A FAITH THAT DOES NOT JUDGE

James 4:11-12
David Featherston
July 12, 2020

John 13:35, “By this all men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”

I. THE

OF JUDGING OTHERS

James 4:11a, “Do not speak evil of one another, brothers.”

A. Check Your

Proverbs 6:16-19, “There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 16:28, “A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.”

Ephesians 4:31, “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.”

B. Check Your

Matthew 12:34, “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”

Matthew 12:37, “by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

II. THE

OF JUDGING OTHERS

James 4:11b, “The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

1 Samuel 17:17-18, “And Jesse said to David, ‘Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers. Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.’”

1 Samuel 17:28, “Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, ‘Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.’”

James 2:8, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

James 4:6, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:10, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

Matthew 7:3, “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”

III. THE

OF JUDGING OTHERS

James 4:12, “There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?”

2 Corinthians 5:21, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”