What Did Jesus Say
About Making Judgments?
Only God has the
power and authority to look into the depths of man's heart and judge
the motives and intent of the heart. We must make sure that there
are no beams in our own eyes that would hinder us from seeing clearly
and making right judgments. As we judge the motives and intents of
others we are judging ourselves because we are biased by the
corruption which is inherent in our own lives. Jesus only is the
pure judge of all.
Jesus said: “Judge
not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall
be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you
again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote of thy brother's eyes.”
Matthew 7: 1-5.
This does not mean
that we are not to discern between truth and error; good or evil; but
we cannot see all the reasons and motives of others and the final
consequences of their activities. We all need to look into a
spiritual mirror and see ourselves for what we are, and judge our own
motives and actions and confess our own faults and seek to please
God.
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