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To: rollo tomasi
So open adultery, lying, fornication, sexual immorality, apostasy, etc. should run rampant in the Church?

The statement I made above has absolutely no connection whatsoever to the question you posed. I am truly at a loss as to how easily you confused 'judgment' with 'sin'. But to answer your question, it already does.

Contradicts your quote in bold at the top, hmmm...

Making another person aware of their sin is not the same as judging them. Not even close.

When you pass judgment on another, you are effectively passing a sentence upon that person. Pointing out the sin of another out of love in order that they may turn away from that sin is not what judgment is.

50 posted on 04/20/2014 2:16:29 PM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: Hoodat
Condemning and judging are interchangeable. How do you know one is sinning if there is no judgment involved in the first place? With the eyes/ears etc... correct?

Yet, only God can condemn the soul through His own judgment by piercing through individuals heart.

To prevent confusion, witnesses and a Godly Church is needed for correction and if the sinner is *unrepentant* (Key word), purged from the flock. However the key is righteousness. If one is engaging in the same behavior as the person being purged, then they are in trouble.

I agree with your point outside the Church. This "judgment" is strictly internal among the Christian sects. Which is why a strong Church becomes a beacon for society, but without a strong Church, especially a hypocritical one, open to ridicule and mockery.
55 posted on 04/20/2014 2:39:46 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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