JUDGE NOT …
MATTHEW 7:1-6
“JUDGE NOT” IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR VERSES IN OUR CULTURE BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO FIT IN WITH TWO OF OUR CULTURE’S MOST BASIC ASSUMPTIONS: RELIGION IS PRIVATE AND MORALITY IS RELATIVE …
DEFINITION, 1-2
THE MEANS …
JESUS AND JUDGEMENT, 7:13-16, 21-23
JOHN 7:24, “DO NOT JUDGE ACCORDING TO APPEARANCE, BUT JUDGE WITH A RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT.”
PAUL AND JUDGEMENT, GALATIANS 1:6-8 (BRIAN PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS VERSE ON THE OUTLINE)
JUDGEMENTS NOT JUDGMENTAL, MEANING A HARSH SELF-RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT, A HYPOCRITICAL EVALUATION …
JUDGEMENTS- IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE CORRECT/CRITICAL JUDGEMENTS WITHOUT IT WE LOSE OUR ABILITY TO DISCERN RIGHT FROM WRONG …
MATT 7:15-16
THE PROBLEM OF TOLERANCE – TOLERANCE USE TO MEAN THIS, WE DISCUSS IN A CIVIL MATTER OUR DIFFERING VIEWS. NEW TOLERANCE SAYS WE HAVE TO EMBRACE EVERY IDEA AS EQUALLY TRUE …
GEORGE ORWELL:
“THE FURTHER A SOCIETY DRIFTS FROM THE TRUTH, THE MORE IT WILL HATE THOSE WHO SPEAK IT.”
“IN A TIME OF UNIVERSAL DECEIT, TELLING THE TRUTH IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT;”
“WE NOW HAVE SUNK TO A DEPTH AT WHICH RESTATEMENT OF THE OBVIOUS IS THE FIRST DUTY OF INTELLIGENT MEN.”
DESPISING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOOD AND PERFECT IS NOT GOOD BUT SAYING EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND PERFECT IS NOT GOOD FOR PEOPLE
THE MEASURE …
SOME OF THE RABBI’S USE TO SAY, GOD HAS TWO MEASURES WHENEVER HE JUDGES: THE MEASURE OF JUDGEMENT AND THE MEASURE OF MERCY. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE?
DEFAMING, 3-5
WHO/ WHAT IS JESUS SPEAKING OF HERE?
THE PHARISEES AND THE LOG WAS THEIR SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHEN IS IT WRONG TO JUDGE?
WHEN THERE IS A LACK OF HUMILITY …
TITUS 3:4-5 AND GALATIANS 6:1-2 (BRIAN PLEASE PRINT THESE VERSES)
WHEN YOU ARE PRACTICING THE SIN YOU ARE CONDEMNING … YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT WHEN YOU SPEAK CONCERNING SOMEONE’S SIN BUT PERFECTLY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR OWN SIN …
HOW DO WE JUDGE RIGHTLY?
“YOU JUDGE SOMEONE NOT WHEN YOU ASSESS THEIR POSITION, BUT WHEN YOU DISMISS THEM AS A PERSON.”
JD GREAR
DISCERNING, 5-6
DOGS AND THE DIVINE
PEARLS AND PIGS
CHRISTIANS AND THE GOSPEL
APPLICATION:
