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JUDGE NOT, LIKE JESUS (3 OF 7)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5
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Judge Not, Like Jesus (3 of 7)
Series: Be Like Jesus
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 7:1-5


Theme: ''Jesus prefers that we judge ourselves before judging others''

I - The Notable Misunderstanding of Judging (1)
II - The Necessary Measuring-Stick of Judging (2)
III - The Natural Magnification of Judging (3 - 4)
IV - The Neglected Misapplication of Judging (3 - 4)
V - The Needful Minimization of Judging (5)


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It's All In How You See Things

Driving to the office this morning, I noticed a woman driving 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror, putting on her eyeliner! I looked away and the next thing you know she was halfway in my lane, still putting on her makeup.

As a man, I don't scare easily. But she scared me so much; I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the donut out of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs, ruined the phone, soaked my trousers, and disconnected an important call. All because of that crazy woman driver!

Playing the Blame Game

The University of Michigan was sued for $853,000 by an unhappy student who got an ''F'' in German.
One convict who escaped from prison later sued the sheriff for negligence in allowing him to escape.
And one surfer sued another surfer, because that guy stole his wave.

The Rest of the Story

We never have the whole story about what's going on in someone else's life. Chuck Swindoll got a painful reminder of this truth when he was speaking at a Christian retreat in California. The first day, a man came up and told Dr. Swindoll how much he had looked forward to hearing him speak.
That evening Swindoll noticed man sitting near the front, but a few minutes into the message, the man was sound asleep. That's not too encouraging for a preacher, but Chuck th ...

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