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| Making Judgments without being Judgmental |
We’ve all met people who complain that the Church is too judgmental. It’s true — in part — but isn’t the statement itself also judgmental? The Church does not own irrational and snobbish criticism exclusively. It’s common to humanity. We try to make good judgments by discerning between right and wrong. We judge all day long between restaurant menu items, clothing, safe driving and hundreds of other things. So when is judgment right and when is it wrong? In Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Jesus described final judgment that is not ours to make: whether someone is a weed or a good plant in God’s field. Whether an action is a really a sin or merely breaking human rules is also a disputable matter. Why do we judge before the time? What is Jesus’ to judge is none of our business.
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