G R O W Exodus 18 : 13 (Growing in Christ)

G R O W Exodus 18 : 13 (Growing in Christ)

Moses was not alone in being tasked with making judgments. We are all to make judgments and evaluations. When Jesus says, “Judge not, that you be not judged,” it could be better translated, “Condemn not, that you be not condemned” (Matt. 7:1). I am in no position to condemn anyone. I can’t see a man’s heart. I don’t know what the final result of a woman’s life is going to be. So I leave all of that in the hands of God. It is simply not for me to make the final judgment, to decide someone’s motivation or what is in his or her heart. But I can make an evaluation of some things, based on behavior. I can make temporary judgments. And so can you. That’s simply what the Bible means by developing the habit of discernment. When John says, “Test the spirits,” that’s what he has in mind (1 John 4:1). For more about Growing in Christ, see Exod. 33:13.