Is it Biblical to Judge and Rebuke Others?

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." John 15:18-19

It's strange to me how some Christians want so badly to "fit in" with the world that they claim the "judge not" catch phrase at the first sign of spiritual correction from another believer. Some seek love and acceptance from the world so much, claiming that they are seeking such acceptance so that they can supposedly win some to Jesus through their silence & tolerance. Did Jesus do that? No, Jesus was offensive. The world HATED Him! He loved, but He also rebuked and corrected those who were in need of correction.

Scripture shows us that spiritual men make judgments about all things (2 Corinthians 2:15) and that we are still to rebuke (Prov. 24:24,25) and expose sin (Eph. 5:11) and make righteous judgments (John 7:24) in love. Shocking! We should not desire to be so much like the world that they love us as their own (John 15: 18, 19). All this needs to be done in love, but done nonetheless!

"He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” Him the people will curse; Nations will abhor him. But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, And a good blessing will come upon them.” Proverbs 24:24-25

Check out the below resources for additional information and Scriptural clarification!

Correction isn’t Condemnation

Many people seem to think that it is a sin to call sin by its rightful name, or at least they give that impression anyway. They will even go so far as to use Jesus’ words as a means to justify this; they say, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” (Matthew 7:1 NKJV) But what did Jesus really mean here? The rest of this HERE

Righteous Judgment

Matthew 7:1-5
"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. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

In our society of so called "tolerance," we are often struck with an opposition of people who cry that we have no right to judge them. In fact, I've even heard some go so far as to claim that "Jesus never judged people; He even taught that we are not to judge!" Strangely enough, they will quote Matthew 7:1 in attempts to convince others that Jesus has condemned all judging.
In the first two words of this passage, Jesus does tells us to "Judge not..." But these two words have been perverted and twisted to teach that when one calls the actions of another error and expresses that continuance in such ways will condemn the soul, that individual is judging, which is supposedly "condemned" in the Bible. But from the context of this passage, what judging is forbidden? Is it judging that makes a distinction between right and wrong? Is there never a time and place for seeing and reprimanding a fault?

If we take the view that judging is completely and totally forbidden, then that would make the doctrinal and moral purity of the church impossible to maintain. This would violate other teachings and divine examples that Christ has revealed in His word (see: Matthew 7:15; John 5:30; 7:24). It would commit us to neutrality and that is the very opposite of the stance Christ wants us to take. The rest of this article HERE!