Judge Them?

I'm currently reading through the book of 1 Corinthians, a chapter per day, for my devotionals. Today was chapter five, and I've got to say, I'm a bit taken aback. I'm not going to copy and paste the entire chapter here (even though it really isn't that long) so you need to go read it for yourself. Here's a link even.  
So in this chapter, which is part of a letter Paul is writing to the Corinthians, Paul tells these guys that they can't ignore what's going on in their own congregation. Paul basically says to throw them out so that the church family doesn't become comfortable with overlooking immorality. He says to JUDGE them! Whay?! Here are verses 12 and 13: "It is not my business to judge those who are not part of the church. God will judge them. But you must judge the people who are part of the church. The Scripture says, "You must get rid of the evil person among you." 

We have all grown up hearing, "Don't judge, it's God's job, not yours." But here, Paul says that we are to judge those in our congregation. To judge them in order to keep them accountable. We are all judged by God based on what we do know. Many people in the church just don't realize that being immoral, sexually or otherwise, is completely against God. This doesn't justify their actions, but it does give them a right to knowledge before being judged by God. Those in the church though, know that immorality is wrong, wrong, wrong, and we have a responsibility to keep them on track. 

I glanced ahead at chapter six and I've got to say, I can't wait until tomorrow to read up on that. I am loving getting back into my Bible!!

Happy Sabbath!