What Jesus
Really Meant -
When Jesus said; "Do not Judge," what
did he exactly mean when he said that?
Paul explained it perfectly of what
Jesus meant;
Romans 2:1............................for
you who judge practice the same things.
NKJV.
Jesus Teaching "Do Not Judge" Breakdown;
1)
Matt 7:1
"Judge
not, that you be not judged.
2For
with what
judgment
you
judge,
you
will
be judged;
and with the
measure
you use, it
will
be measured back to you.
A)
When we think something about someone or
correct someone, we must only do that
with love, care and concern for them. We
must
not try and act like we are holier than thou, or
like we are better than them! We must do
it as our Christian duty to help others
in their
learning and obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ
when we do find a brother or sister in
Jesus Christ in the wrong. As
Jesus meant on
Mt 7:1-2,
if we unjustly, unrighteous, or unloving Judge
someone, the same will return back to us
in the same strength as we have
given to
others. Most likely from that same person & from
Jesus himself. Read the following
commentary for a better explanation of
this.
B)
GENEVA NOTES 2 On;
Matthew 7:1
We ought (should) to find fault with one
another, but we must beware we do not do
it without
cause,or to seem holier than others or because
of hatred of others.
2)
Matthew 7:3
And why do you look at the speck in your
brother's eye, but do not consider the
plank in your own eye?
Matthew 7:4
Or
how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove
the speck from your eye'; and look, a
plank is in your own eye?
A) For example of what Jesus
meant by this scripture; Lets say you
commit adultery in your heart or by
doing the act and you caught
your brother looking at porn or directly
involved in a adultery act and you look
at his sins of that while ignoring your
own sins of doing
the exact same thing. Then like Jesus
said, hypocrite (MT
7:5)!
As Paul said;
Romans 2:1 ................. for in
whatever you judge another
you condemn yourself; for you who judge
practice the same things.NKJV
3)
Matthew 7:5
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from
your own eye, and then you will see
clearly to remove the speck from your
brother's
eye.
A) Here Jesus called those who
practices the same sin, hypocrite
because they commit the same sin that
they condemn the other person
for doing.
B) The next part of the scripture
"Remove
the Plank from your own eye"
for example; means if you are a
adulterer, you stop committing
adultery and then you can help your
brother to stop committing adultery. And
in that both of you can not only obey
Jesus in putting
a stop to committing adultery, but you
can also help others to stop sinning as
well if you have stopped sinning. Like
he told the woman
caught in adultery to
go and sin no more.
As it is written;
John 8:11
She said, "No one, Lord. "And Jesus said
to her,
"Neither do I condemn you; go and sin
no more. "NKJV
DO NOT JUDGE Continued - Did he
(JESUS) mean that we are to go around
with out a thought in our heads?
Are we to be like Christian Zombies, and
just smile with out any thoughts at all?
Of course not! When others tell us
not to judge, then we shouldn't say
anything good about them either, cause
that would also be judging according to
their definitions of the word, "Judge."
There are Judging some one to be bad or
judging some one to be good according
"mans definition" of the word Judge,
or
Judging.
So
what about when Jesus said;
Matthew 7:20
Therefore by their
fruits you will know them. NKJV?
Now how can we know some one by their
without noticing or thinking about what
a person says or does? How can we stay
away from False prophets, pastors
teachers and such without noticing their
characters, their words or their
actions?
Many people will look at abortion
doctors, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears
etc and make statements about them.
So are they judging them? Those
stars are hurting people from hurting
past. And in return that past
their sinfulness along to others with
their music, their movies and such. But they are bent on evil
because they love their sins, like I
and you use to love our sins too. We
were never better than them at all! We MUST remember to
where we came from our selves! Its
a fact that hurting people, HURT people.
Now lets look at
the first part of the scripture (Judge
not, that you be not judged).
Here is one more thing I would like to
add to show that many non-christians and
Christians alike misunderstands what
Jesus meant when he said "Do Not Judge".
By Their Fruit;
Matthew 7:16
You will know them
by their fruits....................
NKJV This scripture is
mainly talking about false teachers of
the word of God. But the point is,
are we judging false teachers by
noticing their fruits if their fruits
are bad or good? Of course not!
