Condemning Or Caring
Claude Thomas
Matthew 7:1-12
Introduction: A sign in Nordstrom's Department Store reads, "The only difference between stores is in the way they treat their customers." Jesus taught His followers the basic 101 Course in Human Relationships in Matthew 7:1-12.
Transition Statement: Build a better life by building better relationships. To do that, Jesus said,
I. The Christian is to live without a critical attitude - vv. 1-4
Explanation: Jesus insisted that in v. 1. The word "judge" implies "to analyze or evaluate" as well as "to condemn or avenge." Christians are to evaluate according to I Corinthians 5:5. However, to have a critical attitude of condemning judgmentalism was forbidden by Jesus. He encountered it in religious legalists and insisted that His followers avoid it.
To drive home the foolishness of a critical attitude, Jesus gave an illustration - vv. 3-4. With words, Jesus pictured the action a critical spirit causes. Imagine the foolishness of a man with a beam or log in his eye trying to remove a splinter from another's eye!
Jesus forbade a critical attitude because of the foolishness of it. He also pointed out an inherent principle that accompanies the critical spirit - v. 2.
Illustration: Two steel marbles connected to steel strands striking each other produces perpetual motion of no benefit!
Application: What does a critical attitude prompt in others? An attitude of being critical -- toward the initiator of that attitude.
Application: It is damaging ... destructive. Families - mate to mate; parents to children; etc. Churches - Businesses, - Schools - Communities
Application: Here is the fact of the matter. A critical, censorious, judgmental spirit is destructive to all involved.
Application: Jesus said leave it, avoid it ... don't have it! You can build a better life when you build better relationships ... You can build better relationships ...
Claude Thomas
Matthew 7:1-12
Introduction: A sign in Nordstrom's Department Store reads, "The only difference between stores is in the way they treat their customers." Jesus taught His followers the basic 101 Course in Human Relationships in Matthew 7:1-12.
Transition Statement: Build a better life by building better relationships. To do that, Jesus said,
I. The Christian is to live without a critical attitude - vv. 1-4
Explanation: Jesus insisted that in v. 1. The word "judge" implies "to analyze or evaluate" as well as "to condemn or avenge." Christians are to evaluate according to I Corinthians 5:5. However, to have a critical attitude of condemning judgmentalism was forbidden by Jesus. He encountered it in religious legalists and insisted that His followers avoid it.
To drive home the foolishness of a critical attitude, Jesus gave an illustration - vv. 3-4. With words, Jesus pictured the action a critical spirit causes. Imagine the foolishness of a man with a beam or log in his eye trying to remove a splinter from another's eye!
Jesus forbade a critical attitude because of the foolishness of it. He also pointed out an inherent principle that accompanies the critical spirit - v. 2.
Illustration: Two steel marbles connected to steel strands striking each other produces perpetual motion of no benefit!
Application: What does a critical attitude prompt in others? An attitude of being critical -- toward the initiator of that attitude.
Application: It is damaging ... destructive. Families - mate to mate; parents to children; etc. Churches - Businesses, - Schools - Communities
Application: Here is the fact of the matter. A critical, censorious, judgmental spirit is destructive to all involved.
Application: Jesus said leave it, avoid it ... don't have it! You can build a better life when you build better relationships ... You can build better relationships ...
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