A Preparation of Impromptu Remarks

I am wondering… when did discernment become a bad thing? Why is it wrong to make solid, biblically based JUDGMENTS against what is false? How is that biblically wrong? Please, tell me. I’m guessing that people are afraid of the word ‘judgment’ because they think it always entails hate and hypocrisy. Does that mean we are never to speak out against false doctrines or religions as Christians? There is a difference between hypocritically judging your brother and recognizing what is wrong and contending for truth.

I should not waste time judging the hearts of men who are outside of the Christian faith. They will answer to God, not me (1 Cor. 5:13). However, this does not eliminate the fact that as Christians we are to contend EARNESTLY for the faith (Jude 1:3). Today, that is very hard to do without dispelling the lies that have arisen in opposition to the Faith. Just as Paul, in Acts 17, called out the Athenians on their worship of false gods, so are we, who have the truth, to make the truth known. That ‘unknown god’ should be made known to others so that they can worship Him in truth as well.

The fear of exercising biblically sound judgment should not be used as an excuse to let falsehood have its’ way without truthful opposition.