To: Hoodat
Condemning and judging are interchangeable. How do you know one is sinning if there is no judgment involved in the first place? With the eyes/ears etc... correct?
Yet, only God can condemn the soul through His own judgment by piercing through individuals heart.
To prevent confusion, witnesses and a Godly Church is needed for correction and if the sinner is *unrepentant* (Key word), purged from the flock. However the key is righteousness. If one is engaging in the same behavior as the person being purged, then they are in trouble.
I agree with your point outside the Church. This "judgment" is strictly internal among the Christian sects. Which is why a strong Church becomes a beacon for society, but without a strong Church, especially a hypocritical one, open to ridicule and mockery.
55 posted on
04/20/2014 2:39:46 PM PDT by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: rollo tomasi
How do you know one is sinning if there is no judgment involved in the first place?When did it become my job to determine if someone else is sinning?
57 posted on
04/20/2014 2:42:57 PM PDT by
Hoodat
(Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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