February 29, Wednesday 2012

February 29, Wednesday 2012

I hate hearing people tell me this verse out of context, which is Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.” I say nice job misquoting the Scriptures.

Look at the Context of Matthew 7 I will give you the Whole chapter to keep it in its context.

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! 12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.



Let me give some other verses about judging the right way not the wrong way.

Judge sin in the church:

1 Corinthians 5:3 For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. v. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?

Judge preaching

1 Corinthians 14:29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

Judging Commanded

John 7:24 (NKJV) Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

1 Corinthians 10:15 I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

Judge matters between brethren:

1 Corinthians 6:5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers.

Judge All things

1 Corinthians 2:15-16 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.”

Judging/Judgment upheld by Christ

Luke 7:43 man answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly."

Luke 12:57 And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

So stop misquoting verses of the Bible it makes me sick to my stomach.

"Use Your duties, as Noah's dove did her wings, to carry you to the ark of the Lord Jesus Christ, where only there is rest." ISAAC AMBROSE