION. This "pure mind" thing, that all things are pure to those with a pure heart, is so taken in misunderstanding. I think, at least for myself, that IF something IS NOT in the NATURE OF GOD, or the CHARACTOR of God, then we need to judge that thing. (correct it)/ It seems that many do not want to understand that we HAVE to judge , usually ourselves and the way we think our lives should be lived, in order to manifest the True Identity that is ours. There was a time when I did allow someone else's understanding of "a pure mind" sort of lead me to begin to believe as they did, but it nagged me for a couple of years, and finally, it just appeared to me, that there is TWO kinds of purity: an ILLUSIONAL purity mind that allows one to live however we might want to. and then there is the REAL pure mind, that mind does judge itself and allows correction. Thank you SO MUCH for this writing of yours. I so appreciate you, AS USUAL> His love. Linda
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Comment by Reecie Ariola on February 4, 2010 at 6:25pm
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I have often been told that,although we are not to judge, we must have discernment. It seemed to me that what most people called discerment still sounded like judgement. So, recently, I asked Spirit what true discernment is and this is what I heard: True discernment is discerning the Christ in everyone - observe and acknowlege the actions of the outer man without judgement, trusting God to bring about righteous judgement. Discernment used in immaturity becomes judgement. I was also told at one time that I must not have the gift of discernment as I do not like criticism and when I asked Spirit about this I was told that if I have the Mind of Christ I have this gift - it is true of the gift of discernment, as with all spiritual gifts, that they are only used in purity when the thoughts and ideas come from the Mind of Christ. Just some thoughts I thought I would share!!
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