Don't Judge

Don’t Judge
Read Luke 6:37-42

“Do not judge,

 and you will not be judged,

 do not condemn,

 and you will not be condemned.

 Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 

Give, and it will be given to you. 

A good measure, pressed down, 

shaken together and running over, 

will be poured into your lap. 

For with the measure 

you use. 

It will be measured to you.”

                                                                                                  Luke 6: 37,38
Take a look at what Jesus is saying here. He is laying down the foundation of what it is to be a Christian. What we need to be to reach a lost and dying world.
Do not Judge.
We are living in a world that judges us all the time. How we look, how we act what we say.
We as Christians are faced daily with a barrage of things that we don’t agree with. We live in a Democracy that votes laws and allows practices that are not in keeping with what we believe.
We face people that are at times violently opposed to what we are saying. To all of this Jesus says “DO NOT JUDGE.” He make it clear that if we do not judge anyone for what they are doing we will not be judged.
If we do not condemn people for what they are doing we will not be condemned. Its that simple.
We may hate the practice of some people but we are told plainly that we are not to judge. That’s God’s job and He is big enough to fight his own battles.
Forgive.
Forgive and you will be forgiven. People look positively on someone who forgives.
All to often I here the Phrase “I forgive them but...” Forgiveness with a but is not forgiveness.
Jesus who had the right to Judge and condemn never said while on the cross “Father forgive them for they know not what they do BUT”
He said Father forgive them, period, no but’s. This is how we should be.
Give.
Nearly every time I hear this part of the verse quoted it’s with regards to money. Take it in context here Jesus is not speaking of money. This is one paragraph about social responsibility. When Jesus say’s give here he means of one self.
We as Christians have a social obligation a divine order to tell the world of Christ’s Love.
That means giving everything we have to the cause of Christ. Not just our money, but our very life.
Something to think about
When I think about the Christian life it is about giving. That can only be done if we have love. Which brings me to 1 Corinthians 13:3-8a Love suffers long and is kind: love does not envy, love does not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
If we truly have the love of Christ in us we will not judge or condemn people. We will give our very life if necessary to point a person to the Salvation Christ offers, because our actions have eternal repercussions.