What is Judgement ?

What is Judgement?


Luke 6:37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:


How often have you told somebody that they are wrong and they turn throw up the scripture in your face telling you that you are judging them?

Here is a post on the subject I pulled from a website which is pretty typical:

“im sorry, but that seems pretty hypocritical to me. you are judging homosexuals. you are saying that they are wrong, and gay marriage is wrong. but who are you to judge?”

See what I mean. They say you are wrong for seeing that they are wrong.The other thing frequently said is that you cant see a fault in something in someone else unless it is also in you. Under this philosophy if you say a person snatcher is a wrong person,then you yourself are a purse snatcher. Ridiculous.


I have had some conversations on-line with Christians and they often seem to be as much in the dark as anybody else.


So what then is this Judgement that the Christ warned us about. I believe I understand it to some degree. Lets see if I can explain it.

Has anyone ever done something wrong to you (either cruel or selfish) and you found feelings of resentment inside you? I have experienced that. And at the same time I was resenting I also experienced something else: guilt and depression. It was as if I was violating some unseen Spiritual Law. And I was.


Judgement is when you tinge the observation of the wrong or sin of another with hostility or resentment. That changes innocent discernment into the sin of Judgement.


Some of the other scriptures shed additional light on this.


43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[b] and pray for those who persecute you,(Matthew 5:43-44)


In your patience possess ye your souls.-Luke 21:19



12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.- Matthew 6:12


I have a minister friend who says he thinks the translation resist not evil is incorrect and that it should be resent not evi. And that makes a lot of sense to me.


Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also


And there is one other scripture that needs consideration:



24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment._John 7-24
I think you can see from the above scripture that there is a righteous judgement that is acceptable to God. Some people call it discernment.

So if we see people the way they are without resentment or hostility that is innocent and acceptable to God. And it is a damnable trick when they try and convince you that you are judging when you are not.


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