Matthew 7, 1 to 12. What is this judging that Jesus is talking about? And probably out of all the

passages in the scripture, this one is the most misunderstood by vast number of people, whether they're

Christians or not. So what is this judging? Is he saying that we need to suspend our critical faculties?

Is he saying that we just need to accept falsehood and never say anything about false teaching,

that is being false teaching?

Should we just accept it?

Is Jesus telling us to accept sin and rebellion without any complaint and take them as an

acceptable thing? What is he saying? Well, I know that sometimes in the movies and the television,

when you hear somebody who is doing the wrong, and they know that they're doing the wrong

thing, and out of guilt, they're saying, don't judge me. Don't judge me. You probably heard it

in your home. Don't judge me. Well, what's that mean? No, our Lord is not telling us to turn a blind

eye towards sin and rebellion. Jesus is not telling us to turn a blind eye towards sin and rebellion. Jesus is not telling us to turn a

blind eye or be willingly accept perversion and say, well, that's okay. No, no, no, no, no.

In fact, if you go down, a few more verses where we stopped at 12. If you go down to verse 15 of

Matthew 7, you see our Lord Jesus saying, beware of false prophets. Beware of false prophets. In other words,

you need to judge between those who speak truth and those who speak falsehood. We need to judge messages, whether

they are sound doctrine or false teaching. We need that to beware of false teachers. That is one

of the warnings our Lord gives us. So what does Jesus mean by this judge not lest you be judged?

I'm glad you asked.

The Greek word for judge or judging is Crino.

That's K-R-I-N-O.

K-R-I-N-O.

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