Then this shows misunderstandings of
when Christians says do not judge.
Our thoughts MUST line up in accordance
to Gods words, but in love, truth and in
justice as well.
Now let us finalize this part of the
teaching by looking at the following;
To
help us to understand more about the intent
that Jesus had when he said; Do not Judge,
we need to use the Geneva Notes for this
again.
And it explains it very well.
Geneva Notes on
Luke 6:37: (6) Brotherly
judgments must not proceed from
curiosity
nor rudeness nor malice, but
they must be just, moderate and loving.
Now lets look at some definitions of
some of the words in the Geneva Notes so
that we may have a better understanding
of what the notes means.
The word "Malice" in MSN
Dictionary means;
1)
wish to do harm:
the intention or
desire to cause harm or pain to somebody
2)
law
intent to do harm: the intention
to commit an unlawful and unjustifiable
act that will result in harm to another
The word "Curiosity" in MSN
Dictionary means;
1)
Curiosity:
tendency to pry:
an excessive interest
in other people's affairs
So
according to the Geneva Notes, that when
we deal with others or have thoughts
about others we are not to have evil
intent, or to be busy bodies and nosey.
And we should be humble, not thinking or
acting like we are better than others,
but do it all out of Justice, Love and
in moderation and in accordance to sound
doctrine.
"What Jesus Really Meant"... Summary
1) If we shouldn't say
anything about peoples sins, then
preachers, better stop preaching,
evangelist better stop evangelizing,
Judges better stop judging, and all
other authorities better stop being in
authority.
2) And if we shouldn't
judge another, then we better not say or
think anything good about other people
either.
3) Jesus meant for us to
stop sinning before we look at other
peoples sins. And we can, we have power
and authority.
4) And Jesus meant for us
to deal with other peoples sins out of
love and concerns for their life on
earth and especially their souls.
5) We should not ever
think of our selves more deserving of
Gods grace or better than others,
because we are not better!
Righteous Judgment - (Make a Righteous Judgment
John 7:24)
As it
is written: John 7:24Do
not
judge
according to appearance, but
judge
with
righteous judgment
."
You
heard, "judge not"
and now you are hearing, "judge
with a righteous judgment". This at
first may seem confusing to you unless you
completely understood what Jesus meant when
he said Judge not.
In (John 7:24)
Jesus said that
because the Jews were judging Jesus because
he healed a man on the Sabbath.
There are two types of
judging that Jesus
talked about through the 4 gospels.
One of them is an
unrighteous
Judgment, like telling others
for example;
not to swear when we swear. And the
other type of judgment is a
righteous
Judgment. That deals in the truth of
things according to Gods words with a loving
and caring heart towards others. The
Geneva Notes Puts it well;
Geneva Notes: 9 Judge
not
g according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment.
(9)
We
must
judge
according to the
truth
of
things, lest men turn us from the truth
and carry us away.
(g) By
the show that I
make: for I seem to be a
despicable person from among the rabble of
Galilee,
and a carpenter's
son,
whom no man
considers to be very important: but
mark
the
matter itself well,
and
judge
the
tree by
the
fruit.
Didn't Jesus suggest that we Judge by
looking at other peoples fruits?
Especially teachers of the word, to
which
would be Pastors,
Ministry Leaders, Prophets, Evangelist,
and Teachers? As it
is written;
Matt 7:16-17
16You
will
know them
by
their
fruits
. Do men gather
grapes
from thorn bushes or
figs
from
thistles?
NKJV
How can we know
anyone by their fruits if we do not have an
opinion (judge) them?
BUT WE MUST PRACTICE
WHAT WE PREACH
(Romans
2:3)
OR BE QUIET! We should not
condemn them though. God himself has
already condemned those who do not
believe in Jesus Christ!
As
Written; Mark
16:16 He
who believes and is baptized will be
saved; but he who does not believe will
be condemned .NKJV
We are allowed to
convince, rebuke, exhort, and teach them (2Timothy
4:2-3). God has already made
the decisions on condemning people with his
predestination and election choices.
Let God deal with that, and HE WILL deal
with them and their hypocrisies.
MORE
COMING SOON.........................
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