Christian Judgement

In today’s corrupt society, a lot of judgment is being made more and more apparent. Those who claim they are “Christians” do a lot of this. They judge others based on religion, race/appearance, culture, gender, sexual orientation, and even your choices. Before we continue, let me make this clear, not all people who judge are Christians, and not all Christians judge. For the ones who do, they have no right to place judgment upon others. It is not there job to do so, it is God’s job, hence “judgment day”. Allow me to further explain how exactly Christians can judge others.
An example would be this; A boy’s family is Christian, and he comes out as gay or says he wants to become transgender. Instead of loving and supporting him they would call him names and banish him from living with them some (real life situations of this) even go far enough to say, “You’re no son of mine.” A real-life situation of this happened when a boy named Daniel came out to his Christian parents on August 27, 2014. The situation became intense and his parents soon started cursing at him, abusing him, and calling him a disgrace. Which is not what God would expect for you to do.
The same situation could happen to girls who come out as gay or transgender also. These parents will then feel guilty, as if they didn’t raise their child good enough or the “right” way. A sense of false guilt will only hinder the parents; keeping them from showing their child God's love in an effective way. As Christians or even just a good supporting family, they are supposed to love unconditionally and be respectful of others decisions without judgment. Disowning your kids or others based on their choices is wrong. Everyone makes choices, even bad ones, but you shouldn’t hold that against them. Bad choices such as becoming an alcoholic, or addicted to drugs is something you should be aware of but not judge them on. An effective way of going about this is to offer them help or to pray over them.
Some Christians don’t have a sense of respect for other religions and cultures, because they think Christianity is the supreme religion. They try and force their customs and beliefs on others, which is not the right way to go about it at all. That gives off a sense of harassment and wouldn’t make them want to convert to Christianity. Yes, it is okay to share your religion with hopes of getting the audience or the person to convert, but you cannot force it upon them. Evangelism is a wonderful way to spread Christianity. It is the commitment/act of publicly preaching the Gospel with the intent to spread the teachings of Jesus Christ. An evangelist can only hope that while his audiences listens to him/her, that the Holy Spirit takes over and makes them want to follow Jesus and learn more about him.
Judgment of race shouldn’t even be a thing, yet, many of those who claim they are Christian, judge your skin color.
Racism is huge issue today. I personally know many people who are Christians, but they use racial slurs and even make fun of other races. There was even a situation at a New Jersey Christian School on November 1, 2017, where an African-American boy received a note in his locker that said, “I hope you die n*****.” Please, note that children aren’t born racist, so this was most likely learned in the child’s household. These “Christians” should know that Jesus died on the cross to save men and women of every race, every color, and every ethnic background of their sins. Jesus lives today to proclaim the infinite value of all people. Jesus loves everyone no matter what, and God loves all his children
regardless.
A movie called “The Shack” strongly supports that you should not judge others. One scene in the movie, where the lead character is led to a waterfall by Jesus, is very crucial in the subject of judgement. Here at the waterfall he faces a woman who is known as Wisdom. She makes him sit on the throne of judgement and gives him people on which to judge, even God. He then must choose which of his kids goes to heaven based on their actions. He can’t bring himself to do it, and thus is where he learns that we as people, are not in the position to judge, and that it is not easy for God to do it either. God loves us, but we disobey him in many ways. We can fix this by living as Christ did, starting with not judging others.
A quote from the bible; 1 John 2:6 states, “Whoever claims to live in him, must live as Jesus did.” John warns that those who claim to lead Christian lives and know Jesus Christ, yet disobey Him, are lying. Anyone who claims to have fellowship with Christ should live as if that is true. 1 Peter 2:21 states, "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." These two quotes basically say that you, as a Christian, should live as Jesus did. Therefore, a Christian’s mission or life purpose is to emulate and live like Christ. Anyone who claims to be "in Christ" but fails to live like Him certainly does not have a fellowship relationship with Him. Believers in Christ can and do sin, it’s human nature, but if a follower does not confess their sin, it shows that the person may not be a true believer in Christ.
I, myself, am a Christian and in no way, do I claim to be perfect, but I do try my best to refrain from judging others. It is not my place to judge others. Yes, I can have opinions on their personality, but I cannot judge them for who they are, nor what they look like. As followers in Christ we must strive to live how Jesus did.