Luke 6:37-38 says, " Do not be judged, and you will not be judge. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you."
John 8: 15-16 "You judge by human standards, I judge no one. And if I do judge, My judgement is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge together."
John 7:24 " Stop judging according to outward appearance; rather judge according to righteous judgement"
We all judge. I am guilty of it too. Normally I judge those who are different than me. Mainly older men that scare me or peers that don't make very wise decisions. But those are the ones I should be loving on the most. They might not have Jesus and they need him just like anyone else. Jesus and the Father are ultimately the only ones who have the right to judge. They are the only ones who can give rightful judgement. They do not see through human eyes, but through perfect sight. They can see what is really happening within a person and can truly understand them. That is something that bothers me when I catch myself judging someone. I can't help but think, "What is their story?" or "What made them want to act that way?" What could be going so wrong that they would act out like that. We all judge before we ever even try to learn the story. As the saying goes, "Walk a mile in their shoes."
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