Krino I: Judge Not That You May Not Be Judged

In my few years of being a Christian, i have realized that Christians including me are the most judgmental sect of people. We show ourselves no mercy at all. We butcher each other and when someone falls into sin, we gossip about them, judge them, look at them with demeaning looks. But it’s not supposed to be so, we are supposed to be gently and kind with each other. This series will teach all of us to be careful with judging each other. The Word Judge is the Greek Word “KRINO” which means the following: To Judge; 1. To Separate There is no judgement that doesn’t have to do with separating one person from another or one thing from another. The act of judgement is the act of separate or distinguish or differentiate between two persons or things (Mathew 25:32-33, 1 Corinthians 4:7). 2. Put Asunder A certain aspect of judging others is to place them apart from the rest. Or ostracize/exclude them from their society or group. 3. To Pick Out Judging others is the act of targeting an individual out of many who may be guilty of the same sin but are not yet caught. There are more people guilty for a particular offence of sin than are known or caught. This is why you must be very careful not to judge others (John 8:3-11). 4. To Select or Choose To judge someone is to select or choose them amongst many others culpable for the same sin or crime because you have heard or know about their sin committed. There are wilder sins people are hiding in their lives than those known. Be circumspect in talking about the sins of others, you don’t know what lies ahead of you too (John 8:4-11). Be blessed as you listen to this thought provoking and message from our father!