The key take away here is this:  If any man would judge himself before his day of judgment, and should make wise choices based on the divine wisdom freely made available to all men, then on the day of Judgment, since he has already judged himself well, he will not need for any one else to judge him more, or better. Why is that? Because he has already used the best judgment available and is approved by God, and also by men.

Judge Yourself

Romans 14:18 (KJV)

For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

Good Judgment is shown by any man that chooses to serve Christ in all things. Such a man is fully approved by God. And if approved and endorsed by God’s approval: What man can deny what God has approved?

 

For me, this concept brings new meaning to the scripture:

 

Matthew 7:1-2 (KJV)

Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

On top of that: because such a man has shown and proven wisdom in judging himself, he will likely be apportioned the position to judge others with the same judgement he has applied to himself.

This brings deeper meaning to this scripture:

Revelation 3:21 (KJV)  

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

To be clear: The Way we overcome, is by using good judgment, and applying it to ourselves first, then once we have become fully successful at judging ourselves, taking our planks out of our own eyes: Then may be we will skilled ,mature and steady enough to take specks of dust out of our brother’s eyes.

 

Matthew 7:3 (KJV)

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

 

 

 

Below is an imperfect/quick  general word study on two words:

1. Judge

2. Self

May this study be a blessing, and bring revelation, to your spiritual growth.

 

1. Exodus 18:22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

2. Exodus 18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged Themselves.
3. Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. [Note: going out and coming in are euphemisms or metaphors for going to war, and returning from war.]
4. Deuteronomy 19:18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
5. Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 
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1. Deuteronomy 33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
2. Joshua 24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented Themselves before God.
3. Judges 2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed Themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
4. Judges 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted Themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
5. 1 Samuel 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made Themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

 

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11.1 Kings 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

12.1 Kings 20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

13.Job 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

14.Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

15.Psalms 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

16.Psalms 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

17.Psalms 76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

18.Psalms 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

19.Psalms 119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

20.Psalms 135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

21.Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

22.Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless Themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

23.Jeremiah 22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

24.Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

25.Ezekiel 20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

26.Daniel 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

27.Daniel 3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

28.Hosea 10:4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

29.Micah 5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

30.Habakkuk 1:7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of Themselves.

31.John 18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they Themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

32.Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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33.Acts 24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

34.Romans 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

35.1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

36.1 Corinthians 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

37.1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

38.1 Corinthians 5:13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

39.1 Corinthians 11:13 judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

40.1 Corinthians 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

41.1 Peter 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: