Some people use the expression “who are you to judge me” or “don’t judge me” when told that their action is a sin or that they’re living sinfully, but they are using God’s commandment “Don’t Judge” out of context. The definition of a sin is provided by God and not by man because sin means disobeying God’s commandments. If a person calls out another person’s sin, then that person was simply telling the truth, and it’s good to acknowledge and oppose acts of sin because sin affects communities. A person’s sin can spread to affect many in the community. We should oppose sin because the bible makes it clear that sin corrupts, living in sin leads to death, and that we should not partake or keep close company with those who chose to live sinfully.

The commandment “don’t judge” does not mean that you shouldn’t speak out against sin, it means do not take justice into our own hands and self-prosecute a person, don’t seek vengeance, and do not say who’s going to hell or who’s going to heaven. Before Jesus came, laws were given to Israel in which leaders enforced, and enforcement of the law sometimes meant judgement that involved the public. The leaders were men of God, those who had faith in God and a personal relationship with God. Although all current leaders may not be men of God, the bible teaches that we should obey laws and authorities because God put leaders in their position or allow them to be in their positions.

Criminal and civil persecution should go through the proper legal channel by the law and not by vigilante justice. If a person commits a sin that breaks a law, that person can be prosecuted through the law, but individuals should not take justice into their hands. If you see a person commit a sin that’s not against the law, you shouldn’t partake or support their sin, but you also should not take justice into your hands. If a person lives a sinful lifestyle that’s not against the law, you shouldn’t call that person a friend or brother and you shouldn’t partake or support their sin, but you also should not take justice into your hands. 1 Corinthians 15:56 KJV “The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law”.

We should keep our opposition against sin in words unless it’s matter of physical self-defense. As for eternal condemnation, it is not our judgment to make. We shouldn’t say who’s going to heaven or hell because that judgment is for Jesus Christ, the word of God, to make.