“Don’t judge me! It isn’t your place to judge my Christianity or my relationship with God! That’s anti-biblical! Jesus says, ‘Judge not!'”

Nonsense!

I hear and read quotes like this with some frequency. If it wasn’t so sad, it’d be funny. Why? Because most times, the person preaching so dogmatically about how unbiblical it is to judge really has no idea what the Bible says about the topic! So, is it biblically okay to judge? The answer is: Yes. In fact, Jesus, Himself, instructs us to judge, but in a qualified manner!

Joh 7:24 “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

not… according to appearance – Sometimes things aren’t as they appear. Therefore, two alternate means of judgment are in order:

1) judging the fruit (the byproduct or source of inspiration in a person’s life)

Mt 12:33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

2) judging the words (the byproduct of the condition of the heart).

Mt 12:34b “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
 35 “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

with righteous judgment –

1) according to the Scriptures –

2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2) without hypocrisy –

Mt 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 from your brother’s eye.

3) gentle, in humility, with repentance as the goal –

2Ti 2:24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

And, to top it off: One day, the saints will judge the world and the angels!

1Co 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?