Chris' Christian Blog

March 30, 2019

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Prompt: What did Jesus mean when he said "Do not judge, or you will be judged."?

I have often heard this verse discussed and the one's discussing it would say that we are not to make judgments of any kind. I do not believe this is what Jesus meant. I believe He meant that we were not to condemn anybody for wrong doing. We all make mistakes and it would be an even greater mistake to know that something is wrong and do nothing about it for fear that we would be judging. On the other hand if we condemn somebody for wrong doing we should consider our own sin. Judgment is necessary and we could not grow if we did not discern between right and wrong. However we should never do so with condemnation.