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Am I supposed to?

1689 said, "You are using it to say I shouldn't judge, but that is not what Matthew 7 is saying at all." I'm beginning to wonder if my impression about truth seeking is off the mark. What part of "judge not" doesn't apply to you?

In the same chapter and verse as your joy in the judgment of the wicked.

Of course you did - you're claiming Matthew 7 does not pertain to you judging a fellow believer. Feel free to explain your exemption.

So you think the metaphor of beholding and attempting to remove a mote from a brother's eye is not talking about judging a fellow believer? That's a new one to me.

No. I do NOT rejoice in the judgment of the wicked, just as my heavenly Father Himself does not. Always making things personal instead of biblical is not the path to truth.

Remember the story of the man in the ocean who rejected offers of help from three different boats because he was trusting God to deliver him? ;-)

May I ask what authority you claim for holding other members here accountable for sin and judging them accordingly? John 9:34-41 might be worth a second look since you seem allergic to Matthew 7.

If you are genuinely interested in hearing a biblically sound perspective, different from your own, on each of the passages you mention above, I will be glad to offer in a fresh thread since this one is about to petrify. If the words simply and truly "spoke for themselves," as genuine seekers of...

Saying it doesn't make it so. The "out of context" reply only has traction if you show in what way context is being violated, which you haven't done.

You have it backwards. Only those who believe are elect because only those who believe are "in Him" (Ephesians 1:4). The sheep in the gospels are Israel, not the church.

"All these things were written for our instruction" (Romans 15:4, 1 Corinthians 10:11, Hebrews 4). The notion that our hearts are either hopelessly under the power of sin or effectually moved to faith and perseverance by God is impossible to reconcile with the clear teaching of passages such as...

That's not what Jesus says: "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." There is no notion of election or effectual call in John 3, nor does God judge people for something over...

God created us with the independent ability to choose our own path. He "intends" to save any and all who respond to His undeserved grace and love (John 3:16). Joshua 24:15: "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your...

There is no profit in being dragged down to the level of personal insults and getting beaten by those with more experience. IMO.

Not everything that God does is an occasion for rejoicing, according to Scripture. Using your logic we should rejoice that the Lord Jesus has triumphed over the dark principalities and powers of this world, and we are the beneficiaries of that victory. But that's not what the Bible says: Luke...

God does not rejoice in it. What makes you think His saints should, or will?

You demonstrate my point by leading with ad hominem. I am not "outraged," I am not "biased" about finding ad hominem lamentable no matter who perpetrates it, and my concern is not "faux." I wasn't talking about myself in any case, I was responding to 1689 calling SBG a liar, and finding it...

He didn't say "agree" - he said "rejoice."

So it's OK to speak your version of the truth in strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction (1 Timothy 6:4) because the other guy is doing it? That kind of behavior should be avoided in discussing biblical truths no matter what the opinion. Jesus says if we believe Scripture...