If you want to believe, what you believe in dieting, then you're free to do so. But, I have seen people like you before - who perpetuate their own interpretation (or lack thereof) of scripture in order to mask a grievous ignorance on science and real world aesthetics. You're not fooling anyone. But, you are doing exactly what scripture has warned against, time and time again about judging others.
"Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his 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?"
James 4:11-12
With that said, you have no right to judge who is a real "Christian" and who is not. That's between the individual and God. And on another note, you do owe devilof76 an apology for calling him a "devil" for simply disagreeing with you. But, that's on your own conscience
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The Bible tells us to Judge Righteous Judgement.You completely mis-interpret Judging in that passage
We don't Judge a brother's eternal state (that is true judgement of a person)
John 7:24 "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
We ARE to make right and wrong judgements.In Fact,we make judgements everyday whether to do right or to do wrong..
I Cor. 2:15 "
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man."
There are two types of Judgement in the Bible..
The first judgement is judging someone and then sending them to Hell (That is the WRONG kind of judgement the bible teaches against.ONLY God is our Judge)
and then there is Righteous Judgement determining Right and Wrong through Scripture.The Bible teaches us that we KNOW a Believer by their fruits! If one professes Christianity,but lives like the heathen,one could question whether that person is really a believer or saved.
I agree,we are not to judge a person's eternal state because only God knows their heart,but a true Christian would not take offense to Bible Scripture or God's Word considering that the believer believes God's Word is the FINAL AUTHORITY.
Bottom line,people don't want to hear about Sin and what they do wrong
God Expects Us to Judge
"The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment." (Psa. 37:30) A righteous person will talk of judgment. He will not REFUSE to judge. He will talk judgment.
"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph." (Amos 5:14-15) How can you hate the evil and love the good if you refuse to judge? You can't. You are SINNING when you refuse to judge.
Our generation is well described in Isaiah 59:8: "The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace." People have refused to judge, so there is no peace.
Paul said in I Corinthians 1:10 to ". . . be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." Why would Paul make such a statement if judging is wrong? In I Corinthians 2:15 Paul says, "But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man." Judging is not a sin; judging is a characteristic of being a spiritual person! Satan has been lying to us, hoping that we will NOT judge, because he knows that the right kind of judgment PLEASES God and betters our lives and Christian service.
Someone says, "But should we judge PEOPLE?" Yes, we certainly should. Paul actually REBUKES the Corinthians for NOT judging: "Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?" (I Cor. 6:1-5) If judging is wrong, then Paul needs to confess and repent for misleading these Christians! He clearly told them to JUDGE PEOPLE.
If judging people is wrong, how can we obey Romans 16:17-18? II Corinthians 6:17? II Timothy 3:5-6? I John 4:1? Friend, if judging is wrong, then God has contradicted Himself and His words cannot be trusted!
Notice Malachi 3:18: "Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not." WOW! Does that sound like it is wrong to judge?
What about Revelation 2:2? " I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:" Why would the Lord be pleased with these Christians if judging was wrong? Is it not impossible to find someone a "liar" without judging them?
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f the Bible is clear about anything, it is clear about the importance of judging on a regular basis in order to properly serve and honor God. To ignore this fact is to ignore all of the Scripture just presented and also the rest of the Bible. God expects us to judge.
