Where did this Dumb Thing Come From?
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “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? 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? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Matthew 7:1-6 NIV
Tolerance used to mean: The Right to Be Wrong
Today Tolerance means: Everybody is right and Nobody is wrong.
What does it mean to judge
- To Evaluate, choose or determine. This is how we use judgement everyday.
- To condemn or pass Final verdict. This is the definition the Lord calls use to stay away from.
Memory Verse
Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”
John 7:24
Dangers of Judging wrongly
- You’re not the final judge God is.
- Judgment has a boomerang effect
- It’s hypothetical, don’t judge someone on something that you might be struggling with to.
How to Judge Rightly
- Carefully
- Biblically
- Humbly
See what God has to say about things in his word. If God does not say anything in his word about something you think is an issue let it go. If you know for sure that God says something his word about an issue. Say something, but hate the sin and love the sinner.
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