Matthew 7:1-7 (NIV) “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.

Judge
Evaluate → Decide → Act

Evaluate (action and intention)
Decide (wrong or right)
Act (condemn or exalt)

Judging assumes we have all the

we need.

Judging assumes we can know a person’s

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Judging assumes an accurate picture of

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in every situation.

Judging assumes approval of our

in response.

The instinct to judge should trigger self-

before sawdust

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Give people what is

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to them not merely what is

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to you.

Jesus’ teaching is a

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to measure yourself against

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, not to measure others against

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