Please take out your copy of God's Word and join me in Matthew chapter 7.
! Our text for this morning is Matthew chapter 7 verses 1 through 6.
! Thank you for that prayer, Reese.
I started to preach the text in that prayer.
I used to say, just take it, man. Just go with it.
Matthew chapter 7 and verse 1 is one of the most misused verses in the Bible.
Previously mentioned book that I'm going to give out.
This is the first chapter.
This is the first verse that he decides to tackle in that book of misused verses in the Bible.
Judge not that you be not judged.
People love to quote this verse.
Most often in an attempt to quiet those who would speak about the sin in their lives or in the lives of others.
What is meant by judge?
People make judgments all the time.
Right?
Decisions about things.
Deciding one thing better than another thing.
If we isolate this verse and take it at its face,
as many would attempt to do,
we can't have courts.
I can't determine one food item better than another food item.
We make judgments.
This is a thing we do.
Right?
This verse is never cited to quiet our opinions
concerning how a particular athlete or team is performing.
Ever watch the game with a friend and call a bad call?
A friend says,
Judge not that you be not judged.
It's never cited to quiet your view of a particular movie or show.
I just didn't like it.
It was just to judge not that you be not judged.
So people make decisions about how they want to use this verse, don't they?
It doesn't apply unilaterally.
When people misuse this verse,
they are most often saying,
I like the way that I am living.
And who do you think you are to tell me I am wrong?
The Greek word here translated judge means to separate, choose, select, or determine.
It's a complex word with a dozen or more shades of meaning
that have to be determined by the context.
We have to determine from the context.
What did Jesus mean when he said,
Judge not that you be not judged?
How do we understand what it is he's driving at?
And so that's why we'll labor today
to rightly understand what Jesus meant
by looking at the teaching accompanying this
most misused of verses.
Matthew 7, verses 1-6.
This is God's word to us.
It was written for his glory and our good.
And we would all do well to listen to it
in order to believe its promises
and obey its commands.
Judge not that you be not judged.
For with the judgment you pronounce,
you will be judged.
And with the measure you use it,
will be measured to you.
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?
Or how can you say to your brother,
let me take the speck out of your eye
when there is the log in your own eye?
You hypocrite.
First take the log out of your own eye
and then you will see clearly
to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Do not give dogs what is holy
and do not throw your pearls before pigs,
lest they trample them underfoot
and turn to attack you.
By following verse 1 with a reading through verse 6,
we can see already
that Jesus cannot possibly mean
that we are not ever to judge anything
as He, in this text alone,
passes judgment on the type of people
who judge wrongly.
At the beginning of verse 5,
He says,
you hypocrite.
This is a statement of judgment.
He's separating out.
He's categorizing a person
who doesn't judge appropriately
and declaring them hypocritical.
Further, we will see in the coming weeks
more judgment in chapter 7.
We are warned away from false prophets
who evidence themselves by their fruit
in verses 15 through 20.
How are we to judge
whether a person is a true prophet
or a false prophet?
By their fruit.
Jesus declares,
in a day of judgment,
those He never knew
workers of lawlessness
in verses 21 through 23.
They say to Him,
but Lord, Lord, we did this
and we did this.
And He says,
depart from Me
for I never knew you.
And He declares them,
He judges them,
workers of lawlessness.
And finally,
in chapter 7,
verses 24 through 27,
we see a man
who built his house on the rock
and a man who built his house
on the sand.
And the storm that comes
is the storm of judgment.
One man's house stands
and the other falls.
In fact,
the entirety of the Sermon on the Mount
is meant to distinguish
what citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven
will look like.
It is meant to instruct
and to judge
those claiming to be
worshipers of God.
And we have seen this
as we have worked our way through.
How are people
who belong to God's Kingdom
characterized?
True worshipers
versus false worshipers.
Much of chapter 6
of the Sermon on the Mount
is an indictment
against the Pharisees.
Jesus has in mind,
don't be like those
who claim to be worshipers
of God in this way.
And He's constantly correcting.
He's constantly changing
the way they think.
John MacArthur
in his commentary
on this text said,
the entire thrust
of the Sermon on the Mount
is to show
the complete distinction
between true religion
and false religion,
between spiritual truth
and spiritual hypocrisy.
Jesus places
God's perfect
and holy standards
beside the unholy
and self-righteous standards
of the scribes
and Pharisees
and declares
that those who follow
those unholy
and righteous standards
have no part
in God's Kingdom.
