The very essence of Christianity, or Christian philosophy, is righteous judgment, or judging rightly our fellow-beings. No greater edict fell from the lips of the Nazarene Teacher than this: "Judge not, that ye be not judged." This, correctly understood, means precisely what Jesus, in his very next sentence, said it meant: "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged."
It is seen by the careful reader that this was not a mere personal command of the Teacher, but the statement of a great philosophical truth, or the enunciation of a great moral law of unvarying cause and effect. If this were not already plain he makes it so in his next sentence: "And with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."
The declaration, as a whole, teaches that as we estimate our fellows so must we be estimated. As we see, so shall we be seen. We have established our own measure and by this shall we be measured. We have fixed the standard of our meting, and by this standard shall it be meted to us; and this rule obtains in our every thought and act. Let us remember this.
