{"id":28753,"date":"2024-01-22T01:24:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T08:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/?p=28753"},"modified":"2024-01-22T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T20:30:25","slug":"the-right-way-to-judge-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/faith\/the-right-way-to-judge-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Way to Judge People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uOOsgJzI2hQ?si=l_nz2oLKqvAmqhhv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to listen to this article.<\/p>\n<p>In his book\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Most-Misused-Verses-Bible-Misunderstood\/dp\/0764209361\/?tag=thegospcoal-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Most Misused Verses in the Bible<\/a>,\u201d Eric Bargerhuff surveys about 20 of Scripture\u2019s most popularly botched verses \u2014 misunderstood by believers and unbelievers alike. What&#8217;s at the top of the list? \u201cDo not judge, or you too will be judged\u201d (Matt. 7:1). One could easily argue, Bargerhuff says, that this is \u201cby far the most frequently misapplied verse in the entire Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>What Jesus doesn\u2019t mean by &#8220;judge&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>But what does Jesus mean? Well,\u00a0He certainly doesn\u2019t mean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t think critically\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t make moral evaluations\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t tell me what to do or how to live\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do we know these popular uses of \u201cDo not judge\u201d mistake Christ\u2019s intent? In a word: context.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to go outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%201&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gospel of Matthew<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%205-7&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sermon on the Mount<\/a>, or\u00a0<em>even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+7&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 7<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to see that Jesus doesn\u2019t mean we shouldn\u2019t evaluate things morally. Just five verses later, the same Jesus who says \u201cDo not judge\u201d calls His opponents dogs and pigs \u2014 and expects His followers to see them as such (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+7%3A6&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">v. 6<\/a>). Later in the chapter, Jesus exhorts us to beware of false prophets, of wolves who wear sheep costumes. You will \u201crecognize them by their fruits\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+7%3A16&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">v. 16<\/a>) \u2014 a recognition that requires moral judgment.<\/p>\n<p>So if Jesus isn\u2019t saying what many of our neighbors wish He\u2019d say, then what\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0He saying?<\/p>\n<p>His basic point is simple: \u201cDon\u2019t be judgmental.\u201d Make theological and ethical judgments \u2014 just\u00a0not from some balcony of superiority.<\/p>\n<p>J. C. Ryle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Matthew-Crossway-Classic-Commentaries-Vol\/dp\/089107726X\/?tag=thegospcoal-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explains the point well<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What our Lord means to condemn is a . . . fault-finding spirit. A\u00a0<em>readiness<\/em>\u00a0to blame others for trifling offenses, or matters of indifference; a\u00a0<em>habit<\/em>\u00a0of passing rash and hasty judgments; a\u00a0<em>disposition<\/em>\u00a0to magnify the errors and infirmities of our neighbors, and make the worst of them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Open your eyes to see and your heart to love, Jesus is saying, long before you open your mouth. Make sure things are in proper focus first, lest you realize on the Last Day that you were looking at image-bearers of God through the wrong end of the microscope.<\/p>\n<h4>Honest application<\/h4>\n<p>My temptation when reflecting on this verse, I confess, is to hang the world\u2019s understanding of it like a pi\u00f1ata, and go to town. That would be easy, and probably enjoyable, since I\u2019d feel better about myself. But that would be taking this text \u2014 this mirror \u2014 and flipping it so that I could confess the sins of others.<\/p>\n<p>What, then, does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+7%3A1&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 7:1<\/a> say to those who grasp its meaning? At least three things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Uproot hypocrisy in your own heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the point of Jesus\u2019 ensuing illustration:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why do you see the speck that is in your brother\u2019s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, \u201cLet me take the speck out of your eye,\u201d when there is the log in your own eye?<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>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\u2019s eye. (Matt. 7:3\u20135)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus is not\u00a0saying you can never gently remove a piece of sawdust from a brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s eye; He\u2019s just saying don\u2019t do it when there\u2019s a rafter in your own.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this passage is to push toward the humility of self-awareness \u2014 a humility that banishes the wickedness of hypocrisy. What might such hypocrisy look like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Correcting someone for cursing or telling an off-color joke \u2014 and then returning to a long text thread that is basically just gossip<\/li>\n<li>Rolling your eyes at someone\u2019s prayer request or correcting someone\u2019s theology of prayer \u2014 when your private prayer life is virtually nonexistent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Put simply, self-righteousness is the art of always being most bothered by somebody else\u2019s sin. It\u2019s pursuing a PhD in the faults of others while being content with a GED-level grasp of your own.