Kokomojo, yes I will tell you what God says...We are not to judge the salvation of others....Only Jesus can do that since only He can give salvation........We do have the authority and the duty, given to us by God, to judge actions and behavior of others, though....However, we must obey God as to how we judge....We are to judge the behavior, not the person....We must judge to know good from bad...
In the examples of Scripture you quoted, God is talking of hypocritical judgement....That we are not to do....The context of Scripture is very important...We must judge our own acts and be repentent at all times before we judge the acts of others...We must never think of ourselves as better than anyone else when we judge...In your examples, God is not telling us not to judge....He is saying to judge by the Truth of His Word, by His rules...
The rest of the Matthew Scripture you started....
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Matt 7:1-6
7:1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 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? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye. 6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
NKJV.....
"How are we going to know as undesirable the behaviors of "dogs" and "swine" if we do not judge?
