Matthew: 7.1 "Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged." At times, people will fire this back at you when he/she is cornered with the truth... In other words, you may correct someone who is in violation of God's law and they snap back, "judge not lest ye be judged." Because they lack understanding of the true meaning and intent of the statement made by Jesus in His Sermon On The Mountain.

People wrongly think Jesus means His Father will judge you for correctly judging another person. NOT AT ALL! Jesus simply means that as you interact with other people you will come under the same scrutiny to which you subjected them... This is totally acceptable, assuming your actions and intent are proper!

To be certain you understand let me restate the issue. People who quote the scripture in Matthew, which is known as Jesus' Sermon On The Mount would have you believe that if you determine that a person is not of the right spirit or if they fall short of righteousness that God will judge you with anger and punish you. Jesus is simply saying that if you exercise your God-given right to determine another's intent that you will be judged by them, by the same standards - the humans that you called down for improper intent. In other words you are now engaged in war - spiritual warfare! This is your right and duty to do so! However, the ungodly who have no clue what they are talking about spit out these little phrases to shut you up and win the war of words. These folks just memorize little rebuttals to look as though they are knowledgeable. Use Jesus' teachings and help people correct their ways.

We MUST judge others or we would allow ourselves and our children to "run" with the wrong crowd!

Read the first part of Matthew, chapter 7 and you will plainly see He is referring to interaction among humans - not His Father.

Don't let the tricky, little New Agers hold you hostage to their wrongful teachings any longer!

Your Friend,

John