No more controversial
or judgmental sermon
has ever been preached.
And how dare anybody
say to Jesus,
judge not,
lest you be judged.
So Jesus was a judge
and Jesus will be
the final judge,
the ultimate judge.
And so you may say to me
at this point,
well, he's Jesus.
He was and is
God incarnate
and so it's okay
that he judges
but not okay
for us
to judge.
And I would respond,
that's fair,
but let's look elsewhere
for a moment
and then
we will take a hard look
at Jesus' teaching
in Matthew 7,
verses 1-6.
What Paul said
in Galatians,
chapter 1,
verse 8,
says,
but even if we
or an angel from heaven
should preach to you
a gospel contrary
to the one
we preach to you,
let him be
accursed.
Judge the teaching
of those who will
come to you
and teach
against the pure gospel,
the gospel that we've
already proclaimed to you.
Judge whether or not
it's consistent with that
and if it's not,
let them be
kicked out of the church.
That's what he's saying.
Paul says this.
John said in 2 John,
verses 10 and 11,
not chapter 10,
excuse me,
2 John,
verses 10 and 11,
if anyone comes to you
and does not bring
this teaching,
do not receive him
into your house
or give him
any greeting
for whoever greets him
takes part
in his wicked works.
Once again,
judge his teaching
against the teaching
that you have received.
And another place,
the author of Hebrews
said in Hebrews 5
and verse 14,
but solid food
is for the mature,
for those who have
their powers of discernment
trained by constant practice
to distinguish,
to judge,
good from evil.
So we are instructed
as the church
to be about
the work
of judgment,
but a particular kind
of judgment.
We can see
in our text today
three types
of judging.
One is condemned,
the other two
are commended,
and they'll form
our outline
for today.
So the first
type of judging
that we see
is unloving,
hypocritical judgment.
Unloving,
hypocritical judgment.
Much of the text
this morning
is concerned with this.
Verse 1
through the very beginning
of verse 5.
I'll read it to you
one more time.
Judge not,
that you be not judged.
For with the judgment
you pronounce
you will be judged,
and with the measure
you use
it will be measured
to you.
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?
Or how can you say
to your brother,
let me take the speck
out of your eye
when there is
the log
in your own eye?
You hypocrite.
The type of judgment
that Jesus speaks
against
is self-righteous,
unloving,
hypocritical judgment.
The Pharisees
were so full
of this type
of judgment.
And let's call it
for our purposes
this morning,
judgmentalism.
Judgmentalism
is characterized
by an eagerness
to find
and point out
others' faults.
The Pharisees
loved to do
this work.
They loved
to show themselves
to be more
righteous
than those
who were
around them.
Judgmentalism
is characterized
by this.
And we are guilty
of this at times.
Looking at others
and rather than
seeing their strengths,
trying to identify
their weaknesses
as quickly as possible
and to point
those things
out.
Seeking that we
would look
better in front
of other people
and feel better
about ourselves
than others.
Comparison,
beloved,
is the death
of holiness.
Judgmentalism
is characterized
by this eagerness
to find
and point out
others' faults.
Judgmentalism
is also characterized
by an assumption
of motives.
The Pharisees
were,
and we can be
so very quick
to see an action
and assume
what lies behind
that action.
Not know anything
about the person
or what's driving
the decision
that they're making,
but to cast
a quick
and immediate
judgment
upon the thing
that they are doing.
And we do this
with so many
gray area issues.
Things that we can't
clearly point to
and say,
this is clearly sin,
the Bible
prohibits this activity,
or this is clearly sin
because they're not
participating in the things
that the Bible
commands,
but that's gray
and we're very quick
to apply
our judgment
to it
by assuming
the motives
of it.
Judgmentalism
is also characterized
by an unhealthy
desire
to share
those faults
with others.
Having noted
the faults,
we're very quick
to run around
telling everybody else
the fault,
not for the edification
of the person,
but for the tearing
down of that person.
And this is the kind
of judging
that Jesus is speaking
against.
The log pictured
here in this text
was likely
the main beam
that was used
to support the roof
in the typical house
of Jesus' day.
You may not
be aware of this,
but in the Middle East,
there wasn't just
wood lying around.
So these logs
would have been
imported in
and would have been
these big pieces
of wood.
