“Don’t Judge Me”.....

You hear all the time “don’t judge me”. And most people use the Bible to justify their statement. Here’s where the problem lies with this concept. People who believe this don’t know their Bible. If we aren’t to judge how can we make decisions at all? How can we determine right from wrong? How are we to know the difference between good and evil? To allow our children to go places with their friend’s parents (strangers when you first meet them)? Allow our daughters to marry? And the list goes on. If you’ve read and know your Bible, we are to use discernment. That means we are to judge. But we are to judge correctly (John 7:24), as Jesus said. We are to use God’s standards. We are to weigh our own and other’s behavior based on God’s character. That’s the standard or measuring stick we are to use when it comes to discernment. The first person we are to apply this standard to is ourselves. Then, if we measure up or not, allow that to determine our approach to using this standard in other’s lives. There is a standard in which we are to use when discerning good from evil. Too bad the world has lost sight of this and have established the mantra, “don’t judge”, when in fact, their definition of it means “don’t tell me what I can and can’t do”. All because they have thrown out the standard in which we are to use. In order to “judge fairly”, we have to use a fair standard. God is just.

9 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another. Zechariah 7:9