Matthew 7:1-2 English Standard Version

Judging Others

1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.”

If I say this to another person, I have judged them as needing judgment.

Proverbs 30:10 Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

This applies to everyone, no matter who their master is, good or evil.

We may however quote a passage from the bible and let it stand alone. The Word of God can speak for itself.

I will confess this to you all. I know I am judgmental. What kind of judgment is acceptable to God?

John 8:16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.

1 Peter 1:17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

The Word speaks for itself. Judge His Word to be true.

Matthew 9:20 And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment,

She was healed.

Mark 5:22-23 English Standard Version

22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.”

The girl lived.

What is the difference here?

No one was pleading the case for the woman with the issue of blood because she was deemed unclean.

What is stopping us from praying for others?