So probably
what's going on here
when he's referring
to this log
or beam
or moat,
some of your
texts may say,
is this massive
piece of wood
that was meant
to hold up
the roof
of the house.
It was huge,
typically about
40 feet
in length.
the person
with a log
like this
in their eye
cannot see
anything,
much less
even get close
enough to another
to remove
the speck
in their eye.
And Jesus here
is not trying
to weigh out
one sin
over another sin.
What he's trying
to give us
is this perspective
we should have
on our own sin
before we ever
think we could
go to another
and help them
with theirs.
Consider your sin
to be a log.
Consider everybody
else's sin
to be
a speck.
This type
of judgmentalism
was the activity
of the Pharisees
doing eye
operations
as blinded
men.
They could not
see
to do the work
they were claiming
to do.
And sadly,
this is the activity
of many
in our day
and we are not
above correction
this morning.
Listen to some
of the woes
that Jesus
declares
in Matthew
chapter 23.
This is beginning
in verse 13
and following.
Jesus says,
Woe to you
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites.
Once again,
this is a judgment
he's making.
For you shut
the kingdom
of heaven
in people's faces
for you
neither
enter yourselves
nor allow
those
who would
enter
to go in.
Declaring
people
unrighteous.
Declaring
people
outside
the grace
of God.
Judgmental.
Woe
to you
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites,
for you
travel across
sea and land
to make a
single proselyte,
a convert
to Judaism,
and when
he becomes
a proselyte,
you make
him twice
as much
a child
of hell
as yourselves.
Building
up self-righteousness
in people.
Building
up this
idea
of self-defense.
Bearing
gladly
the logs
in our own
eyes
and pointing
out all
the time
the specks
in others.
Jesus
tells a
parable
of a
scribe,
a Pharisee,
in Luke
chapter 18,
verse 9
and following.
Luke
records this,
he also
told this
parable
to some
who trusted
in themselves
that they
were righteous,
self-righteous,
and treated
others
with contempt.
Judgmentalism.
Jesus
said,
two men
up to the
temple to
pray,
one a
Pharisee
and the
other
a tax
collector.
The
Pharisee,
standing
by himself,
prayed
thus,
God,
I thank
you that
I am
not like
other
men,
extortioners,
unjust,
adulterers,
or even
like this
tax collector.
I fast
twice a
week,
I give
tithes
of all
that I
get.
But the
tax collector,
standing
far off,
would not
even lift
up his
eyes
to heaven.
An act
of shame.
But he
beat his
breast,
saying,
God,
be merciful
to me,
a sinner.
I tell
you,
this man
went down
to his
house
justified
rather than
the other.
For everyone
who exalts
himself will
be humbled,
but the
one who
humbles
himself
will be
exalted.
This type
of judgment
should not
characterize
us,
beloved.
It is
informed
by an
improper
view of
God
and the
gospel.
God has
given to
us a
holy
standard
by which
we
should
live.
It's
found in
the moral
law of the
Old Testament.
It's
repeated
for us
again in
the New
Testament.
It's
taught to
us here
in the
Sermon on
the Mount.
this is
what you
need to
look like
to be
pleasing
to God.
And then
he tells
us at
every turn
that we
are incapable
of doing
this work.
And he
doesn't
stand
judgmental
over us
for it,
but he
comes to
us with
graciousness.
He comes
to us
kindly.
He loves
us and
makes for
us a
way to
be
righteous
in
Christ.
He sends
his very
son to
come and
to live
a perfect
life.
Fulfilling,
crossing every
T and
dotting every
I of the
law of God
that we
might have
his
righteousness
and that
he would
take away
all of
our
sinfulness.
We have
no space
to be
judgmental
towards
others.
There is
no reason
for us
if we
rightly
have a
view
of God
and this
gospel
that has
come to
us.
It should
bring about
great
measures of
humility
and loving
kindness
towards
others.
But often
this type of
judgmentalism,
this improper
judgmentalism
is informed
by an
improper view
of ourselves.
But we
think far
too much
of ourselves.
we
need to
stop
and think
for a
moment
how
very,
very
deep
your
sin
really
is.
What a
self-worshipper
you are.
If you
haven't
already
done that
this morning,
I hope
by the
end of
this sermon
you will
have.
Maybe
already
you're
starting
to see
how
very
judgmental
you can
be
at
times.
this
is
because
of
your
great
sinfulness.
