Don't have yourself judge to hell by judging others
Don't have yourself judge to hell by judging others
37"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
39He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41"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? 42How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Luke 6:37-42
I do know we have the habit of listening to our friends telling us how somebody done them wrong and we get on their band wagon without hearing the other side of the defendants story, we have already judged them guilty. So we must not judge others or God will judge us to hell at judgement day for the wrong we have done.
I do know I have been lied on so many times , by having people come up to me asking why did I do it, and not asking me if I done it, they already judged me falsely and told others what they heard that they thought to be true to them.
I just say God forgive them for they do not know what they do.
I have alot of love for God's people for me not to hate them for what they have done to me.
43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[b] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:43-50
There are plenty of things I do that I don’t like, but if I can love myself without approving of all I do, I can also love others without approving of all they do.
As that truth has been absorbed into my life, it has changed the way I view others.”
Friends, what could happen if we were to view others with the same grace we extend to ourselves?
We would be living a bit more like Jesus would we not?
We are not to judge because that’s what God is like.
God is astonishingly merciful!
Anyone who knows their own heart truly, and still goes on experiencing God’s grace and love, will agree with this!
How can we, God’s forgiven people, be any less merciful?
Before this, Jesus is instructing His listeners to love their enemies…
…to do good to those who hate them…
…to bless those who curse them…
…to pray for those who mistreat them…
…Jesus says, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Isn’t it wonderful to know that we have a merciful, loving, forgiving God?
Isn’t it marvelous to know that we have a God Who does not repay evil for evil…
…but even loves us long before we love God.
It was “while we were yet sinners that Christ died for us.”
God loves some pretty seemingly unlovable people, and this should be our aim in life as well!!!
For it is only because of God’s love for you that you are in Christ!
And it is in showing others the unconditional love of Christ that we are able to do what we have been called to do…
…make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!!!
As Christ followers we are to learn to respond to people the way Jesus did!
Look how Jesus influenced those who followed Him.
It was primarily through relationships.
And when it comes to our interaction with others, we ought to realize that our relationships, our interactions with people comprise the picture of Jesus that people retain.
God has wired human beings so that spiritual influence occurs most often through relationships.
We do not “spin” the Christian message—we live it.
We do not exaggerate or hype our faith; we embrace and describe all the potency, depth, complexity, and realism of following Christ!
A wise Christian has written, “Do you want to remove the unhealthy judgmentalism you have in regard to the poor? Make sure you have poor people who you love and welcome into your life.
Do you want to remove the unhealthy judgmentalism you have in regard to persons of other races and nationalities?
Make sure you have persons of other races and nationalities whom you love and welcome in your life.”
And of course, this could apply to any type of person we feel a judgmental attitude toward.
Jesus gives a clear example of accepting persons where they are.
Think of the woman caught in adultery, whom the religious leaders were about to stone…
…or what about the tax collectors—Matthew was a tax collector when Jesus called to him, “Come, follow me.”
Jesus scandalized a judgmental culture by hanging out with the least desirable people…
…the prostitutes…
…the deranged…
…the demon-possessed…
…the lepers…
…the poor…
…the least and the last.
Would they have loved Him so if He had judged them?
You have to love Jesus’ sense of humor in this passage of Scripture for this evening.
In making His points, He makes them memorable by deliberately sketching a verbal cartoon.
He talks about a blind man leading another blind man…
… “Will they not both fall into a pit?”
Then He says, “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?”
Ever seen anyone walking around with a plank in their eye?
So try loving instead judging others to keep from been judge to hell.
37"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
39He also told them this parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41"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? 42How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Luke 6:37-42
I do know we have the habit of listening to our friends telling us how somebody done them wrong and we get on their band wagon without hearing the other side of the defendants story, we have already judged them guilty. So we must not judge others or God will judge us to hell at judgement day for the wrong we have done.
I do know I have been lied on so many times , by having people come up to me asking why did I do it, and not asking me if I done it, they already judged me falsely and told others what they heard that they thought to be true to them.
I just say God forgive them for they do not know what they do.
I have alot of love for God's people for me not to hate them for what they have done to me.
43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[b] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:43-50
There are plenty of things I do that I don’t like, but if I can love myself without approving of all I do, I can also love others without approving of all they do.
As that truth has been absorbed into my life, it has changed the way I view others.”
Friends, what could happen if we were to view others with the same grace we extend to ourselves?
We would be living a bit more like Jesus would we not?
We are not to judge because that’s what God is like.
God is astonishingly merciful!
Anyone who knows their own heart truly, and still goes on experiencing God’s grace and love, will agree with this!
How can we, God’s forgiven people, be any less merciful?
Before this, Jesus is instructing His listeners to love their enemies…
…to do good to those who hate them…
…to bless those who curse them…
…to pray for those who mistreat them…
…Jesus says, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Isn’t it wonderful to know that we have a merciful, loving, forgiving God?
Isn’t it marvelous to know that we have a God Who does not repay evil for evil…
…but even loves us long before we love God.
It was “while we were yet sinners that Christ died for us.”
God loves some pretty seemingly unlovable people, and this should be our aim in life as well!!!
For it is only because of God’s love for you that you are in Christ!
And it is in showing others the unconditional love of Christ that we are able to do what we have been called to do…
…make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!!!
As Christ followers we are to learn to respond to people the way Jesus did!
Look how Jesus influenced those who followed Him.
It was primarily through relationships.
And when it comes to our interaction with others, we ought to realize that our relationships, our interactions with people comprise the picture of Jesus that people retain.
God has wired human beings so that spiritual influence occurs most often through relationships.
We do not “spin” the Christian message—we live it.
We do not exaggerate or hype our faith; we embrace and describe all the potency, depth, complexity, and realism of following Christ!
A wise Christian has written, “Do you want to remove the unhealthy judgmentalism you have in regard to the poor? Make sure you have poor people who you love and welcome into your life.
Do you want to remove the unhealthy judgmentalism you have in regard to persons of other races and nationalities?
Make sure you have persons of other races and nationalities whom you love and welcome in your life.”
And of course, this could apply to any type of person we feel a judgmental attitude toward.
Jesus gives a clear example of accepting persons where they are.
Think of the woman caught in adultery, whom the religious leaders were about to stone…
…or what about the tax collectors—Matthew was a tax collector when Jesus called to him, “Come, follow me.”
Jesus scandalized a judgmental culture by hanging out with the least desirable people…
…the prostitutes…
…the deranged…
…the demon-possessed…
…the lepers…
…the poor…
…the least and the last.
Would they have loved Him so if He had judged them?
You have to love Jesus’ sense of humor in this passage of Scripture for this evening.
In making His points, He makes them memorable by deliberately sketching a verbal cartoon.
He talks about a blind man leading another blind man…
… “Will they not both fall into a pit?”
Then He says, “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?”
Ever seen anyone walking around with a plank in their eye?
So try loving instead judging others to keep from been judge to hell.
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