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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Matthew 7:6 "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast. ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them. under their feet, and turn again and rend you."..
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You quoted that verse out of context. Here is the context:
Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
If you judge that the "Christian" or "Muslim" or "Jew" is a "dog" then you also will be judged with the same judgement with which you judge others.
When you read verses 1-5 it seems Jesus is telling us not to judge since He says "judge not". But that ignores verse 6. How do you reconcile these two portions as it is clearly meant to be considered as two parts of one whole?
Jesus doesn't tell us not to judge ourselves, He only tells us not to judge others. By all means judge your dog nature or swine nature.
This is reiterated by James who tells us not to judge our brother.