That assessment flipped 180 degrees when the man’s wife told him her husband was very ill and heavily medicated. Obviously, this man lacked spiritual interest. But she may be a single mother working two jobs and tending a special needs child.Ī conference speaker said he misjudged a man who sat on the front row and slept through most of his lectures. We may assume the late mom is irresponsible. Only God knows what is in a person’s heart and the effort it takes to function where they are. Or we may project good motives on someone in order to avoid conflict. He may have just learned his spouse is unfaithful or his child has leukemia-or both.
We may assign bad motives to someone who ignores us when, in reality, he is fighting hidden battles. The Bible says we can’t judge what is in someone’s heart.
Love is the proper motivation for not judging and for using good judgment. The passage where Jesus said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” ( Matthew 7:1) goes on to show us how to have discernment. By implication, it means to condemn, punish-avenge, conclude. It also carries the idea of having discernment. To judge means: to separate, to pick out, select, choose.
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