大使命43
不義的審判
這週我們將簡短談到許多基督徒混淆的議題，其常成為他們的絆腳石，使他們無法完成神在他們生命中的目的。在路加福音六章37節，主說：『你們不要論斷人，就不被論斷；你們不要定人的罪，就不被定罪；你們要饒恕人，就必蒙饒恕。』從這段經文，信徒和非信徒以為耶穌告訴我們不要判斷他人，但那並非祂的意思。
在路加福音六章37節，論斷/判斷（judge）的希臘字是krinete，字面上翻成『加以區別歸類』，也可以說成『不要有刻板印象』。不要論斷人不單翻譯錯誤，也很難不這麼做。當某人指責你在論斷，事實上當他們這麼說時已經在論斷你了。我們都會判斷人，要和他人擁有任何種類的關係，判斷是必要的。判斷不都是負面的，當我們說某人的好話，我們其實也在判斷他們，只不過是在判斷他們是良善的。
從字面上翻譯，聖經沒有一處告訴我們不要判斷他人。有幾處經文反而要我們這麼做，在聖經中告訴我們要判斷時，幾乎都帶著救贖性的目的。舉例來說，主說倘若你的弟兄犯罪了，你就去告訴他們（參考馬太福音18:15）。你若不判斷是不可能知道他們在罪中；然而，聖經並非要我們去定他們的罪，而是要我們去幫助他們悔改，這樣做是為了幫助他們。
我們一定要分辨，聖經告訴我們不憑著外貌，乃是以靈來認人（參考哥林多後書5:16）。神不要我們定別人的罪，即使我們對某人的判斷是負面的，我們都應當尋找方法來協助挽回或重建他們。
在路加福音同一章，主說不要看見他人眼中的刺，我們也會錯意了。其實主在告訴我們要這樣做，卻不是假冒為善地做。祂說在我們試圖以此方法來協助他人前，先要去掉自己眼中的樑木（參考路加福音6:41-42）。
正如主在這裡說的，好樹（或人）將結好果子，壞樹（或人）將結壞果子（參考路加福音6:43），例如不義的審判，他們的判斷會帶來問題和分裂，並無法帶來幫助與救贖。當我們公義判斷時，我們可以，而且必須讓人知道他們錯誤的道路。當我們帶著救贖性的目的，而不是道德上的優越感，我們所判斷的人也會比較容易看見此判斷是真實並對他們有助益的，他們也不會因我們的判斷而受傷。我們一定要判斷，但我們必須在正確的靈裡判斷。
我提出來是因為使教會無法成為她所蒙召樣式，以及使基督徒無法看見神對以色列救贖性目的之主要原因，在於不義的審判。這是因為關於公義審判的教導太少所致；神告訴12使徒在神的國度裡，他們將坐在12個寶座來審判12支派。聖經告訴我們有一天我們不單要審判列國，還要審判天使。這世代是為了讓那些在神國度與祂一起掌管和掌權之人『訓練來掌權』，因此這是我們現在必須學習的東西。
正如聖經告訴我們：『公義和公平是祂寶座的根基』（參考詩篇97:2）。整體來看，教會在公義的事上做得並不好，關於公平方面的教導幾乎沒聽過。未來我們會更深入談到此事。
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week43, 2014)
Unrighteous Judgment - The Great Commission, Part 43
Week 43, 2014
Rick Joyner
This week we will briefly cover an issue that has many Christians in confusion and has been a major stumbling block to keep them from fulfilling the purpose of God in their lives. In Luke 6:37 the Lord said, “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.” From this text, believers and non-believers have assumed that Jesus told us not to judge others, but that is not what He said or meant.
In Luke 6:37, the Greek word translated “judge” is krinete. This could more literally translated “to distinguish as in putting into a category.” It could actually read, “Do not stereotype.” Not to judge others is not only a wrong translation, but it is not possible. When someone challenges you for judging, they are in fact judging you by saying this. We all judge others, which is necessary to have any kind of relationship with others. Judgment is not always negative, but when we say good things about others, we’re judging them too. We’re just judging them as good.
Literally translated, nowhere does The Bible tell us not to judge others. In a number of places, we are actually told to do this. Where we are told in Scripture to judge, it is almost always with a redemptive purpose. For example, the Lord said that when a brother is in sin to go to them (see Matthew 18:15). You can’t know they are in sin without judging. However, we are not told to go to them to condemn them, but to help them repent. It is to help them.
We must be discerning. We are told to know others after the spirit and not just the flesh, or appearances, which requires judging (see II Corinthians 5:16). What we are told to do is not to condemn others. Even if our judgment of someone is negative, we should look for a way to help redeem or restore them.
It is also a misunderstanding to think that, in this same chapter in Luke, the Lord is saying not to take the speck out of someone else’s eye. He actually is telling us to do this, but not to do it hypocritically. He is saying to get the logs out of our own eyes before trying to help others in this way (see Luke 6:41-42).
As the Lord says here, the good tree (or person) will bring forth good fruit, and the bad tree (or person) brings forth bad fruit (see Luke 6:43), such as judging unrighteously and causing problems and divisions with their judgments instead of help and redemption. When we judge righteously, we can, and often must, show people the error of their ways. When we do it with a redemptive purpose and not a morally superior one, it becomes far easier for those we are judging to see the judgments as true and be helped by them, not wounded by our judgment. We must judge, but we must do it in the right spirit.
I am addressing this because possibly the main factor keeping the church from becoming what it is called to be, and keeping Christians from seeing God’s redemptive purpose with Israel, is unrighteous judgment. This is mostly the result of so little being taught about righteous judgment. The twelve apostles were told that they would sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel in the Lord’s kingdom. We are told that we will not only judge nations, but also angels in the age to come. This age is about “training for reigning” for those who will rule and reign with the Lord in His kingdom, and this is something we must learn now.
As we are told, “righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne” (see Psalm 97:2). As a whole, the church is not doing too well with righteousness, and almost no teaching is ever heard on justice. We will cover this in a bit more depth before going on because it is foundational to fulfilling the Great Commission and our purpose as the church.