<\/p>\n<p>To the degree you\u2019re aware of and grieved by your own faults, you&#8217;ll extend charity toward others. To the degree you\u2019re not, you won\u2019t. And most chillingly, Jesus says that with the measure you extend charity or condemnation to others, the Judge of heaven will dole it out to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Be quicker to encourage than to criticize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you could make a list of each person you criticized last week, and a list of each person you encouraged, which would be longer? And what about your closest friends: would they describe you as more fluent in the language of criticism or of encouragement?<\/p>\n<p>The attitude Jesus forbids is a species of pride with countless forms. It could involve passing subtle judgment on someone else\u2019s looks, or intelligence, or entertainment preferences, or career, or upbringing, or lifestyle and spending choices. It could simply be thinking a little less of someone because they don\u2019t share many similarities with you \u2014 or to put it starkly, because they don\u2019t remind you of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>So, what might a spirit of criticism look like? Well, do you take pride in your strong opinions? Do you always feel the need to share them? Do you generally assume you have all the facts?<\/p>\n<p>And beware reverse judgmentalism. You can be a Pharisee toward Pharisees, saying to yourself,\u00a0<em>God, I thank you that I am not like other men. I\u2019m not judgy like that person over there. I extend charity twice a day!<\/em>\u00a0That\u2019s not the goal, either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Praise Jesus for other Christians and other churches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How should \u201cDo not judge\u201d challenge not just individual Christians, but whole congregations?<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, we could start to feel that\u00a0<em>we<\/em>\u00a0and we alone have good theology and that\u00a0<em>we<\/em>\u00a0and we alone know \u201chow to do church.\u201d We should pray, then, against the assumption that we have it all together. Put simply, Christian churches shouldn\u2019t look down on other Christian churches. Maturity, after all, is not solely determined by knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In his article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/love-the-church-more-than-its-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love the Church More Than Its Health<\/a>,\u201d Jonathan Leeman is worth quoting at length:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We can love our vision of what a church\u00a0<em>should<\/em>\u00a0be more than we love the people who compose it. We can be like the unmarried man who loves\u00a0the<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>idea<\/em>\u00a0of a wife, but who marries a real woman and finds it harder to love\u00a0<em>her\u00a0<\/em>than the idea of her. Or like the mother who loves her dream of the perfect daughter more than the daughter herself. . .\u00a0 We start loving the idea of a healthy church more than the church God has placed us in.<\/p>\n<p>[But] Christ has put his name on immature Christians. . .\u00a0 [He] has identified himself with Christians whose theology is underdeveloped and imperfect.<\/p>\n<p>To say we should love the church more than its health means this: we should love people because they belong to\u00a0<em>Jesus<\/em>, not because they\u2019ve kept the law of a healthy church, even though that law may be good and biblical. . .\u00a0 If you love your children, you want them to be healthy. But if you love your children, you love them whether they are healthy or not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul told one local church \u2014 despite many flaws \u2014 that they were his \u201cjoy,\u201d his \u201cglory\u201d and his \u201ccrown\u201d (1 Thess. 2:19). Are your fellow church members your joy, your glory and your crown?<\/p>\n<p>Scripture rings with the truth that all Christians are fellow travelers, fellow siblings, fellow citizens, fellow soldiers, fellow sufferers and fellow heirs. Let&#8217;s make sure our thoughts and words about them reflect the eternally deep unity we share.<\/p>\n<h4>The antidote to moral superiority<\/h4>\n<p>Ultimately, only one thing can uproot hypocrisy, can replace a desire to criticize with an impulse to encourage, can slay a judgmental spirit: humility. And this comes from the grace extended to us in Christ.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+timothy+4%3A16&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good doctrine<\/a> is still important, as is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/faith\/flee-sin-and-pursue-righteousness-but-how\/\">pursuing holiness<\/a>. But when a judgmental spirit creeps in \u2014 when you start to ascend that balcony of superiority \u2014 stop on the stairs. Remember who you are: sinning saint, traveling pilgrim, work in progress. You have not yet arrived.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, devote your energy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Before-You-Open-Your-Bible\/dp\/1912373718\/?tag=thegospcoal-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approaching your Bible rightly<\/a>, to pursuing your own growth rather than snooping for evidence of others\u2019, and to building up the persons and reputations you\u2019re most tempted to belittle. For only when humility rises like the sun in your heart will the darkness of hypocrisy and fault-finding flee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copyright 2019 Matt Smethurst. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture tells Christians to make judgments on everything from ethics to theology to behavior. 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