Introduction: the necessity of right judgment (John 7:24; 1 Cor. 5:12)
“This passage is commonly abused by the haters of Christianity and sadly, by Christians as well. It’s not used to teach us of hypocrisy, as Jesus intended, but used to silence anyone who would espouse any godly standard. Jesus isn’t giving a blanket statement for not judging, but rather, he is giving a lesson on how to judge rightly.” Timothy J. Hammons
Characteristics of Wrong Judgment
1. Judgment is wrong when it is HABITUAL (Matt. 7:1) 2. … when it is UNECESSARY (John 21:22; 1 Thess. 4:11; 1 Cor. 11:31) 3. … when it is based on INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE (Prov. 18:13) 4. … when it is PRESUMPTUOUS: Matt. 7:22-23; 1 John 3:20) 5. … when it is MERCILESS (Matt. 5:6; James 2:12,13) 6. … when it is JOYFUL (1 Cor. 13:6; Prov. 18:8) 7. … when it is UNIMPORTANT (Col. 2:16) 8. … when it is INCONSISTENT (Rom. 2:1; Matt. 7:3-5a) 9. … when it is DESTRUCTIVE (Matt. 5:22b, Gal. 6:4) 10. … when it is UNCHRISTLIKE (Eph. 2:4-5)
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Rev. Ryce and Janine, his wife of 20 years, were born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and previously served in ministry at Tucson Reformed Church (2010-14) and Springs Reformed Church (2014-22), the Christian & Missionary Alliance (2007-09), and the Evangelical Presbyterian...