Judge not, and ye shall not be judged (Luke 6:37)
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall no be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven (Luke 6:37).
As a Christian, one of the features of your recreated human spirit is love, and love doesn't judge or slander others. It is not nice to tell stories that will make your hearers dislike those you are talking about.
When you judge others, God ignores you. This is one of the major reason you must avoid judging others. You might want to ask, "How do you know God ignores those who judge?" We can find an explanation from the bible in the book of John.
One day, Jesus was sitting somewhere and the Jewish leaders and men chased after a woman whom they said was caught in the very act of adultery. So they said to Jesus, "...Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not" (John 8:4-6).
These scribes and pharisees were ready to stone the woman to death, according to the law of Moses, and wanted Jesus's opinion. The bible says Jesus ignored them and wrote with his finger on the ground, because that's what God does to judgmental people.
Jesus said, "I do what I see my Father do" (John 5:19). So, when he ignored them, he was expressing the Father's response to judgmental behavior.
When Jesus eventually raised his head, he said to the woman's accusers, "Let the one without sin cast the first stone" (John 8:7). But they couldn't. So, one after the other, they dropped their stones and left, leaving the woman alone with Jesus.
Then Jesus said to her, "..hath no man condemned thee? She said, no man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more" (John 8:10-11), and she was delivered from the mob.
We are to act like Jesus, he said, "I wouldn't condemn you, go and sin no more." Jesus recognized her sin; meaning we can recognize when people do something that is wrong; yet, like Jesus, tell them to sin no more. There are moderate ways you can correct a sinner, and it is not by judging or slandering them before others.
Give a good picture about others; don't be the one to project them in a bad light. Your role as a follower of Christ is to propagate love. God bless you!
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