“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” He also told them a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye. (Luke 6:37-42, NRSV)
Does the Bible say Do not Judge?
Do not condemn?
No…
It says do not judge or condemn and you will not be judged or condemned. Or on Matthew it says, do not judge unless you want to be judged.
We assume we are not supposed to judge others, but we all do.
Seen the girl in the short skirt and assumed she was someone who probably did things that would make her parents cringe…
Seen the boy with the blue hair in the leather jacket with chains and assumed that he was into drugs…
Seen the group riding in on their Harley’s and assume they are drug runners or into some kind of illegal activity…
We all see the spec in others eyes, but will not acknowledge the plank in ours.
The point is we all fall short, and we all are judged just like we judge others. We need to see everyone as God sees us, flawed and imperfect, but loved anyhow. And then lift each other up and help each other, rather than tear each other down!
aSacredRebel 
True, we do not judge others, as we are also sinners ourselves, but God does not say we should promote sinful behavior or consider it lawful. In such cases, using the discernment you have been given, some form of discrimination takes place. We do not judge by the outward appearance in a spiritual sense, but one who dresses in a gothic heavy metal outfit, a woman in skimpy sexualized clothing….is indeed making a statement about herself. Some people in the church mischaracterize Christ’s words to mean we must approve, not merely tolerate, homosexuality, gay marriage, abortion, and this type of thinking is clearly wrong, Taking a pastoral view towards these behaviors means helping those so inclined to repent. Romans 1 is a chapter of scripture which needs the same attention as other verses you have mentioned here.
There are many things wrong according to scripture we allow now and all of us are guilty of sins others would say are clearly wrong. If we take care of our relationship with God and show forth that love to the world, God’s will will be done in all lives.
Jesus never said we should have no understanding of right and wrong, nor did He suggest that we do not reprove sin in our own lives and in the church. Many today feel we must approve of all sinful behavior and therefore hold no position of discrimination. Remember Law and Grace. If the commandments are ignored for the sake of preaching and instructing, then the righteousness of God is not being taught. Many Christians know the difference between right and wrong, but some modern pastors and theologians prefer to paint sin in a shade of gray lest someone be offended that God does indeed demand we strive to be obedient, repent of our sins, and live a Christian life. It is far easier to teach a little child the difference between right and wrong then a post modernist, progressive pastor of a liberal church body.
John it is not about not offending people. It is about living in a way that shows God is active in our lives and that life can be different with Him. He does the changing not us. Yes Jesus said “Go and sin no more” without condemning by loving. Is that what we are doing here?
Remember when Jesus said, “teach all nations?” Well, there is much to the word of God besides speaking of His love. What about righteousness, repentance, guarding our hearts against sin? In my college days of long ago, the secular humanists and relativists sat with liberal progressives and leftists on the teaching staff. Conservatives were swept away and the frame of thinking of these groups took hold. The next generations absorbed liberal ideas which then redefined the doctrines of some churches and also infected Biblical emphasis into seminary training. Many pastors are a product of this education, and hold views which require them to speak only about biblical verses which support their views, while avoiding the difficult verses or those which are contrary to their set theological positions. The result is unfaithfulness to the whole word of God, and an avoidance of discussing sin from the pulpit. The theology taught today was not part of the early church, since both Jesus and the Apostolic fathers, as well as later theologians, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, did not shirk from preaching about sin. Today such men would be unwelcome in many churches, especially in the ELCA and some others, where sexual sin is no longer sin, where the sin of Sodom is omitted, and where repentance is not spoken.
Yes you are correct there is more but I am not focusing on one aspect of the word of God. That is more than the Bible also. Jesus is the word of God made flesh and showed us how to live. We can not ignore any part of the word, written or living in and among us. All of us fall short and we need to get our own relationships and sins in order before we tell others how to live to have God in their lives.
And as Luther said in his explaination of the third article of the Apostles Creed “that I can not by my own understanding come to God or believe in Him except through the power of the Holy Spirit. ” God dwells in all of us, yet we are all sinners…
Well then, since we are all sinners and will never be free of sin, we cannot mention what God says is sin, nor can we point out the need for repentance……according to your logic, and thus the whole word of God cannot be taught….after all that is the acceptable theology of political correctness in vogue in some churches. We need not condemn others for their sins, as we have our own to deal with, but furthermore, we must be silent and never judge the difference between right and wrong for want of offending the sinner in each of us? That, my brother, is a dishonest way to preach the word of God, and certainly not what Jesus taught about sin. How will you counsel someone involved in the sins of stealing, adultery, homosexuality, or violence….should they come to you for advice? Will you say anything, will your response be to turn away from sin, or will you fall back on the passive and tolerant default position? As I said earlier, many of today’s pastors cannot discuss sin or right and wrong as easily as Jesus and the Apostles, and the Reformers, because they are afraid to be perceived as judging…yet Holy Writ instructs pastors to reprove sin, not approve it.