As a Christian one thing that drives me crazy is non-Christians (or Christians for that matter) telling me I should not judge their choices because my Bible says I should not judge.
You have it all wrong. Seriously wrong.
It is true, the Bible says "Do not judge" but it does not stop there, it continues to say "so you will not be judged. For by the way you judge you will be judged, and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you (Matt. 7:1-2).
These verses are not talking about lifestyles or personal choices. They are talking about someone's salvation. I should not, cannot, judge whether or not you are going to heaven. The only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ, I do not know if you have accepted Jesus as your personal Savior. He is the only way to heaven and that is with a relationship with God. I will not argue that point, that is something you will have to take up with God, Himself.
Centuries ago, God created everything you see and everything you do not see. He created by speaking everything into existence, He did not begin an evolutionary process.
Mankind was God's crowning achievement. We are created in the very image of God. He is love, we know how to love. He is creative, so are we. He demands justice, so do we. He is merciful, so are we. The first humans, Adam and Eve, had a wonderful life in innocent and perfect harmony with God and all He created. Then they blew it; they decided that they should decide for themselves what is good and evil. It did not matter to them what God thought was good and evil. That is what is called the Fall.
God still wants a relationship with people but, because He is God, demands holiness; something we cannot have in ourselves. So through a series of events God chose one man and told him that through his family the whole world would be blessed. He set up a series of laws and sacrifices that would allow people to come in His presence. When God looked at the blood of a sacrifice, He did not see the sin of the people. The blood sacrifice did not take away sin, it only covered it.
The family God chose had some God-fearing people and some real evil-doers but God was faithful and kept His promise. Finally, Jesus, God in the flesh, was born of a virgin, fulfilling all sorts of prophecies regarding the perfect redemption for our sin. Jesus was fully God and fully man and lived a perfect life. He is the sacrificial Lamb that took away the sin of the world, He did not cover sin, He removed it from us and we are no longer guilty before God.
Back to judgment.
As I said, I do not know if you have accepted Jesus as your personal Savior, I do not have the authority to judge that part of your heart.
1 Corinthians 5 tells me that God will judge those outside the church. However, If you say you are a Christian and continue in sin, I have a duty to call you out and judge your behavior based on what God has said in scripture.
Please do not misunderstand. Christian or non-Christian, I will judge your behavior, especially if I am on a jury, or if I am in a place of authority over you. The Bible is very clear in many places about what is acceptable behavior and what is not. I would not be a very loving friend if I allowed someone to continue in sin.
Are you telling me that parents should not judge their children's behavior because they do not want to be seen as judgmental? Should we do away with the jury system because we do not want to judge people accused of crimes? Do not be absurd!
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