We
ought
to
always
view
our
sin
as
a
great
beam
in
our
eye.
We
ought
to
always
be
humbled
by
that.
And
that
should
flavor
how
we
relate
to
others
who
also
find
themselves
in
this
position.
And
often
it's
informed
by
this
improper
judgmentalism
is
informed
by
an
improper
view
of
others.
Improper
view
of
others.
I
find
far
too
often
when
I
pick
up
this
sin
of
judgmentalism
it's
because
I
don't
really
consider
the
eternal
souls
of
other
people.
I'm
more
concerned
about
the
immediacy
of
their
action
and
how
it
offends
me
and
my
sensibilities
than
their
eternal
state
and
their
worship
of
God.
So we
need to
have a
proper
view of
God
and the
gospel
and
ourselves
and
our
others
if
we're
to
pick up
the
practice
of
judging
as
we
should.
So we
want to
avoid
this.
This
type of
judgmentalism
should
not
characterize
the
church.
This
unloving
hypocritical
judgment.
And this
is the
judge
not
lest
you
be
judged
that
Jesus
here
is
talking
about.
Much
like
back
in
the
Lord's
prayer
when
Jesus
in
verse
12
teaches
us
to
pray
and
forgive
us
our
debts
as
we
also
have
forgiven
our
debtors.
Our
lack
of this
type
of
judgmentalism
our
proper
understanding
of God
and the
gospel
and
ourselves
and
others
is an
evidence
of
the
type
of
working
that
God
has
done
in
our
life.
It's
the
guaranteeing
that we
will not
be held
to
the
same
standard
that the
Pharisees
would be
held to
in their
day.
The
second
type
of
judging
we see
in our
text
is
loving
careful
sin
removal.
Loving
careful
sin
removal.
And I
don't mean
to say
here that
we have
the power
to remove
sins
from
others.
But what
I mean
to say
is that
God
uses
us
as
the
means
to
that
end
that
we
would
help
others
to
see
clearly
repent
of
their
sins.
Notice
first
most
of
verse
five
here
that
our
brother
does
have
something
in
his
eye
that
needs
removal.
After
declaring
this
type
of
wrong
judgmental
person
a
hypocrite
Jesus
says
first
take
the
log
out
of
your
own
eye
and
then
you
will
see
clearly
to
take
the
speck
out
of
your
brother's
eye.
He
needs
help
to
see
clearly
and
it
is
the
loving
careful
work
of
those
who
call
him
brother
to
help
him.
Note
that
it's
your
brother
someone
who
we
have
committed
to
care
for
deeply.
When
Jesus
is asked
what the
greatest
commandment
is
in
Matthew
chapter
22
he
responds
by
citing
Deuteronomy
6
5
you shall
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart
with
all
your
soul
with
all
your
mind
this
is
the
great
and
first
commandment
he
then
cites
Leviticus
chapter
19
and
verse
18
and
the
second
is
like
it
you
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself
on
these
two
commandments
depend
all
the
law
and
the
prophets
so
Leviticus
19
18
says
you
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself
just
before
this
statement
in
Leviticus
chapter
19
you
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself
what
love
to
neighbor
looks
like
is
defined
in
Leviticus
chapter
19
verse
17
listen
to
this
you
shall
not
hate
your
brother
in
your
heart
but
you
shall
reason
frankly
with
your
neighbor
lest
you
incur
sin
because
of
him
you
shall
not
hate
your
brother
by
ignoring
his
sinfulness
but
you
should
love
your
brother
instead
by
reasoning
with
your
brother
pointing
out
the
air
helping
him
to
see
the
place
that
he's
gone
wrong
if
we
desire
to
help
others
well
then
we
must
first
start
with
our
own
examination
we
must
ready
ourselves
by
removing
the
glaring
sin
in
our
own
lives
before
we
are
qualified
to
help
our
brother
with
the
sin
in
his
we
must
first
have
a
right
view
of
God
and
the
gospel
ourselves
and
our
brother
if
we
are
to
help
him
we
must
remember
who
we
once
were
and
what
we've
been
delivered
from
and
how
even
having
been
delivered
from
it
how
often
we
still
go
back
to
our
sinful
ways
how
readily
we
betray
the
one
who
we
call
Lord
we
must
remember
these
things
repent
and
believe
afresh
before
we
can
be
of
any
help
to
our
brother
we
must
put
on
the
love
of
Christ
in
order
to
fulfill
the
law
of
Christ
to
love
one
another
Dr.
