JUDGMENT AND HUMILITY (10 OF 11)
Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5
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Judgment and Humility (10 of 11)
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 7:1-5
We are taking this winter-and now this spring-to walk through the Sermon on the Mount, which is the most famous sermon that Jesus ever preached. And we've been saying every week that the Sermon on the Mount is an invitation to a certain kind of life-life as it was meant to be lived. And in this vision of life that Jesus offers, what's going on inside you is more important than your outward actions, because the outward stuff always flows from the heart. So in the passage we're about to look at, Jesus focuses on another one of those heart issues, and it's this: How do we form opinions about other people? It turns out that's really important to Jesus-how we sort of size up and evaluate the people around us.
So think for a minute: when you're deciding what you think about someone, what's the inner process you go through? The way you answer that question will, in many ways, determine the quality of your relationships-your friendships, your romantic relationships, your marriage if you're married, your work relationships. How do you evaluate the people around you? It's not a question of ''if'' you evaluate people-we all do. The question is how you do it. The way you answer that question says a lot about what's going on deep in your heart, and it says a lot about your relationship with God.
So let's look at the passage-Matthew chapter 7, beginning in verse 1. Hear the Word of the Lord...
1 ''Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 ''Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and ...
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 7:1-5
We are taking this winter-and now this spring-to walk through the Sermon on the Mount, which is the most famous sermon that Jesus ever preached. And we've been saying every week that the Sermon on the Mount is an invitation to a certain kind of life-life as it was meant to be lived. And in this vision of life that Jesus offers, what's going on inside you is more important than your outward actions, because the outward stuff always flows from the heart. So in the passage we're about to look at, Jesus focuses on another one of those heart issues, and it's this: How do we form opinions about other people? It turns out that's really important to Jesus-how we sort of size up and evaluate the people around us.
So think for a minute: when you're deciding what you think about someone, what's the inner process you go through? The way you answer that question will, in many ways, determine the quality of your relationships-your friendships, your romantic relationships, your marriage if you're married, your work relationships. How do you evaluate the people around you? It's not a question of ''if'' you evaluate people-we all do. The question is how you do it. The way you answer that question says a lot about what's going on deep in your heart, and it says a lot about your relationship with God.
So let's look at the passage-Matthew chapter 7, beginning in verse 1. Hear the Word of the Lord...
1 ''Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 ''Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and ...
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