Have you noticed, as I have, that for some that claim the blood of Christ when something bad happens to them, they say that they are being tested, or that the enemy is attacking them but when it is happening to someone of whom they disapprove, they say it is the judgement of God.
This is judging God.
But the example of the Gospels and the Epistles is that critical analysis is always directed into ones self, or directed in brotherhood to brothers in Christ.
Be Critical when before the mirror.
As far as the world, and I agree that there is much to understand as sinful, the approach is not so much to decry their sin but to facilitate their becoming fellow Christians so that the Spirit can address their sin.
Changing myself by the power of the Spirit is _my_ task.
Changing the world, including conviction of sin, is _His_ task for which He may enlist me. I do not believe he calls us to Judge the world.
The call to not judge others is popular, even among some household names. The late Mother Teresa once said that “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Charles Barkley in an interview on CNN said about Christians that “they’re not supposed to judge other people, but they’re the most hypocritical judge of people we have in this country…” Bob Marley had a song called “Judge Not” and of course in his 1996 album
All Eyez on Me the late great theologian 2Pac Shakur proclaimed that “Only God can judge me!
The Bible truth is that God has always existed as judge over His creation. Real history as well as Biblical history proves this.
Consider the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. Consider that when God determined to punish Sodom and Gomorrah
for their sins, Abraham recognized that God is the judge of men's actions. In both cases and in any other example that needs to be considered, notice that God passed judgment, issued a verdict and carried out the sentence.
All of the Biblical instances show that God will intervene, however, to deal with injustices or sin for the benefit of mankind and to further His purposes.
Now the real question here IMO is whether or not men should condemn SIN or ignore it because we as sinners should judge ourselves 1st before condemning what God did.
My understanding is that Sin, is always judged to be worthy of death, and therefore the whole world is guilty before God, and death is upon all because of their sin. Therefore, if men do not condemn what God condemns then we are guilty of neglect and deceit.
Ez. 3:17........
“When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.”
If we spend some time on this and think about it I believe we can all agree that God has been gracious and merciful to us because we have reached out to help the other nations of the world. We as a nation have sown good will. The church has sent many missionaries around the world. Christians in this nation have supported many missionary works, while Christians and others have supported humanitarian works in every nation.
Now then, if we spend the same amount of time reflecting on what we as a nation have done or allowed we would all agree that we as a nation have a problem and the problem is SIN. Now, do we ignore those SINS because we are ourselves sinners or do we call them out as God would????
As a nation, we have also sown much evil. We have exported our ungodly music, movies, pornography, tobacco, alcohol. Our tobacco companies cannot sell their wares to the young people in our nation but they are allowed to export it to the youth of other nations. We have been hypocritical in calling ourselves a Christian nation when we allow abortion. Many Americans are drug addicts, and are consumed with pornography and vile movies. We commit adultery without blushing and are sex-crazed. I have noticed that the most prevalent types of ads that daily come across the Internet are ads selling something pertaining to sex, ads that tell you how to become a millionaire, and those that encourage gambling.
Do we as Christians simply convince ourselves that we are not to condemn those things because we ourselves are not perfect?????
Instead of being a good example to the world, we export our vices. Sharing Christ with other nations is difficult when they see our lust and materialism. Our American culture has been shot through with all types of sinful temptations designed by the devil to keep us weak and fearful and powerless to fight against him.
Yes, judgment comes upon us as we reap what we have sown. God wants to bless us with good things, but our sins prevent God from blessing us.
Jeremiah 5:25:.....
"Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you."