Reply To: …that cast you out for my name’s sake…

[spencel]

Thanks for this post. This week I kept coming across the word judgment. I have always found the idea unclear because I got the idea of having good judgment confused with judging others. I decided to look deeper into this. I wanted to share the definition I found in case it might help someone else.

1828 Webster’s: Judgment

In Scripture, the spirit of wisdom and prudence, enabling a person to discern right and wrong, good and evil.

Give the king thy judgments, O God. Psa 72.

Rightly to understand and discern.

He that is spiritual, judgeth all things. 1 Cor 2.

synonyms: discernment, perception, discrimination, wisdom, prudence, powers of reasoning, reason, logic

All important qualities. I realized all these years I have been trying to do this through human effort rather than turning to God who is the source of all. Human effort was at best inconsistent and can be tricked. Then there is always the pride of accomplishment or shame attached.

Also from 1828 Webster’s

3. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. Mat 7.

Here is another statement I came across this week discussing this type of behavior-” the other meaning of judgmental has to do with being overly critical in an unhelpful way,” This was a defining statement for me, to keep the concept simple and recognize when I slip into this dangerous and unkind mode of thinking either toward myself or another.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 10 months ago by spencel.