Church Accountability

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jun 16, 2024

In Matthew 7, Jesus is not forbidding all judgment but condemning hypocritical and superficial judgment. The context targets religious hypocrisy, not discernment itself. Scripture consistently teaches that believers have a responsibility to hold one another accountable with gentleness and humility — while never imposing Christian standards on those outside the faith. The church's calling is to lead with grace that opens the door to truth, and to always restore fallen believers rather than discard them.