Both the Old and the New Testaments call us to exercise judgment as Christians, but they do so with this qualification given to us by Jesus in John 7:24: "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (judge using righteous judgment). Jesus is saying that when we judge whether something or someone is right or wrong we will either use righteous judgment or sinful judgment. So when Jesus commands that we stop judging in Matthew 7:1, He means that we must stop judging with sinful judgment. He does not mean that we must stop judging with righteous judgment. What is righteous judgment? First, righteous judgment is that which is according to God's Word rather than what is according to our own personal opinion or the opinion of family, friends, experts, or the majority (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Second, righteous judgment is that which proceeds from a love for God and for our neighbor rather than what is from a self-centered love ("speaking the truth in love" Ephesians 4:15). Third, righteous judgment is that which chiefly aims at glorifying God rather than exalting man (1 Corinthians 10:31).
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