John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

I ended yesterday’s blog with a very dangerous question. “Can you see this in our world today?” It is an offer to judge. We do judge and we should judge, however there is a way to judge that is right. Have you ever been taught how to judge a righteous judgment?

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Righteousness is a declared state for those who live by faith in Jesus Christ. Righteous judgment cannot be separated from that relationship and this righteous judgment must come by faith. It is not that we know a truth about anything that is to be judged but rather that He who is Truth reveals any truth in any matter.

It is the enactment of our warning to leave judgment in the hands of He who has earned the right to judge because He died for all man’s sin. Having taken upon Himself every sin, He is uniquely qualified to know the truth in every matter.

To demonstrate how this righteous judgment looks for us, we must take John 7:24 in context.

John 7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Only God can perform miracles. Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath which was against Jewish law. The question must arise from the act, was God at work here? Conversely if judgment is at hand, by faith, can you see God at work in that moment? Is He who is True, revealing truth in that moment?

If not, judge not.