Remember the story that I shared about the man warning the driver about the fact that the bridge is out. The driver had no clue that he was going toward a bridge that was washed away. What if he had this thought that, this man had the nerve to stop him on the road. How judgemental. How intolerant and unloving. But the driver did not stop to ask the man why he was yelling, stop, stop! It would be easier to just call this man crazy.
Charles Barkley had a video of calling Christians that question homosexuality as judgemental and unloving. Josh McDowell the writer and apologist compares intolerance and loving this way:
We must aggressively practice love. Everyone loves love, it seems, but few
recognize how incompatible love is with the new tolerance. Tolerance
simply avoids offending someone; we must help our children live in love, which
actively seeks to promote the good of another person.
Tolerance says: You must approve of what I do.
Love responds: I must do something harder; I will love
you, even when your behavior offends me.
Tolerance says: You must agree with me.
Love responds: I must do something harder; I will tell you
the truth, because I am convinced that the truth will set you free.
Tolerance says: You must allow me to have my way.
Love responds: I must do something harder; I will plead
with you to follow the right way, because you are worth the risk.
Tolerance seeks to be inoffensive
Love takes risks
Tolerance glorifies division
Love seeks unity
Tolerance costs nothing
Love cost everythingMcDowell,J. and Hostetler, B., The New Tolerance: How a cultural movement threatens to destroy you, your faith, and your children (Tyndale House. 1998).
I trust the two videos following will clear up what judging means in the light of scripture.
John MacArthur on Judge Not
Are you Judging my Judging
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