Mat 7:1 KJV - Judge not,
that ye be not judged.
JWET You must not
separate-judge in that point that you might not be separated-judged.
Jhn 7:24 KJV - Judge not
according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
JWET You must not
separate-judge concerning dignity/position, on the other hand of the
keeping of the laws, a separation-judgment you must separate-judge.
Is Jesus contradicting
himself? If He is, does this bring everything he has to say into
disrepute? How is this to be synchronized?
Most of the discussions
concerning “judge not” are centered around the idea that someone
else does not have the “right” to judge me. If you do judge me then
you are evil. Or you will be judged and you don't want that do you?
This actually is a “self-defense” strategy to divert negative
judgment away from the culprit and redirect it towards the
“prosecution.” So what is Jesus saying?
Matthew records Jesus as
saying, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” or “You must not
judge in that point, so that you might not be judged in that point.” The chapter
divisions lead some to believe that Jesus is beginning a new subject
on judging, when in fact he is wrapping up and summarizing the
preceding two chapters' points.
Chapters 5&6 are how to
make proper judgments! Matthew 5:3, “Those blessed poor with the
Spirit, that theirs is the kingdom of heaven.JWET”
Jesus is instructing his listeners to make a proper separation
between those who are happy and inheritors of kingdom of heaven and
those who make that claim but are not blessed. 5:4 “Those blessed
mourners, in that they will be called alongside.JWET” Jesus continues in this same fashion drawing a sharp contrast between the erroneously accepted judgements of the day and those that should be made. 5:13 Jesus now
says that you, the persecuted ones, are salt. It is not those living
in relaxed affluence that are to be regarded as influencers of this
world, instead the poor mourning persecuted prophets are the salt.
5:21&22 begin a series
of contrasting statements, “You have heard that...” and “But I
say to you...” We have learned what some have taught as truth but
Jesus corrects that untruth with a proper judgement. Make Jesus' type of judgment and you won't go wrong.
5:48 Be a grown up, just
like God.
Chapter 6 Jesus is saying
don't take your lead from hypocrites who give alms publicly, pray
loudly, amass earthly fortunes, try to serve the world and God at the same time, and seek
after their own kingdoms before God's. Then Jesus gets to the
conclusion: You must not judge in that point, that you might not
be judged JWET. If you judge like a hypocrite you will be judged like the hypocrite. If you judge like Jesus, you will be making proper judgments.
So we
see that John 7:24 You must not judge concerning dignity/position,
on the other hand of the keeping of the laws, this judgment
you must judge JWET is not a
contradiction but the restatement of Matthew 7:1. Jesus doesn't
contradict himself but he does contradict those who say, “You can't judge me.”
I can certainly make a judgment of how well you and I are keeping God's requirements. In doing so I rightly separate between good and bad, false teacher and true teacher, false teaching and true teaching, a false holiness and true holiness, and the list goes on.
I can certainly make a judgment of how well you and I are keeping God's requirements. In doing so I rightly separate between good and bad, false teacher and true teacher, false teaching and true teaching, a false holiness and true holiness, and the list goes on.
Don't be confused, there are false judgments and true judgments. Grown up and be like God!
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