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Recently, at a Christian meeting here in Nigeria, where the brethren meet after the sermon to discus the topic preached, one brother started judging another by saying he knew why he was making certain statements, accusing him of pride of knowledge. He quoted 1 Corinthians chapter two verse 15 which says in the NIV, "the spiritual man makes judgment about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment." This was what the brother quoted to justify himself in judging his brother.

But does the bible say we should judge others like this? Did Jesus not say we should not judge? It is useful to look at the whole of 1 Corinthians chapter two to see why the bother was wrong in judging his brother. The Bible, the word of God, does not say we should judge. The Bible does not say we should judge other people's intentions. We might be able to judge and say he did so and so, but we might not be able to judge why he did so. Only God can see the hearts of men and the word of God can reveal it by God's Son, Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians Chapter 2

1: And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3: And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6: Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10: But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11: For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13: Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15: But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16: For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

There are some things we can can judge. There are some things we have been given by God even before the foundation of the world. I come from a a tribe in Nigeria. I find that I do not get along well with certain other tribes within my tribe. Also from the tribes in Nigeria, I only get on well with certain of them. These tribes I get on with are the I have been given by God before the creation of the world and these tribes are also the one which belong to Christ, I also being a Christian.

So the things the Bible says a Christian can judge are "those things he has been freely given in Christ." All the things he has been "freely given" in Christ through the wisdom of God. He is able to know his friends in Christ, his wife that is his, his East, his West, his South and his North. His East is essential for a man to know how he can return back to "his Eden." However, there are usually problems in the East. Remember, when God planted a garden east in Eden, Adam was able to find his wife, the tree of life was situated there, but also the serpent was lurking close by.

1. INTELLIGENCE: Moses had intelligence from the questions he asked the Lord God on the mountain of the God in Horeb. Exodus 3 and 4

2. FORESIGHT: Moses (Our example of typical leader from the Bible) had foresight from the way he asked God questions in the wilderness, on the Mountain of God in Horeb. Exodus 3 and 4.

3. INQUISITIVENESS: Moses was inquisitive in the way he said "let me now turn aside and see this great sight. why the thorn-bush is not burnt." Exodus 3:3. Also Moses was the first recorded person in the Bible who specifically asked God that he would like to see the Glory of God.

4. HUMILITY: Moses was very humble and the signs he showed were a measure of his humility. The Story of Moses and Pharaoh can somehow be likened to pride Vs humidity. Pharaoh was proud; Moses was humble. Even the Bible says Moses was the meekest man on the earth, far above all others living on the face of the earth. Number 12;3. Meekness includes humility and gentleness.

5. FEAR OF GOD: Moses feared God. We can see this from Exodus 3:6. Also there are other numerous examples in the Bible where the fear of God was made manifest to us in the life of Moses.

6. INTERCESSOR: Moses was an intercessor. He used to plead to God on behalf of his kinsmen (countrymen). We can readily see this quality from Numbers 14: 11-21.

It can also be seen readily here that Moses sought for God's glory, not his own.

7A GOOD NATURE: This can readily be seen from the way he helped others. He usually did not like seeing wrong.

We can see this from one of some examples in the Bible in Exodus 2; 15-19

8 A FORGIVING SPIRIT: This can be seen from the way he pleaded for his sister when she and Aaron his brother murmured against him for his foreign wife. Numbers 12

9 NOT WANTING TO LEAD: This is another example of Moses's qualities. After God had convinced him that he would be with him in the land of Egypt, he told God to look for another person to go to Egypt. Exodus 4; 10-13.

10 KNOWING HOW TO USE GOOD MEN: This can be seen in the way he urged his brother in law (Hobab) to follow them to the promised land, Numbers 10; 29-32. We should note the clever way in which Moses urged him to follow the Isrealites, not first telling Hobab his experience and knowledge in the wilderness would be useful.

11.DOING GOOD TO OTHERS: We see this readily in the way he treated his father in law when he came over to see him in the wilderness. It can also readily be seen in his efforts to help his fellow Israelites and the way in which he helped Reuel's daughter in Exodus 2.

12. BEING A NATIONALIST BY NATURE: We readily see this in the way in which he helped his fellow Israelites, the way he pleaded for people and from Hebrews Numbers 11; 3-7

13 FAITH IN GOD : This is readily seen in Numbers 12:7 where God himself spoke to Aaron and Miriam about Moses's faithfulness and from Hebrews 11; 23-29

14. REVERENCE FOR GOD: Moses Always called enemies of Israel or his enemies enemies of God. We can see this in his prayer to God "Rise up Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thy face.

15. REALISM, BEING REALISTIC: We can see this from Numbers 11; 10-15. Here Moses readily agreed that he alone could not bear the burden of leadership and that he needed others to assist him.

16A COURAGEOUS SPIRIT: We see this quality in Exodus 3, where he turned to see a strange thing in the remote wilderness where even many courageous people would have fled; and also we see this qualities in numerous other examples (for example Numbers 11; 15) when we asked that he should be killed if his request were not met.

17. GETTING ANGRY SOMETIMES: We see this quality readily many times in Moses in the first five books of the Bible. Sometimes he took this quality to the extreme by getting angry unrighteously. Exodus 32;19.

18 SELFLESSNESS: We see this quality many times in the Bible in the way he cared for others and in the way in which he did not seek his personal glory.

19 PRUDENCE: We see this quality easily in the prudent way in which he told his father in law that he was going to Egypt to see this Brethren and not to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Exodus 4; 18.

20NOT ENVYING BY NATURE: We see this in his advice to Joshua in Numbers 11; 1-29. He even wished others were prophets too!!

21LISTENING TO SOUND ADVICE AND GIVING SOUND ADVICE: We can see this in the advice he gave to Joshua about envying others, and generally to his fellow Israelites. He also listened to the good advice of his father-in-law.

23 FAITHFULNESS TO ONE'S WIFE: There was no evidence in the Bible that Moses was unfaithful to his wife.

Finally, Moses probably feared and hated serpents, signifying a hatred for evil and anything bad in general. He fled when the rod (or staff) was changed to a serpent and it was only a way of probably conquering this fear that God asked him what he held (God, we must remember, saw his sandals and definitely saw his staff) and later turned it into a serpent,so that Moses would know that his God was more than dependable