Mat,

Judging, that is throwing stones from a glass house as they say is not
good. Jesus told us that we ought not try to remove the piece from our
brother's eye when we haven't first removed the beam from ours. We ought
not judge people, although yes we do at times. However, some of the words
in scripture that are translated judge, tell us to do just that, but the
word is meant to discern and hold others accountable as well. It is just as
sinful to watch a brother stray and not help him out with honest and loving
helps. Their is a fine line there which I believe requires prompting from
the  Holy Spirit whether we are to act or not. And yes we do tend to judge
others within our own household walls for discernment of whether we would
accept a situation in our own family and etc. Fortunately God's word tells
us how we ought act and be, and it is the conviction , not condemnation, of
that scripture that keeps us straight. It is best to match our lives up to
the word and not the others, even fellow Christians, as we then will always
be pointed on the right path.

Brad


At 11/02/2003 on Sunday, you wrote:
>Here's a sticky subject I think.
>I think the general understanding is that God sits in judgement and it is
>not our place to judge others.
>Is this correct?
>Terri and I do a lot of looking at other people's lives though and deciding
>if what they do is propper in our opinion.
>We have about decided that it is just assessing when we do this so that we
>can decide what is right for our home.
>
>Terri said this morning that judging came in when you ridiculed a person for
>what they were doing.
>What do you folks think?
>We do not want to judge, we just know that not everybody does the right
>thing all of the time.
>Of course, never do we all of the time.
>However, when we do the wrong thing we try to recognize it, admit it and
>repent for it.
>We try not to associate a lot with people who do drugs or who do not have a
>good marage or family situation because of the bad choices they make.
>Does this make us snobs or does it mean that we are looking after the good
>of our household.
>
>Matt
>My wife was put into my life so that I could bring her to her full
>potential.