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Judge Not,.....

Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Lets consider this scenario. An overzealous fan (short for fanatic) yells at an official, referee, umpire or judge. We can fill in the blanks using any one of a dozen commonly heard criticisms. In the next breath the person screams at the coach, one of quite a few judgments you hear from time to time. To complete the trifecta our spectator says, very loudly, to no one in particular, "Why is he/she in the game, they are losing the contest?" In the span of a couple of minutes, an otherwise nice person has criticized and judged the three main components of this spectator event. The question is "do the fans have this right?"

One could argue that the price of admission gives a person the right to be a bad sport. Some honestly believe that "good sportsmanship" is only for the participants in the contest. Webster defines sportsmanship as "conduct becoming a person to gracefully accept the results." God would say stop judging people because it is a sign of a person who needs to tear down another individual, to either feel good about themselves or appear better than someone else. The response that is often heard is what if a fanatical person came to your place of employment and observed your daily work habits and production. Would the person have the right to loudly judge your daily performance? A lawyer loses a case and the courtroom stands up to boo and razz the losing side because the lawyer made a tactical mistake in the preparation of the case. (Coaching criticism). The business person who is outbid for a contract after another person in the company seemed to have the situation under control until the "ball" was passed to YOU. (Judging a player). Or lastly is blaming the city inspector because he won't allow (calls an infraction on) the "bootleg" electrician to start a job that is potentially unsafe for you and your family.

The point is two-fold. This problem exist from pee-wee to professional. Individual sports to team sports. Some men and women feel they have the right to become part of the contest, by obnoxiously and mercilessly giving their limited opinion of the action. These people are the worst examples for our young people as can be imagined. They will actually preach good sportsmanship to their children and turn around and act like the proverbial "jack-ass" at the same child's sporting event. SHAME ON YOU. On a higher level people need to be aware of the consequences of judging others as it pertains to themselves. There is no positive redeeming outcome for judging another person. Judgment is the Lord's and and whatever judgment you give out you will receive in your life. God's judgment is far worst than any satisfaction gained from your harsh, selfish comments directed toward the official, coach or player.

                                                                                                 Fred Tudor

Fred Tudor is a eighteen year employee of the Cincinnati Public Schools as a Health and Physical Education teacher. He has been coaching at the high school level in Greater Cincinnati since graduating from Wittenberg University in 1979. His coaching stints includes stops at his alma mater Walnut Hills High School, Hughes Center High School, and from 1990 until present coaches at Wyoming High School. His church home is Cincinnati Bibleway Church in Madisonville, Apostles James and Grace Blue Pastors.

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