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“Finger pointing is never, I think, of God. Because I know thatScripture ‘judgment is mine, saith the Lord.’ When we get outof the judgment business and just get into the being business,the being what God wants us to be, it will take care ofitself ” (Holy Spirit Interactive, Dec. 6, 2004).e level of biblical ignorance reflected by this statement isfrightening, especially when we consider the vast influencethat Bill Gaither wields among churches in this generation.First of all, the Bible nowhere says, “Judgment is mine, saiththe Lord.” It says, “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, butrather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance ismine; I will repay, saith the Lord” (Rom. 12:19). e believeris taught to give place unto wrath and to avoid avenginghimself upon his enemies, because that is strictly God’sbusiness.On the other hand, though the believer is forbidden tojudge hypocritically (Mat. 7:1-5) and forbidden to judge inmatters in which the Bible is silent in this dispensation (Rom.14:1-5; Col. 2:16), as in matters such as diet and holy days, heis most definitely taught to judge things by testing themagainst the Word of God and condemning them if they are inerror. e believer is to judge sin in the church (1 Cor. 5:12).He is to judge preaching and teaching (1 Cor. 14:29; Acts17:11). He is to reprove the unfruitful works of darkness(Eph. 5:11). As a matter of fact the Bible says that “he that isspiritual judgeth ALL things” (1 Cor. 2:15). at is a very farreachingstatement. e spiritual man knows that he lives in aworld of sin and spiritual darkness and error and he iswarned repeatedly in the Bible about the danger of falseteaching and apostasy and spiritual deception. us hecarefully tests everything by the light of God’s Word. espiritual man does not judge by his own thinking andopinion, but by the holy Word of God, which he has in theScriptures.e Gaithers represent the very heart and soul of SouthernGospel music today. ey have held “homecoming” specials129