I hear the comment so often, in one form or another. It boils down to the question: “How can I judge someone else for what I think is their sin when I commit plenty of sins myself?” There are numerous ways the believer should respond. One answer is because Yahusha told us to do so see Matthew 18:15-18. A second involves the definition of Judging. If by “judge,” one means being unnecessarily harsh or “judgmental,” then no, NO ONE should act that way. That was Yahusha’s point in Matthew 7:1. But Mashiach and the apostles regularly “judged” in the sense of analyzing what was right and wrong and declaring what fell into which category.
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance but judge righteous judgment.
If one is doing wrong Yahuah will correct us.
Proverbs 3:
11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD
Or loathe His reproof,
12 For whom the LORD loves He reproves,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Correction is not beating someone down with scripture but highlighting their errors with scripture to point them in the right direction IS EXPECTED OF US AS BELIEVERS TO KEEP OTHER BELIEVERS ON THE RIGHT TRACK and we are to do it with LOVE" Unfortunately, most don't want to walk in the right way no matter how you share the news.
And this is why. I don't just share the rainbows and butterflies of Yahuah. You must also share the justice seat HE sits on along with wrath, judgment, honor, and integrity. We have largely become lukewarm by spreading all love and no discipline unto the righteousness of God.
We are supposed to point to sin. We are to correct one another and not hold our thumbs while we applaud them for surviving their sins!! We need to be truthful, a great lie is among us and we need to point it out all the time!!
Many people don't want to hear the truth, so then I'm not gonna sit here and yell at you, or criticize you for it, untill you start blaspheming the word or saying the paganism is true and the Bible isn't. I don't beat people with the Bible I show the love and truth and go the other way if they don't want it. I plant the seed and let Yahuah water it with his holy spirit, if their soul doesn't allow for that seed to catch root then so be it. Feel good Christianity is deceiving the masses.
Matthew 10:34[34]Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Yahusha showed both love and righteous anger. He showed a hatred for wickedness, those who taught it, and those who defiled that which is holy (the temple).
Remember Yahusha Ha Maschiach HIMSELF chased the moneychangers out of the temple.
The main reason Yahusha came for us was to give us all one last chance at salvation. To teach us how we needed to act and how we were supposed to live. He explains how we worship HIM with our whole heart and mind and we are to treat others better than we treat ourselves. We are to serve others with no regard for ourselves and have the faith to know that Yahuah will hold to his promises to always take care of our needs because He knows what we need before we do. We must have faith and with this faith, we can move mountains. But we must know the truth in order to know what righteous judgment is and what is expected of us.
Righteous judgment would be anything that Yahuah had taught us in the scriptures including what Yahusha taught us while HE was here the first time. If the behaviour was condoned by Yahuah, it still would be, however, if Yahusha himself would have spoken against it than it is not acceptable. To inform someone that this particular activity or thought or action is not acceptable in the eyes of Yahuah than it is not JUDGING as many would like to falsely accuse. It is doing exactly what is expected of us. There is scripture in Ezekiel that clearly states that if you share the news and it is not accepted by the hearer than you are not accountable but if you do not share the message with people and that person is lost for eternity than this persons blood is on the believers hands for not sharing the truth with him.
We must do everything in LOVE and KINDNESS when sharing the truth that is the key but we are definitely EXPECTED to share the truth even if people falsely accuse you of Judging.