H.A.
Ironside
which is a
great
preacher's
name
the
20th
century
pastor
of
Moody
Church
in
Chicago
once
said
when our
hearts
are
occupied
with
his
wondrous
love
we
remember
that
he
loved
us
when we
were
unlovely
and
some
of
us
are
not
very
lovely
now
we
remember
that
he
loved
us
when
we
were
unlovable
and
some
of
us
are
not
very
lovable
yet
if
he
could
do
that
when
we
were
rebellious
and
if
that
same
love
is
now
shed
abroad
in
our
hearts
we
ought
to
be
able
to
love
those
who
are
sinful
and
unkind
and
selfish
love
is
the
motivating
factor
for
the
right
kind
of
judgment
calling
sin
in
another's
life
and
going
to
them
out
of
concern
for
them
having
the
difficult
conversation
right
at
my
expense
to
come
to
someone
and
say
I
think
you're
erring
in
this
way
I
want
to
show
you
from
the
text
and
I
want
to
pray
for
you
and
I
want
to
help
you
be
delivered
from
the
snaring
place
that
you
found
yourself
it's
love
that
motivates
!
this
1
Corinthians
chapter
13
verses
4
through
7
not
just
a text
for
weddings
Paul
writes
love
is
patient
and
kind
love
does
not
envy
or
boast
it
is
not
arrogant
or
rude
it
does
not
insist
on
its
own
way
it
is
not
irritable
or
resentful
it
does
not
rejoice
at
wrong
doing
but
rejoices
with
the
truth
this
is
flavoring
the
right
kind
of
judgment
not
the
improper
judgmentalism
verse
7
love
bears
all
things
believes
all
things
hopes
all
things
endures
all
things
this
is
the
attitude
by
which
we
want
to
come
to
others
we
don't
want
to be
a
people
who
are
seeking
correction
for
our
gain
uplifting
ourselves
we
want
to
be
a
people
who
as
Peter
says
in
1
Peter
4
8
keep
loving
one
another
earnestly
since
love
covers
a multitude
of
sins
right
bearing
with
people
believing
in
people
hoping
for
people
enduring
people
and
all
of
the
specks
that
are
in
our
eyes
Paul
helps
us
with
this
helps
instruct
us
in
this
in
Galatians
chapter
6
verse
1
where
he
writes
brothers
if anyone
is caught
in any
transgression
you who are
spiritual
should restore
him
in a
spirit
of
gentleness
right
come
to that
friend
and say
seeing
this
thing
do it
with
a
great
deal
of
gentleness
and
then
he
says
keep
watch
on
yourself
lest
you
too
be
tempted
and
I
think
certainly
in
this
instruction
to us
Paul
is saying
don't
get
wrapped
up
in
the
very
sin
that
they're
participating
in
if
you
go
and
find
your
brother
in
a
sin
don't
find
yourself
doing
the
same
sin
I
think
it's
included
in
that
but
if
we're
already
seeing
clearly
enough
to
see
it
as
sin
I
don't
know
that's
the
specific
thing
he's
referring
to
so
what
could
he
possibly
mean
brothers
if
anyone
is
caught
in
transgression
you
are
spiritual
should
restore
him
in
a
spirit
of
gentleness
keep
watch
on
yourself
lest
you
too
be
tempted
and
this
is
conjecture
on
my
part
I'll
have
you
know
this
is
not
thus
saith
the
Lord
but
I
find
for
myself
that
Galatians
6
1
is
instructive
to
me
to
not
become
self
righteous
in
my
correction
of
others
seeing
clearly
having
removed
the
beam
from
my
own
eye
it's
possible
in
coming
to
someone
to
help
restore
them
that
I
pick
the
beam
back
up
and
jam
it
back
in
right
finding
myself
feeling
better
than
this
person
who
needs
gentle
restoration
so
we're
meant
to
come
to
people
with
a
great
deal
of
humility
and
love
and
gentleness
this
loving
careful
sin
removal
now
Jesus
helps
us
in
the
book
of
Matthew
chapter
18
so
join
me
if
you
will
to
Matthew
chapter
18
beginning
in
verse
15
Jesus
gives
us
here
in
Matthew
18
verse
15
16
and
17
a
step
by
step
instruction
guide
for
how
we're
to
go
about
the
work
of
gentle
restoration
of
loving
careful
sin
removal
this
text
is
most
often
the
text
that's
used
to
talk
about
church
discipline
and
it
bothers
me
that
we
too
often
talk
about
church
discipline
in
the
final
sense
of
church
discipline
which
we'll
talk
more
about
in
our
text
this
morning
but
discipline
is
part
of
the
day
in
and
day
out
process
of
a
healthy
church
discipline
comes
from
the
same
word
that
we
use
for
discipleship
discipline
is
just
helping
people
to
follow
Christ
in
this
case
we're
talking
about
corrective
discipline
we're
talking
about
corrective
discipline
someone
has
erred
from
the
way
and
we're
showing
them
how
to
get
back
on
the
narrow
path
so
see
that
in
our
church
discipline
happens
in
the
first
and
second
step
a
lot
we
hope
the
first
primarily
constantly
going
on
we're
coming
to
each
other
if
we're
not
the
exhortation
to you
this
morning
is to
pick
up
this
responsibility
clear
your
eyes
of
being
so
that
you
can
see
specks
and
help
each
other
out
in
pursuing
holiness
so
here
it
is
beginning
in
verse
15
if
your
brother
sins
!
