“It is God who judges” (Psalm  75:7), ultimately, but is exposing false teaching wrongly judging?

Indeed, “who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall, for the Lord is able to make them stand . . . You, then, why do judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat” (Romans  14:4,10 NIV).

However, in certain areas we are called upon to make judgments, reasonable people will agree. For example:

We may encounter someone with a hard times story asking for help. A person will then make some sort of judgment as to whether to help them, or not. The same sort of thing is true in biblical matters. For example:

“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls before swine” (Matthew 7:6 NIV). Jesus calls upon his disciples to judge who is, or isn’t, a ‘dog’, or a “swine”.

“Watch out for false prophets” (Matthew 7:15). Jesus calls upon his disciples to judge who is a ‘false prophet’.

However, as the apostle Paul said, “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ”  (1 Corinthians 11:1 NIV). This is what we should try to do in everything, albeit imperfectly.

Paul said, “I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 9:16 NIV); “I have disclosed to you the whole purpose of God” (Acts 20:25 REB). In some areas, variation of belief is no problem. For example:

“One person considers one day more sacred than another, another person’s faith considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind”  (Romans 14:5 NIV). In this example, observing a special day, such as a Sabbath, is optional. There are also many other examples, too numerous to mention here. In other areas, there is no room for variation of correct belief. For example:

“Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 1:6 NIV). Belief in God is not optional. Similarly:

“These have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that by believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:31 LSB). One must believe “Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God”. There are no other viable options, for one to have God’s approval. We are told to:

“Have nothing to do with godless myths” (1 Timothy 4:7 NIV). No matter who preaches or believes it, no matter what churches teach it, if something is a “godless myth”, we should reject it.

The Bible foretold that, “in latter times . . . doctrines of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1  LSB) would become prevalent.

Following Paul’s example, “I am compelled to” “expose them” (1 Corinthians 9:16; Ephesians 5:11 NIV).

Is exposing false teaching wrongly judging? According to the scriptures, exposing false teaching is not wrongly judging.