CAUTION AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGMENT Matthew 7:1,2; John - TopicsExpress

CAUTION AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGMENT Matthew 7:1,2; John 7:24 “Judge not.” This is Christ’s command to every Christian. He cautions every child of God on the common practice of judging and condemning one another. It is not acting on the principle of love when anyone turns the family or the Christian community to a law court and appoints himself a judge or magistrate over all others in his family, in God’s family or in his community. The true child of God possesses a new heart and a new spirit. A critical spirit that makes someone to criticise and condemn everyone and everything around him is not the Spirit of Christ. Love is of God and the perpetual state of mind that watches for others’ faults while overlooking his own faults is contrary to fairness, kindness and love. Demanding very high standard of love from others while he himself demonstrates low moral standard is unchristian; it is unscriptural. After removing the beam in our eye, we can help our brother remove the mote in his eye (Matthew 7:5). After examining ourselves, after genuine repentance, and transparent righteousness in our own lives, we can correct and counsel our fellow brother (Colossians 3:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:14,15).