Comments on: Matthew 7:1-6 https://www.marv.us/matthew-7-1-6/ What are Judeo-Christian Beliefs? Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Philip Gibson https://www.marv.us/matthew-7-1-6/#comment-104 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:31:21 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=549#comment-104 How do we determine just who are dogs or pigs, so that we do not waste holy pearls and get attacked? Much like the founding of our country, scripture makes some basic assumptions about those who fall under its governance. Turning the other cheek and judging in love are concepts to be realized among civilized, Christian people. Boundaries are not something that Christians do very well, yet Jesus persistently and resoundingly acknowledges the need for boundaries when his counsel delineates what and who are not to be embraced. Namely, dogs and pigs.

]]> By: DJ https://www.marv.us/matthew-7-1-6/#comment-103 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 12:26:24 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=549#comment-103 In reply to Skip.

That makes sense to me. I also think Jesus is emphasizing our tendency to judge from a perspective of “holier-than-thou” and that he wants us to judge with love for the other person and with a humble awareness that we are also sinners reliant totally on his mercy. I do not believe that he wants us to tolerate all sin to avoid being judgmental. We are to rebuke each other with love for our mutual benefit.

]]> By: Skip https://www.marv.us/matthew-7-1-6/#comment-102 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:37:05 +0000 https://www.marv.us/?p=549#comment-102 We all have to judge. God asks us to judge good character and to judge our or someone else’s actions. I always interpreted this passage to mean judging someone’s worthiness, especially in terms of eternal judgment- heaven or hell. God never gave us that role; it’s his prerogative. Maybe why he never wanted Adam /Eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Thoughts?

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