In response to our post over the man that was banned by his Catholic Priest because he watches other Church programme Emmanuel TV and sometimes attend the Church hear is a bit of response so far to those who says we are judging and condemning ONLY SATAN WANTS US NOT TO JUDGE. His tool against you Error is never on the same level of dignity with Truth. But if we are not confronted in our error, how can we be motivated to move toward Truth? If we do not challenge error, we condone and tolerate it. What we condone and tolerate, we cannot change. We are especially to judge the teaching of teachers, publishers and leaders because if we don’t, then we allow sin and Satan to exploit the weak and ignorant and vulnerable with his lies. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states (No 1868): "… we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them: by (among several actions on our part) not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so." In other words, we become a part of the sin that we cooperate with even in our silence. We cannot "disclose" a sin without first assessing (yet another word for judging) that the sin is in fact there in the first place. Who am I to judge? Well, I know I judge correctly only if my judgment is the echo of the Church. In other matters, I must rely on an educated logical mind because some things are self evident, like the very existence of a God. In matters of faith and morals, we must submit our opinion to the Church because Christ gave the Church the authority to guard His Truth. The Church is the "pillar and bulwark [foundation] of truth" as St. Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 3:15. One of the Spiritual Works of Mercy is to "Admonish the sinner." How can we admonish the sinner, if we do not first judge it to be a sin? We are not judging the person, but we are judging his actions to be sinful – not his motives, but his actions. Truth cannot be compromised— eve n if it makes enemies of our relatives. Some people will not accept the truth and will hate those who preach it. Truth demands judgment. If we see sin or error, we must call it for what it is. I will leave you with the words of Pope Felix III; "“Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it, and, indeed, to neglect to confound evil men—when we can do it—is no less a sin than to encourage them.” Admin Shadrack Benclamsi Ayemere
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:14:23 +0000
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