Empathy is Required to Righteously Judge

Empathy is the desire to be sure to understand before we judge another person. There are many things people judge that are not their business and have nothing to do with sin.

Jealousy is a big factor in how some people judge others. If there is a desire to view someone as less than, others may jealously judge them as inferior or worthy of disrespect.

We see this all the time in relationships. Those who are jealous of someone often disregard the talents or accomplishments of their target, even concocting things that are not true in an effort to look down their noses at others.

We must guard ourselves against judging things that are not our business, remembering that perhaps there is an ulterior motive behind our judging.

God never forbade judging, but He did instruct us to "judge righteously", that is according to His Word and with plenty of evidence.