All Articles For Judging: The Christian's Duty

Rev. Kuiper is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Byron Center, Michigan. Tolerance is the buzzword of the day. We are told that we must tolerate the ideas, words, and actions of each and every segment of society. We may not pass judgment on the character of other people, but must accept them the way they are. What our elected officials do in their private lives must not influence our view of their qualifications for public office. We must accept the lifestyle of homosexuals as (viable!) alternatives to ours. We must cater to the whims and wishes of the...

Rev. Kuiper is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Byron Center, Michigan. In the previous article we examined the prevalent view that we are not to pass judgment on the ideas and practices of others but are to tolerate and approve their ideas and practices. That this view is present even in the church is due to the fact that the church has lost her consciousness of God’s holiness. We evaluated this view as dangerous, godless, and unscriptural. In this article we will examine the Scripture passages which are pertinent to the issue, in order to understand that God...

Rev. Kuiper is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Byron Center, Michigan. In examining various Scripture passages which speak of judging, we concluded in the last article that God hates hypocritical judging, but loves righteous judgment on the part of His children. In other words, it is the Christian’s duty to judge. To a positive explanation of this duty we now turn. What is judging? Judging involves two main factors. First, it involves a pronouncement concerning whether something is right or wrong. It is to be critical. In fact, the noun “judge” in the New Testament of our King...