02-02-2008, 11:29 AM
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But the bible says “do NOT judge others so you shall not be judged”
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This is probibily the most missused and miss understood verse in all of scripture.
The written word of God tells us not to place ourselves in his position of bing the judge of a persons eteranal direction. (in other words" Don't judge or assume to know if another person is going to hell or heaven. This does not mean that we are not to judge or discern their actions for purposes of correction ,guidence, counceling dicipline or to determine if we should as followers of Christ be associated with them.
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How do I find weather a person is a friend or he is with me only to seek benefits or to harm me?
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The answers to many questions are found in the basic precepts and principles of god's written word. This is one of the of them
You judge a freind by the same standard scripture tells us to judge a tree.
By it's fruit. That takes time and effort.
People used to say "If it sounds like a duck ,looks like a duck , and acts like a duck it is probably a duck"
The same holds true for freinds.
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We don't make freinds. . . We find them by being freinds.
Your freind
Cliff
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