John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

In the devotional Order of Faith I said the order of faith might be defined as hearing, judging, right conclusions, and to act on those conclusions. Then I spoke to the issues of hearing for some time and never got back to the second point, judging.

Now in this season of witnessing to the lost judging is vital and it isn’t what we typically think of in calling one another judgement. It is not that at all. It is a righteous judgement. It is not however about being right. In order to have a proper understanding of what Jesus meant by saying “judge righteous judgement” we need to read that statement in context.

John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

These verses place context in order. Verses 22 and 23 “Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?”

The point being that only God can perform miracles and is God at work here?

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Judge this, having mercy and humility, is God at work in our witness?

We cannot know this if we are in charge. We must submit to the order of faith. Are we hearing God, is God at work here?