Judging Others Hard not to do.

<roymock@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Nov 29, 4:07 am, "(R)andy" <pulpitf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ":::Matt:::" <trdell1...@nspam.gmail.com > wrote in message
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>> > Luke 6
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>> > Judging Others
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>> > 37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not
>> > condemn, and you
>> > will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
>> > 38
>> > Give, and
>> > it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down,
>> > shaken together
>> > and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with
>> > the
>> > measure
>> > you use, it will be measured to you."
>> > 39 He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead
>> > a
>> > blind man?
>> > Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A student is not
>> > above his
>> > teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like
>> > his
>> > teacher.
>>
>> > 41 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your
>> > brother's eye and
>> > pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can
>> > you say to
>> > your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your
>> > eye,' when
>> > you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You
>> > hypocrite,
>> > first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will
>> > see
>> > clearly to
>> > remove the speck from your brother's eye.
>>
>> This teaches how to judge clearly, not that we must avoid
>> using judgment:
>>
>> John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
>> righteous judgment.
>>
>> 1 Corinthians 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall
>> judge
>> the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye
>> unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
>> 1 Corinthians 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?
>> how
>> much more things that pertain to this life?
>> 1 Corinthians 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things
>> pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least
>> esteemed in the church.
>> 1 Corinthians 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that
>> there
>> is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able
>> to
>> judge between his brethren?
>
> In 1Cor 5:12ff, we find that judgement is for one's
> congregation - not
> outsiders.

It says we are worthy to judge "things that pertain to this
life".

1 Corinthians 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how
much more things that pertain to this life?

>> Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound
>> yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
>
> 'Judgement', here, is not in the sense of to judge (krinos)
> but to
> discern (aisthesei cf Heb 5:14).

Which doesn't change the fact we can and should discern
between right and wrong in people's behavior.

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