What is tolerance? I’m afraid we have a false concept of it today. Tolerance is actually not a bad thing, but a good thing. In fact, the only sin that we’re really allowed to call a sin today is the act of calling something a sin. The new religion in our world today is the religion of tolerance. Today, we’re going to turn to the word of God for the answer to the question: Is it wrong to judge others? But is that really what Jesus is saying? Is it wrong to judge the beliefs and behavior or other people, because if you speak up and speak out and say that something is wrong or sinful, someone will always say, But Jesus said not to judge! But that is not what this verse is saying. It seems as though Jesus is telling us to mind our own business, keep our thoughts to ourselves, and don’t dare speak disapprovingly of someone else’s choices, beliefs or lifestyle. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Matthew 7:1-5 “Judge not, that ye be not judged. Not only do many people know this passage by heart, but it is also one of the few scriptures they believe can and should be taken literally, and applied dogmatically. I’m talking about the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. In fact, many of the irreligious always seem to have this passage on the tips of their tongues in case they ever become involved in a discussion over the moral or doctrinal controversies of our time. There is a passage that more people today can quote than perhaps any other.
What is one of the most well-known and beloved passages of scripture in the Bible today? It used to be John 3:16, but I don’t think that’s the case anymore.
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