Judge Not That Ye Be Not Judged?-Part B

Hello World:
Last time I talked about three misinterpretations in the Bible. I finished last time mentioning about how people use, misinterpret and misuse, the "Judge not that ye be not judged" that is taken from what Jesus said in St. Matthew 7:1. I explained that many people, who do not really know the Bible, just take that one scripture from the Bible, and run with it, and use it to say that no one should judge, because that is what it says there in the Bible. Well, I also went on to point out that interpretation is wrong or NOT correct of that scripture in the Bible.

I explained that that scripture in St. Matthew 7:1 does not stand on its own, and that people need to add the verses 2 through 5 with verse 1 to get the true meaning or full context of what Jesus really means. Henceforth here in this post I am continuing to discuss the issue and correct the misinterpretation of the scripture and saying that we should not judge.

Scripture reference, St. Matthew Chapter 7: Verse 1; "Judge not that ye be not judged."

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

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

Verse 4; "Or 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?"

Verse 5; "Thou 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."

What I am going to explain from all FIVE of those above scriptures is going to be very huge. Again all FIVE(emphasis on five) of those scriptures from St. Matthew 7:1-5 go together. The difference between a mote and a beam, is that a mote is like a little twig or small splinter of wood or maybe even a smaller particle; whereas a beam is like a large, noticeable and annoying stick, or large piece of wood or metal rod that is really in the way and causing the main problems.

There are several things going on with those above scriptures. First, let me say this, that there is a lot of people who should not judge, because they do not have authority to judge. However, that does not go for everybody, because some people do have authority to judge other people. In other words, not just anybody or not everybody can judge, or judge on a consistent basis in righteousness.

However, what Jesus is saying, collectively in those 5 scriptures, is that if you judge someone on a certain issue or standard, for your judgement to be true and just, you have to be able to meet that standard or measure up decent to that standard that you are judging the other person by.

You can judge the other person as long as you are not guilty of the same thing, or you are living a life of reasonable decency and integrity. You do not have to necessarily be perfect, but you also are not the biggest sinner on the planet or the one causing the biggest problems, while at the same time trying to correct someone else.

As an example, if I curse a lot, which I do NOT, but just saying as an example, and I hear someone else cursing, I tell them they should not curse, they are wrong to curse, or that God is going to get them for cursing. Well, I can not judge them or condemn them because I would be guilty of the same thing. See, I can not meet that standard of not cursing, so I have no right to tell someone else they are wrong and will be in trouble, because I will be in trouble right along with them.

Now, if I do not curse, or if I do not smoke, I can tell someone else that is wrong, or that they should not smoke and that smoking kills. I can judge people who curse and people who smoke, because I can meet those standards of not being guilty of doing those things.

Then also in regards to the beam and the mote that Jesus mentions, some people look at other people and wrongfully judge a person, based on some small issue in a person's life, when they themselves have bigger faults and cause more problems against others than the person they are judging. Jesus is saying that is NOT right.

Again, no one has to be perfect, but Jesus is saying, clean up your mess of a life, first, or go correct the problems you are causing with people, first, before you go to try to reprimand and straighten out someone else's life. There is more to this that I need to mention, so I will be back next week.