Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Oh man. I love this.

I don't know who this Matt guy is, but I dig this blog post. I'm not saying Matt got absolutely everything right in his post, "Yes, Christians Should Judge." 

But the main thesis is right on. He writes:

It’s not that we shouldn’t judge — it’s that we shouldn’t judge WRONGLY. The idea that we shouldn’t judge at all is 1) Absurd, 2) Impossible, 3) Very much at odds with every moral edict in all of Scripture. It’s also hypocritical because telling someone not to judge is, in and of itself, a judgement. Besides, these “Don’t judge” folks are nowhere to be found when the conversation turns to the Westboro Baptists, or domestic abusers, or the Nazis, or Paula Deen (all being responsible for horrors of equal proportion).
He makes so, so many good points. For example:

Yes, Jesus said “Judge not,” but you have to read the rest of that passage, and then THE REST OF THE BOOK...We must judge. We must exercise judgement. We must be discerning and decisive. We must expose evil and identify sin. Only we must do it righteously and truly. Judge, but judge rightly. That’s the point. Jesus tells us to judge the sin, not the sinner... Not judging the sinner means we can not condemn a man to hell. We can not see inside his soul. This is an important point, but it doesn’t mean we can’t speak harshly about the atrocities of a particular individual. If a guy commits adultery, I’ll call him an adulterer. That’s not an insult or an evaluation of his soul, it’s a true and accurate judgement based on the fruits he has produced.
I could re-iterate the entire post, but I won't. But you should read it. You really should. 

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