against
you
go
and
tell
him
his
fault
between
you
and
him
alone
love
covers
a
multitude
of
sins
doesn't
seek
to
proclaim
it
doesn't
need
to
broadcast
it
to
everybody
so
not
everyone
knows
about
this
thing
that's
going
on
between
you
but
you
go
to
him
and
you
speak
to
him
hoping
looking
for
restoration
repentance
and
growing
faith
if
he
listens
to
you
have
gained
your
brother
praise
god
this
happens
a
lot
in
our
church
but
if
he
does
not
listen
take
one
or
two
others
along
with
you
that
every
charge
may
be
established
by
the
evidence
of
two
or
three
witnesses
So
now
people
get
involved
in
the
process
of
coming
we're
talking
about
confronting
clear
sin
here
right
we're
talking
about
here
the
text
says
and
this
is
the
way
you're
living
in
contradiction
to
this
clear
command
of
the
scripture
take
a
couple
along
with
you
and
I
don't
know
if
you've
ever
been
in
that
situation
or
not
but
it's
much
more
difficult
to
pop up
with
pride
and tell
the
person
that
they're
wrong
and
improperly
cite
Matthew
chapter 7
verse 1
to them
tell
it to
the
church
tell
it to
the
church
here
Jesus
is
talking
about
the
local
gathering
of
believers
people
who
can
know
one
another
and
know
this
particular
brother
tell it
to
the
church
and
if
he
refuses
to
listen
even
to
the
church
right
so
again
here's
the
assumption
now
the
church
is
saying
the
church
is
calling
out
the
sin
the
church
is
trying
to
bring
him
back
to
restoration
to
show
him
the
air
of
his
way
and
he
refused
to
listen
even
to
the
church
let
him
be
to
you
as
a
gentile
and
a
collector
that
is
to
say
one
who's
outside
the
faith
one
who
you
would
not
consider
to
be
part
of
the
people
of
God
and
so
the
second
type
of
judging
we
see
is
commended
to
us
we're
meant
to
be
about
the
work
of
loving
careful
sin
removal
right
we need
each
other
to
do
this
we
are
so
very
blind
to
our
own
sin
we
need
each
other's
help
in
doing
this
but
we
can
see
in
our
text
for
Matthew
18
and
back
in
Matthew
chapter
7
that
there's
a
third
type
of
judgment
loving
careful
separation
loving
careful
separation
Jesus
says
in
verse
6
and
this
is
how
this
relates
to
this
entire
idea
do
not
give
dogs
what
is
holy
and
do
not
throw
your
pearls
before
pigs
lest
they
trample
them
underfoot
and
turn
to
attack
you
dogs
and
pigs
in
Jesus
day
were
not
pleasant
animals
so
in
case
you
have
any
notion
that
they
were
there
was
the
very
rare
dog
that
shepherd
sheep
they
had
some
dogs
that
did
this
type
of
work
but
even
then
they
were
work
dogs
they
weren't
friendly
pet
dogs
the way
we
have
dogs
in
our
day
most
of
the
dogs
of
our
day
have
been
bred
to
be
friendly
they
weren't
so
in
this
day
most
of
the
dogs
would
have
lived
in
the
dumps
at
the
edge
of
town
and
would
have
been
avoided
!
