Jesus teaches us in the Sermon on the Mount, “Judge not, lest you be judged.” Behind that teaching lies the truth we read in 1 Samuel: “Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart.” But the reality his that human beings make judgments all the time. We have to judge who is trustworthy and who is not just to survive. To stay true to the Biblical teaching while making necessary judgments we must have the humility to realize that we are simply judging the appearance. We have no idea how this person stands before God. We are not judging whether this is a good or bad person only what we can see in the externals.
