John 12: Judge Not

“As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. 
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. - John 12:47-48 NIV

Our society has become so judgmental.  If you don't think so, listen to the names we call each other, the accusations we lob against each other using any form of communication.  What is that but being judgmental?  Jesus didn't judge, that was not the purpose for his coming to earth.  He could have called the politicians of his day evil, unjust, greedy, unrighteous, any of a multitude of adjectives that could have been used to describe the leaders of that day, but he did not.  Judge not, he said instead, lest you be judged.  Forgive those who trespass against you.  Love your enemies.  His message never changed.  Someday, the whole world would be judged.  Not on their actions, but on whether or not they accepted Jesus and his teachings.  That means we have to accept his teaching that we cannot judge.  If we accept his teachings, we cannot be the judge.  We must leave that to him.  We must leave off the name calling and righteous indignation of the Pharisees.  If we must take a moral inventory, it should be of only ourselves.  Instead of judging, we should do as Jesus did;  we should set about bringing the lost to him.  Imagine how effective the church would be if we spent our time spreading the good news instead of wrath.