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But, only one of us is telling the other they are not a real Christian. I think you are a Christian, and you do not think I am a Christian. Which of us, do you think, is more likely to please Jesus? I don't profess to know. I think we both can.
I do not determine who is and who is not a Christian.
I do know enough to recognize when a religious practice has no basis in the biblical text.
I do know enough to be able to distinguish when someone is violating the principle contained in the larger context of 1 Corinthians 2:13.
Matthew 7:1-5 "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye?
μὴ κρίνετε κατ᾽ ὄψιν ἀλλὰ τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν κρίνατε
(Do) not judge according to appearance but (with) righteous judgment judge. John 7:24
Mar 14, 2025 18:43So you are absolutely positive your judgment is righteous? You're confident you have the right to judge the OP and me in this instance?
Your question seems to imply that John 7:24 cannot be implemented.
You suggested that I am a hypocrite by quoting Matthew 7:1-5.
But you appear to judge me and I would guess sometimes speaks out against things which you do not approve.
Or are you never publicly critical of things you disapprove?
I am implying that you are in fact not actually living your life purely and entirely only on what is exactly recorded in the version of the Bible you prefer. That you have a theology. Your theology came from somewhere. Someone taught you what the Bible means and when you may correct me freely
Jesus will judge me as to whether your charge is true or not.