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Originally Posted by PsyOps  But in the context of the thread, I believe God wouldn’t want us to judge other faiths but rather be an example of our own faith to convince them that ours is the truth. It was funny that Jesus didn’t condemn anyone except those of his own faith. He knew everyone else was just misled and innocent of their ignorance. |
Maybe I'm not reading these responses right.
God most certainly wants us to speak out against "other faiths". He spent much of the Bible telling us to and how to. False teachers, false prophets, He spoke judgment and the dangers of eternal death to them. We ARE to speak out against them but I do agree that it is God's place to judge if they're saved or not. You make it sound like we should accept whatever anyone says about God and leave them in their error.
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Originally Posted by libby So, the lesson might be to "admonish" those who claim to be (in my case, Catholic) who do not adhere to Catholic doctrine. I can dialogue, but not argue, with others.
Italian Scallion (for instance) should be discussing what the Bible says with those who believe that the Bible is the sole rule of faith.... |
You can and are required to "dialogue.....with others" in and out of the faith. We who have the truth are required to point out the false teachings of anyone.
Where do you read that I ....should be discussing what the Bible says
ONLY with those who believe that the Bible is the sole rule of faith...???
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Originally Posted by Zguy28 "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." ~ Matthew 7:2
If you do judge others expect the same measure to be used to judge you. That's all.
Jesus was teaching not to be a hypocrite. Paul speaks about this in Romans 2 & 14 also.
Paul also teaches that we should not personally judge people outside the church, but he is explicit that we should exercise sound judgment within the church. See 1 Corinthians 5.
The Law of God (summed up in the Ten Commandments) judges those outside the grace of God and Jesus Christ. On the Day of Judgment the Law will be used as the evidence for conviction of those who are doomed to eternal destruction. |
I think you are all confused about what the word "judge" means.
We are no longer under ANY spiritual law (Galatians 3) so the judgment will come from God Himself in regards to salvation through Christ (10 commandments included but not exclusive).
Jesus said when you judge make a right judgment (John 7v24) so is He in a contradiction with Himself?
We ARE to judge a person's actions and words, not their soul. However, if someone tells me that they believe in a different God & Jesus than the Bible speaks of, I will let them know what they're in danger of. Would you epxect me to sound like Oprah and say whatever you believe is OK with God???