Yes, I read THIS, and it isn’t compelling - where the Bible is textually clear (“judge not…”), you add layers of made-up context to press a convoluted argument to say “when the Bible says ‘judge not,’ it’s really saying ‘go ahead and judge just as God would’”. You do this because you want personal results that are not afforded by the Scripture itself - you want and crave the authority to stand in judgment of all the people who are “bad” and “false” Christians, but the Bible says you can’t, so you fabricate a new interpretation that suits your own personal agenda.
The Bible is clear - judge not. Not “judge all you want, but with these standards, but not those standards” - but “judge not”. Your “interpretation” serves your own selfish ends, and isn’t based on any scriptural authority.[quote=“Tiribulus, post:199, topic:230512”]
This is absolutely false. Clear settled certainty of conviction is by definition arrogance in today’s postmodern world though it is a command of God.
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No, it isn’t. No one cares if you have settled certainty of conviction. What you demonstrate is hubris. The Bible recognizes the perils of hubris throughout (“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall,” etc.). In the time of the Bible, of course, folks had settled certainty of conviction as much as you or anyone else, but the Bible takes special care to warn against the dangers of pride and arrogance - meaning there is an obvious distinction between the two mindsets.