Comments on: Charles Barkley, Fake Christians, and Judging Not http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/1470 two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles Sat, 17 May 2008 05:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chryst http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/1470#comment-14332 Chryst Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:35:02 +0000 http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/1470#comment-14332 The judge not thing is also more clearly understood not just in light of the entire scripture, but in light of the near context, which indicates that we are, in fact, to judge: "and when you judge," etc. The point is not to never make a moral judgment, but to be careful what one's reference for judgment is. We should apply the same standard to ourselves that we apply to others... and that objective standard is, of course, the word of God. Just like specks and logs. It doesn't say to never ever take the speck out; it just says take your log out FIRST. The judge not thing is also more clearly understood not just in light of the entire scripture, but in light of the near context, which indicates that we are, in fact, to judge: “and when you judge,” etc.

The point is not to never make a moral judgment, but to be careful what one’s reference for judgment is. We should apply the same standard to ourselves that we apply to others… and that objective standard is, of course, the word of God. Just like specks and logs. It doesn’t say to never ever take the speck out; it just says take your log out FIRST.

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