Judging Things that Don't Matter

Next time someone wants to judge the choices of others through gossip to you, simply say, "God did not assign me to make a judgment about that."

 
There are many things that need no one else's judgment that are not sin.
Many people judge others as bad parents because of how their children turned out without being there to watch their upbringing. They assume parents must have done something wrong, but they have no details that prove it. Adult children make their own choices, often against the training of their parents.

 
David's son Absolum wanted to kill his own father. David was called the apple of God's eye, a man after God's own heart. The Bible does not tell us how David raised his son, so presuming would be gossip.

 
There is pride involved in judging the parenting of others based on a perception without facts. The only reason to make these kinds of judgments is to attempt to elevate oneself above others. There is no profit spiritually in judging the parenting of others only to appear superior.

 
Some would judge others for not attending the modern churches, as though attending those places is the way we are to gather, when the Bible teaches differently. It is not our place to judge how brothers and sisters choose to meet.

 
Judging how others choose to eat is another way to destroy relationships unnecessarily. I have seen a lot of this in my life. Food has been a "great divide" among believers these days because they are so fixated on this life and everything being as perfect as possible, they have lost sight that God provides the food and He is the judge.

 
Colossians 2:16-17 " 16 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.…"

Romans 14:5-6 "One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God."

Galatians 4:9-10 "But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!"

I have seen people judge women as leading when they are merely sharing through the love of the Holy Spirit. They have judged that the women are usurping authority when they are a helper and asset to their husbands.

 
It has been my experience that often people judge something about us; they want us to be wrong about something because of their dislike or even hatred of us. Even gossiping about us to others so the others will dislike us too. Somehow, they think if they discredit us, that alone will elevate them to special status.
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Romans 14:1-4 "Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him."

1 Corinthians 8:8 "But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do."

Galatians 5:1 "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery."

It is not surprising that unbelievers, even the pretenders who attend churches, would want to ruin our walk and remove our influence by turning others against us. They did it with Christ, the apostles, and the prophets, and they will do it with us, too. Praise God when we can stand alone, ignore the idle chatter, and remain full of joy anyway.

 
Many actions in this life may be different from the way we do things, but it does not mean the different person is sinning in some way, or even wrong about their choices.

 
Sadly, I see this on steroids in social media with celebrities or high-ranking political figures. It is one thing to judge a person based on truth, what we can see, and what the celebrities have said publicly themselves; it is quite another to make guesses based on perceived outcomes.

Let's be sure when we judge it is according to God's Word and not our own prejudices.