There will be a discussion question at the end, but please do not skip to the question. I am asking YOU for an answer.
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To preface this, first read these from Romans 14
Romans 14:10 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat.
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.
Romans 14:19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
You can read Jude 1 in context at
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=72&chapter=1&version=31 , but what sticks out to me is:
Jude 1:4 For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
... meaning that they are among us... and continue..
Jude 1:10 Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.
... self explanatory... and continue...
Jude 1:12-13 12 These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
... shepherds who feed only themselves... people without fruit, twice dead... and continue...
Jude 1:16 These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
... grumblers... faultfinders... flatterers for their own gain... the spirits of correctness and control I mentioned in previous posts.
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but now we compare this with Romans 14, where we are told to stop judging one another...
We can see the fruit of someone's relationship with Christ (Galations 5:22-23
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%205:22-23;&version=31;)....
Now, for you, where do you draw this line? Knowing that we shouldn't judge, knowing that there are these false brothers among us who divide us, and also knowing that the wheat and the tares grow together? How do you merge these three together?
I don't want to just blurt out what I think here... I will pray on this answer as well, and answer this question in time, but I am asking to see your response.
