Matthew 7; Verses 1-6; What "Do Not Judge" Really Means

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Maybe the most abused Scripture in all of the Bible. And abused Scripture is of satan. The evil spirits say, "don't judge me" as well. In their defensive rebelling. That is not to say the person has an evil spirit, but they are certainly being influenced by one or many of them.

Any Christian wants to be corrected according to God's law and Word.

(Matthew 7:1-6) "Judge not, that ye be not judged.

(What this means? Don't judge by your own standards/words. Esteeming one's self. I'll give an example when I first read this and sought to understood what it meant by following the whole subject. "Who made me lawgiver"? Then even deeper look to what it meant: We make u our own standards for others, higher standards we cannot keep ourselves. When they cannot reach them standards they are looked down upon. But yet, justifying ourselves? This is an evil thing, condemning them in our minds. Therefore condemning ourselves even more, because we're already condemned through unbelief and the love of sin. Other ways to judge: Not forgiving one who has repented. Sayings like, "their is no hope for you." That is only true if your not a Christian. Exchanging your past repented of sins, for their current desire of sin, and to live by the flesh. All in their own misery their lack to forgive they do not even know where they stand. Their own spirit and have forgotten the cross. Refer to Matthew 18:32-35).

Furthermore, we should not be judging people to the lake of fire. Commonly said "hell." Though no one is judged until after the Millennium! After the Great White Throne Judgment. What is not happening right now is people literally burning in hell forever now. READ! So stop condemning and judging people who are even gone and physically passed now).

(John 3:18-19) "He that believeth (conviction of truth) on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

(It's a given. We're all guilty before God before salvation).

19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

(Christians seek righteousness, reproof of sin, and justice so people are not condemned. This is evidence of having of the Holy Spirit in personal discernment).

Back to Matthew 7:2,

2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

(There you have it. Making up your own standards is what one will be judged by. Whatever one dishes out it's coming right back on them).

Take the pharisees as an example. They made up their own laws/principals/standards and could not even keep them. Suppose one thinks they are exempt from this? Then they must be real special. This is a given and puts that burden of condemnation on others. You cannot have double standards then clear yourself.

3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

(Furthering on. They are looking at others sins/faults which are less, you can forget about looking. It's not even up for consideration to look at themselves. Christ is simply using this for comparison to look at one's self through the eyes of God. This is an exhaustive attempt of Christ reaching out).

4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

(In other words, who do you think you are? Really? your going to help someone by making it up. No as we They are being dragged right along with).

5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

(Play-acting. "Photo ops." Playing church. Point being, they are in it to look good. Appear holy, but we see this through the defensiveness of not responding to God's Word. They cannot even begin to help another until they help themselves. All while spreading their misery to others. Complainers, trouble makers, ungrateful and not thankful. Misery love company).

6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."

Now the Lord loves His animals. But we are looking at their characteristics in the negative. Dogs and swine have no consideration for anything unless trained. Trample under feet =  Walk all over you. Then take no thought and come back again. This is senseless.

(Now Christ gives some advice to stay away from these arrogant people. They want to roll around in the dirt/dust and mud then think their coming to clean someone up. They need to get of their holy high horses, playing the hokey-pokey. Claiming God, but making it up as they go along. We know their claiming Christian, making up their standards saying, "do not judge me." Is their wall of defensiveness in bitterness and self-justification against God first. Then to others. They have not learned true repentance).

(A dog and swine come for the feeding trying to walk over Christians being doormats, go get dirty mucking it up, eating anything without even consideration, taking not much thought whether it be good for them or not. Their feeding frenzy is cut off when you cut them off. Dogs and swine live by only the flesh, then judge other Christians--they try to. They might you see you sin, but never even considering their desire for sin, because all they do is live by the flesh. As swine and dogs live by the flesh).

The flip side of that. I've seen a lot of dogs, learn enough of the Word here to do things on purpose, then hold that Christian to forgiveness, saying your not doing God's Word if you don't. Yep, forgive them. Rebuke them. Then say bye, hit the road jack. Forgiveness and keeping someone at distance are two different things. Christians are not door mats. One must discern if a person calls themselves Christian and making honest attempts in sincerity. That should not be hard.

Some references:

(Philippians 3:2-4) "Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

(In other words, watch out and pay attention. Obviously, you have to be able to identify a dog. Hopefully, after awhile they'll come along and start being the human being God made them to be. Commandment one through Christ).

3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more."

(Psalm 35:19-25) "Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up."

AMEN †