Judge Not

I met with my mentor Marilyn a few days ago and she shared several truths with me about being judgmental from a Bible study she is doing. I was really encouraged and convicted by what she shared. Here's some of my notes:

Romans 2:1-5

• When we judge others we cause God to be harder on us.
• We do many of the same things we condemn in others
• We often sit on the judgement seat to judge degrees in sin
• Judgement bears hypocrisy
• We do not know the whole truth; God's judgement is based on truth
• We may think we know all the facts
• We are mere humans
• Isa. 29:16
• You turn things upside down as if the potter were the clay
• Stop trying to be God!
• When we judge others we are judging God
• Our judgement reveals contempt for the riches of God's patience
• To judge why God won't bring a speedy punishment is not our responsibility
• "Time is not nearly as important as God's timing." -Adrian Rogers
• God's judgement is always righteous; ours is tainted by the flesh
• Our judgements are colored by our past and personalities

Matthew 7:1-5

• We risk application of the same type of judgement to ourselves
• We can't judge the speck in another's eye because of the plank in our own
• We can't judge righteously because we are tainted by sin

James 4:11-12

• There is only one lawgiver and one judge
• Only God has that right!
• Only God has noble purpose in his judgement
• We judge others to make ourself feel righteous
• God's judgement is not based on His ego

John 8:14-18

• Just like Christ, our judgement would have to be completely consistent with God's but we judge by human standards