7 Reasons not to judge.

 

7 Reasons not to judge

 

By Makko Musagara

 

7 Reasons not to judge

 

1. Jesus Christ commanded us not to judge others.  (Mathew 7: 1-5)

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

  For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye”

 

2. If you do not judge, God will also not judge you.

 

3. If you do not judge others, they may not judge you as well.

 

4. If you do not judge others, you are avoiding judging your own situation.

Nowhere is this more illustrated than when King David committed adultery with Bathsheba and Prophet Nathan tricked him to judge his own situation. (2 Samuel 12:1-18).

“⁵ David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! ⁶ He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

⁷ Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸ I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. ⁹ Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.“

 

5. When we avoid judging others, you take away tension in relationships.

 

6. When you avoid judging, you prevent hurting other people.

 

7. When you avoid judging, you get the opportunity to help the affected person.