於2015-08-17發佈

最棒的基督徒生命30

被指示來評斷

誠如我們曾談過,基督徒普遍相信被指示不要論斷/評斷(judge)。但沒有一個地方耶穌曾這樣說,也沒有一處聖經這樣說。一些錯誤的英文翻譯會給人耶穌曾這樣說的印象,當祂說先去掉我們自己眼中的梁木,再去掉別人眼中的刺。然而,祂在那裡與別處所教導的是不要錯誤評斷。祂並不是說不要去掉別人眼中的刺,而是我們必須先確定在這樣做之前,要先除去攔阻我們清楚看見的事物。

很有趣的是那些告訴他人不要評斷的人,往往是最會評斷的。倘若他們抱怨我們在評斷他們,當他們這樣說時不也在評斷我們嗎?讓我們思考在哥林多前書五章9-13節的勸誡:

我先前寫信給你們說,不可與淫亂的人相交。

此話不是指這世上一概行淫亂的,或貪婪的,勒索的,或拜偶像的;若是這樣,你們除非離開世界方可。 

但如今我寫信給你們說,若有稱為弟兄是行淫亂的,或貪婪的,或拜偶像的,或辱罵的,或醉酒的,或勒索的,這樣的人不可與他相交,就是與他吃飯都不可。 

因為審判/評斷(judge)教外的人與我何干?教內的人豈不是你們審判的嗎? 

至於外人有神審判他們。你們應當把那惡人從你們中間趕出去。

這裡保羅指示哥林多人要審判在教會裡的人,他們也需要以評估的心來審判教會外的人,要不然我們要如何知道他們有沒有行淫亂、貪婪等?沒有評估式的審判,可能就沒有真實的關係。無論我們知道與否,其實我們一直在評斷他人。我們必須學習的是公義評斷或正確評斷,這始於不試圖假設我們不曉得他人動機之事。這也應用於評斷在我們權柄範圍的人,正如保羅在上述經文指出哥林多人一樣。

我們對美國此時興起的一些巨大議題有著很棒的教導機會,包括種族衝突、警察暴行的真實影響,以及在同性議題與基督教之間所興起的衝突。我們若不使用這些教導機會便有失職守,因此我們將在未來幾週提到。
 (摘自喬納 word for the week, Week30, 2015)



Instructed to Judge- The Greatest Christian Life, Part 30
Week 30, 2015 
Rick Joyner

As we have covered, it is a common belief that Christians have been instructed not to judge. But nowhere does Jesus say that, and nowhere is this said in the Scriptures. Some flawed English translations give the impression that Jesus said this when He talked about taking the log out of our own eye before trying to remove the speck from someone else’s eye. However, what He taught there and elsewhere is not to judge wrongly. He did not say not to try to remove the speck from someone else’s eye, but that we must be sure to remove what hinders us from seeing clearly before trying to do so.

It is also interesting how those who tell others not to judge are usually the most judgmental of all. If they complain that we are judging them, are they not judging us by saying this? Consider this exhortation in I Corinthians 5:9-13:    

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—

not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 

But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. 

What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 

God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you" (NIV).

Here Paul instructs the Corinthians to judge those within the church. They must also judge those who are not in the church in the sense of evaluation, or otherwise how would we know that they are immoral, greedy, etc.? There can actually be no true relationships without judgment that is evaluation. We are judging others all of the time whether we realize it or call it that or not. What we must learn to do is judge righteously, or rightly. This begins with not trying to assume things we really don’t know about the motives of others. It also applies to judging those who are within our sphere of authority, as Paul is pointing out to the Corinthians in the text above.

We have some great teaching opportunities with some of the great issues rising in the U.S. at this time in relation to racial conflicts, perceived and actual incidences of police brutality, and the rising conflict between the gay agenda and Christianity. We would be remiss not to use these teaching opportunities, so we will for the next couple of weeks.