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I've noticed a trend among Christians recently that really disturbs me. Christians seem to think that it's perfectly acceptable to judge nonbelievers. I keep hearing snide comments about that "slutty girl" or the man who lives with his girlfriend.

Thinking like that is never going to bring lives to Christ! And if you're someone who says, "I would never say that to their faces!" then I urge you to consider this verse:

"But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man unclean'" (Matthew 15:18).

What you say reflects what you really think and feel. Even Jesus didn't judge nonbelievers:

John 12:46-48: "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day."

And Paul actually said we aren't to judge those outside of the church:

1 Corinthians 5:12-13a: "What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside."

So why is that Christians are so intent on holding nonbelievers to a godly standard? We don't expect our children to walk before they learn how. We don't expect a newborn baby to eat solid food. So how can we expect someone to live by godly standards when they don't think anything is wrong with theirs?

It is our job to show the nonbeliever Christ. It is only by being introduced to Christ that lives will change. Changed lives do not come from snide comments. Changed lives do not come from condemnation. Changed lives do not come from judgment.

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