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A Message from the Pastor
Even though they do not know the location or the rest of the passage, many people are aware that somewhere in the Bible it says. “Judge not lest you be judged.” They are not of the hundreds of verses that command us to do exactly that. For our own safety physically and emotionally we must make judgments concerning people and situations. The Bible warns us to use good judgment in picking our friends. “Bad company corrupts good morals.” I Cor. 15:33. We are instructed to be fruit inspectors. We are told that we can discover the true character of a person by their behavior. What a novel idea. Really?
Interestingly, the same people who quote the scripture mentioned above also have another statement they believe is from the Bible. “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you are saying.” Of coarse, this contradicts their first statement but those who refuse to admit their faults look for anything to divert attention from them selves. These same people often make another statement they believe is in the Bible. “People who live in glass houses should not throw rocks.” Of course, it is not in the Bible. The person who accuses someone of judging has just committed the same act. .
Actually the verses often quoted are from a passage found in Romans 2:1-4. This is not a prohibition against judging. It instructs us to use the same measuring stick in judging others that we do in judging our self. The same is true concerning the passage in Matthew 7:1-5. We should spend more time and diligence examining our self than we do others. But this does not mean we should not help others and warn them of the consequences of their actions. What kind of a person or friend would we be if we did not warn them. When I say to a wicked man, “you will surely die,” and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his ways in order to save his life; that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. Ezek.3:18-19. We have similar instructions in Matt.18:15-20, 2 Tim.22-26, Tit.3:10-11, and many others. Experience would have little benefit if we only applied it to our life. In fact, we would be negligent if we did not use our knowledge to help others. There is no way to escape the fact that our behavior reveals our true agenda and character. Who is the person that will not admit the need for advice and correction? I will not use that word.
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