The sonnet condemns the misapplication of “Judge not, lest ye be judged” to suppress Christians who resist evil. It highlights how this scripture is distorted to criticize and restrain those who zealously oppose wickedness. Contrasting this with Jesus’ model of judging sin while loving sinners, the poem encourages Christians to courageously confront evil without malice. It rejects the use of manipulated scripture to silence the righteous pursuit of divine truth.

“Judge not, lest ye be judged,” the scripture cries,
Yet twisted now to silence righteous tongues.
The heart that stands against the serpent’s lies
Is mocked, as if its zeal for truth wrongs.
When evil festers, cloaked in honeyed guise,
And bids the faithful bow to wicked reigns,
The Word’s intent is warped by compromise—
To mute the bold, to bind them in false chains.
But Christ, who flipped the tables, judged the sin,
Yet loved the sinner, calling them to rise.
So too must we, with courage, fight within,
To name the wrong, yet seek to save, not despise.
Let not the verse be weaponized to still
The Christian heart that wars for Heaven’s will.