animals
the
Jews
detested
pigs
and
they
weren't
the
cute
pig
of
Charlotte's
Web
these
were
more
like
wild
boars
tusks
and
hairy
and
if
you've
spent
much
time
hunting
in
Georgia
you've
probably
come
across
wild
boars
and
they
are
nasty
animals
they
can
be
pretty
good
but
you
don't
want
to
be
attacked
by
one
they
are
mean
vicious
animals
Jesus
is here
instructing
that once
it has
been
determined
that a
person
is not
in the
faith
and
is
hostile
to the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
that
we
should
stop
presenting
the
gospel
to
them
we
should
get
away
from
them
now
hear
me
the
clarification
and
is
hostile
right
you
have
come
to
them
they
have
shown
themselves
to
be
an
unbeliever
you
have
shared
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
and
they
are
hostile
to
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
they
have
shown
themselves
to
be
this
particular
kind
of
person
we
are
to
get
away
from
them
we
can
see
two
quick
examples
of
this
in
Jesus
instruction
when
sending
out
the
twelve
apostles
Matthew
chapter
10
verse
14
he's
just
taught
them
this
and
not
long
after
he
sends
them
out
and
he
says
if
anyone
will
not
receive
you
or
listen
to
your
words
shake
off
the
dust
from
your
feet
when
you
leave
that
house
or
town
it was
an
action
of
judgment
in
the
day
right
leave
the
town
leave
them
to
themselves
you've
proclaimed
the
gospel
to
them
and
they
did
not
receive
it
and
they
opposed
and
reviled
him
he
shook
out
his
garment
same
thing
knocked
the
dust
and
said
to
them
your
blood
be
on
your
own
heads
I
am
innocent
from
now
on
I
will
go
to
the
Gentiles
and
he
established
a
church
amongst
the
Gentiles
in
that
town
so
how
is
it
determined
that
an
individual
is
outside
the
faith
the
assumption
here
in
Jesus
text
that
these
are
people
who
claim
be
inside
the
faith
remember
he
has
the
Pharisees
in
mind
all
of
this
time
that
he
is
on
the
mount
talking
to
the
crowd
he
has
this
religious
elite
who
are
claiming
to be
followers
of
God
so
how
are
we
to
determine
that
an
individual
is
outside
the
faith
and
I
would
refer
you
back
to
Matthew
chapter
18
verse
15
through
17
I
won't
read
it
all
but
you
need
to
step
process
which
I
talked
us
through
one
by
one
if
your
brother
sins
against
you
go
and
tell
him
his
fault
if
he
listens
to
you
have
won
your
brother
step
one
if
not
take
two
or
three
along
with
you
again
if
he's
listened
to
you
won
your
brother
if
not
take
him
to
the
church
still
unwilling
to
listen
step
four
let
him
be
to
you
as
a
gentile
and
a
tax
collector
it
has
been
given
to
the
church
the
keys
to
the
kingdom
it
is
a
weighty
responsibility
that
we
are
meant
to
be
about
the
work
of
church
discipline
right
we
want
to
admit
people
carefully
into
the
church
and
we
want
to
see
people
carefully
out
of
the
church
loving
careful
patient
long
suffering
discipline
this
is an
important
work
that
God
has
given
for
us
to
do
in
the
church
we
don't
get
to
declare
absolute
and
final
judgment
over
anybody
I'm
very
thankful
for
that
that's
a
responsibility
we
don't
have
to
bear
Jesus
will
be
the
final
judge
but
we're
meant
to
be
about
the
work
of
keeping
the
church
pure
we're
meant
to
guard
it
from
false
doctrine
and
we're
meant
to
keep
the
false
prophets
the
wolves
out
of
the
church
and
this
is
the
way
that
we
do
this
careful
church
membership
careful
letting
people
out
of the
church
excommunication
it
helps
mark
out
the
church
in
the
world
it
helps
say
here's
the
clear
line
of
who
we
say
is
church
and
who
we
say
can't
be
church
we don't
know
right
how
can
we
know
we're
not
given
opportunity
to
inspect
your
fruit
or
we've
said
we
have
in
fact
and
you're
showing
yourself
to be
an
unbeliever
and this
is so
important
so that
the
church
can
be
a
proper
witness
to
the
goodness
and
loving
kindness
of
God
our
world
desperately
needs
to
see
the
gospel
in
action
see
a
people
changed
!
