This is the most accurate definition of that verse. Thank you brother I have been struggling with this. Thanks my brother keep doing what you doing!
Your Brother in Christ!

Aint nothin but the truth :) Amen brother.

Very good way of putting it and analysis of scripture. God bless you. What is Love? I’ve been spending a long time on that simple question……woah

wow! learnt a lot. God bless..

Thanks Trip, this is an important part of scripture to understand correctly. Thank you for this post. You have put into words what i have been thinking. I’m a youth pastor, and this is something ive been wanting to talk with my students about. I will be sure to use this post and expand on these points. Again thank you, for all that you do and will do. I pray that God will continue to bless you and your family.

Awesome teaching here. I’m always blessed by your posts. I thank God for using you the way he does. You are not just called to make music, but to the pulpit.

God bless u and your family!

I like to quote back Jesus in John 7:24 – “judge with a righteous judgement.” That disarms the objection and leads into an opportunity to explain what he means, as you did in your post.

Good word. I have heard that we should not condemn, but can righteously judge. As in I can say something about a friend who is “shacking up” but in doing so, I’m not being hypocritical because I’m not doing it.

Deep truth being spoken on this one.
God bless your ministry.
I often think that when we fully understand our state of sinfulness, we then approach our neighbor with compassion and love.

Only Jesus said it better! Trip you are a breath of fresh air! Thank you for your diligence! Well written as always! God Speed my brother!

Thank you. One of the most accurate descriptions of that verse and what it means that I have seen. Every Christian should examine themselves through Gods eyes when speaking to another.

i’ve struggling with dis. Now i got a better understanding!!!

It’s our motive behind what we say that makes the judgment of our brothers helpful or harmful. Am I thinking, “What you’re doing is wrong! The Bible says so. You need to fix it…” Or is it, “That’s gonna cause pain and I know what that’s like. I care about you and don’t want that for you…”

Like Trip said, in other places we’re told clearly to judge false teachers.

It’s clear we need the Holy Spirit’s discernment to make right judgments, so we should be connecting with Him before, during, and after!

Another good point Trip made is, they won’t hear us even if our heart is in the right place, if we’re not living authentically before God and our brothers.

Excellent article! “By their fruit, ye shall know them.” Clearly Christ whats us to be circumspect in reviewing others – most importantly, when we proclaim the Gospel, the first part is explaining how a person is separated from a Holy God due to sin (that’s a moral judgement!) Then we proclaim that faith in Jesus Christ (His redemptive work on the Cross and the Empty Tomb) is the answer to man’s separation from God, the Father! The Gospel message is incomplete if
we leave out mankind’s LOST position (the Law judges us!) But Christ offers grace to us sinners. As John Newton wrote, “I once was LOST, but now am FOUND!”

Thank you!

amen!

Very profound, God bless bro

Thanks so much for posting this. I think this message is so necessary for Christians in all walks of life to hear. We need to start loving each other the way Jesus called us to which means addressing areas that need to be addressed in compassion.

Please pray that I will have an open heart to the truth; that I will know it and be set free; that I will have faith in Jesus and repentance of my sin. That I will receive his grace. That I won’t be offended by my need but by sin. Thank you.

If you really think about it, “Don’t judge me.”, is actually judgemental.

If someone is trying to help you, and you accuse them of judging you……technically, you are judging them. (And wrongly accusing them at that)

Honestly, you can judge me if you want, I may need correction. (“Correct in love”) Just don’t judge me for my past or by anything but the Word.

Wow, inspiring words. I will read more from your posts! ;)

so here is a question for you. for the past few years i have been working on not jugding anyone for anything. as a addict pretty much everyone in the world jugdes you and this means that somehow these people now know everything about you. even what your thinking or what your gonna do or even how you will act or they may tell you how you feel about something. i really dont get how people can do this. its really bad. i have come to find out there are so many people out there that hate me, and they have never even met me. theres no way to control what pops into our head. mental pre jugdment can be used to prepare yourself personally for things you think may occure cause of what you notice about someone. but if you just pay good attention and can pick up on little things that show fact about someone is that still jugding? and then theres the question about assumption. by far the worst way to jugde somebody. i dont get it. even though you just told this person that you dont trust them to carry out some task because of (usually no reason) OTHER THEN thats just how i feel and is what I KNOW you will do. of course if this person has been known to fail, history can and will repeat, but to tell someone how they feel, think, or how there going to act is bullshit. its basically blind jugdment. and either that person will now feel encompetant and wont even try, or someone like me, will guentee to prove that person so wrong that they will never say that again. but even though you prove yourself time and time again. same assumptions. thoughts? i could go on all day.