Don't Judge Me!

Matthew 7:1-5 is probably one of the most over used, and misused passages of Scripture in the Bible...and one of my pet peeves. All to often I see people post this on facebook as a reference for people to quit judging them. There are basically two problems that I have with this: 1) This passage is talking about wrongfully judging, or slandering another Christian (Also see James 4:11-12). 2) The Bible actually tells us we are supposed to judge those inside the church (1 Cor. 5:11-13). When a Christian is sinning another believer should go and say something... in love, this is not judging; it's called admonishing. In fact, Paul tells us how a believer should go about correcting another brother (Galatians 6:1).

I think it's great to have Scripture memorized, but it would help to know what that Scripture is actually saying so you don't misuse it. Scripture is not meant to be used to defend your wrong doing. Okay, I am done ranting.