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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Igzy said "there is no possible way to know he is such a thing" I was responding to this. My point is the word "judge" does not have to refer to a negative judgment. My point was that when Jesus said "judge not lest you be judged" we usually take that to mean "don't think evil of someone else" but it could also mean "don't think that someone else is "the MOTA" either". I then pointed out that many on this and other forums have expressed regret or even guilt that they accepted some of these judgments while in the LRC. So, as a result of judging that WL was the MOTA or that the LRC is some kind of elite group of Christians they also are feeling that they are getting judged with the same judgement with which they judged.
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This is what I thought you meant. But I don't agree that the "judge not" passage in Matt 7 applies to it. That passage is talking about self-righteous judgment, not judgment that is impossible to make.
Suppose a woman is a prostitute and I have certain knowledge that she is. If I say "that dirty whore" in a self-righteous manner, then that is what the Lord is addressing in Matt 7.
But if I don't have certain knowledge of her and I say "that woman is a prostitute" that's not the judging Matt 7 is talking about. That's more like bearing false witness. Because I'm saying something is true that I don't for certain know is true. Saying WL is the MOTA falls into that category, I would think.
Like I said, I think you are interpreting Matt 7 too broadly. The Lord says in other places that we need to judge in certain cases.