SHOULD WE JUDGE OTHERS? [1 of 2] Yes, of course. Jesus did. And just as we judge when it is safe to cross a busy road, we are to judge other people so that we can either support them, or help keep ourselves and the rest of society safe from them. In fact, Jesus ORDERS us to judge. Read Matthew 7, John 7, and especially 1 Corinthians 6. Today’s secular society, along with some in the Church, use New Age “relativism,” which claims all truth is relative, so no one’s truth is absolute. Today, that is called “tolerance." And even worse, the NEW definition of tolerance says we also need to praise and celebrate everyone's beliefs and lifestyles. This effectively stops us from judging anyone for anything. Advocates of the new relativism (newly defined “tolerance”) cite Matthew 7:1: “Judge not, that you be not judged.” Yet, taken alone, this is out of context, so we must read more of Matthew 7 to understand what it means. The full text tells us to get rid of our hypocrisy first, and then help our brother who is wrong, because you will then “see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” Saying we should not judge is completely twisting Scripture, and even Jesus clearly orders us to judge in John 7: “Stop judging by mere appearances and MAKE A RIGHT JUDGMENT.” He clearly tells us to make a judgment. But when we do so, we are to do it right—don't be a hypocrite about it. The Bible's definition of tolerance is something you have probably heard: “Love the sinner but hate the sin.”