What happens? BAD things. It’s sowing discord. Discord is strife. Where there is strife there is every evil work (James 3:16). It’s also covered under Galatians 6:7-8 (AMPC)
Gal 6:7 Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.
Gal 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) (like gossip or judging) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
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People often don’t believe they reap bad if they plant (do) bad because it doesn’t always happen instantly. But it will happen (if you don’t repent).
Take judging others. I had to stop watching certain podcasts on YouTube or quit reading comments posted on several ministry podcasts. People were not only posting ugly unscriptural things, they were judging.
Like in the case of comments, I knew the people didn’t know the Word just by what they said. I was beginning to think about how stupid they sounded. Sometimes a comment would upset me. Sometimes I wanted to reply to their comment and explain how wrong they were. I got more sucked into reading comments and getting angry. God finally got it across to me that all that was a form of judging. Sigh.
The other day I saw a podcast entitled something like, “Ministers That Used God to Get Rich”. Most I knew. They were excellent ministries doing so much for God and preaching pure Bible. My first thought was, “How dumb to think you can use God” then “Boy they don’t know their Bible”.
Then God spoke in my heart, “Don’t judge. Just pass it on by. They will reap their judgement and never be wealthy themselves. Never have enough. If they have enough, they will lose it.” Not because He wanted that for them. They were breaking a spiritual Law – don’t judge.
He reminded me of several scriptures condemning judging. He hates it. Satan LOVES it because he can destroy people by getting them to judge others.
Why do you think there is so much of it going around on platforms like YouTube? (Like so many women attacking men?) It’s not YouTube’s fault. It’s people’s hearts. People not only want to express their viscous opinions, attacking people. They also think they are so correct in what they say.
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1 Samuel 16:7bGod sees the heart, not outward appearance: “… For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.“ What you see is not always correct or the truth.
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Matthew 7:1-5Jesus’ teaches, “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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Luke 6:37Reciprocity in judgment: “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
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James 4:11-12Warning against speaking evil of one another. “Do not speak evil against one another… Whoever speaks against a brother or judges a brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only One Lawgiver and Judge, He who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor“
DON’T JUDGE.