Right?
Loving
each
other
peculiarly
!
And
loving
the
world
saying
those
people
are
different
we
gotta
mark
out
very
clear
lines
for
this
reason
to
love
our
communities
with the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
we
are
not
to
be
peddlers
of
what
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
called
cheap
grace
I commend
to
you
his
book
called
The
Cost
of
Discipleship
where
he
puts
up
for
us
he
shows
us
through
the
scripture
that
salvation
of
our
souls
is
a
gift
but
it
is
a
gift
that
demands
our
lives
having
been
saved
by
grace
we're
not
continually
saved
by
our
works
we
are
saved
but
this
is
a
life
transforming
salvation
we've
been
given
the
spirit
of
God
who
leads
us
into
the
truth
of
God
and
changes
who
we
are
those
who
are
in
the
faith
who
are
truly
saved
desire
!
holiness
hate
sin
a
bit
more
each
and
every
day
love
God's
ways
more
each
and
every
day
we're
not
changed
in
an
instant
but
we're
changed
from
one
degree
of
glory
to
another
and
a
major
way
this
happens
is
in
our
working
together
to
remove
specks
from
each
other's
eyes
it's
a
very
important
work
the
gospel
we
have
far
too
many
churches
in
our
day
that
peddle
cheap
!
grace
decisionism
raise
your
hand
walk
an
aisle
now
we're
not
concerned
about
the
way
that
you
live
as
long
as
you
give
and
invite
we'll
be
okay
so
we can
keep
the
process
rolling
right
along
and
it
is
a
dangerous
affront
to the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
it
is
I
would
suggest
much
like
the
Pharisee
in
Jesus
day
that
would
travel
across
the
sea
to
make
a
proselyte
and
make
him
about
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
and
a
major
way
we
do
that
is
by
leading
each
other
in
holiness
Bonhoeffer
said
in
the
cost
of
discipleship
this
is
on
your
bulletin
if
you
want
to
read
along
with
me
cheap
grace
is
the
preaching
of
forgiveness
without
requiring
repentance
baptism
without
church
discipline
the
Lord
supper
without
confession
absolution
without
personal
confession
cheap
grace
is
grace
without
discipleship
grace
without
the
cross
grace
without
Jesus
Christ
living
and
incarnate
Jesus
was
concerned
with
the
church
allowing
dogs
and
pigs
to be
a
part
of
the
church
Matthew
chapter
7
verse
15
beware
of
false
prophets
who
come
to
you
in
sheep's
clothing
but
inwardly
are
ravenous
wolves
the
apostles
were
also
very
concerned
with
this
matter
Paul
wrote in
Romans
chapter
16
verse
17
and
following
I
appeal
to
you
brothers
to
watch
out
for
those
who
cause
divisions
and
create
obstacles
contrary
to the
doctrine
that you
have
been
taught
avoid
them
for
such
persons
do
not
serve
our
Lord
Christ
but
their
own
appetites
and
by
smooth
talk
and
flattery
they
deceive
the
hearts
of
the
naive
hear
what
Paul
is
saying
there
to
us
avoid
these
divisions
and
these
obstacles
that
are
contrary
to
doctrine
to
the
truth
of
the
gospel
why
so
that
we
can
be
more
right
absolutely
not
this
is
not
the
aim
of
what
he's
trying
to
say
what
he's
saying
is
that
these
people
by
smooth
talk
and
flattery
deceive
the
hearts
of
the
naive
they
will
lead
others
astray
by
wrong
doctrine
we
must
protect
those
people
from
this
type
of
teaching
Paul
said
again
1st
Corinthians
chapter
5
verse
11
but
now
I'm
writing
to
you
not
to
associate
with
anyone
who
bears
the
name
of
brother
if
he
is
guilty
of
sexual
immorality
or
greed
or
is
an
idolater
reviler
drunkard
or
swindler
not
even
to
eat
with
such
a
one
not
to
join
with
them
I
would
suggest
that
in
the
day
the
Lord's
supper
!
was
a
practice
that
always
happened
around
an
actual
meal
at
an
actual
table
don't
claim
to
be
in
fellowship
in
Christ
with
the
person
who
says
they're
in
Christ
and
yet
their
life
is
characterized
by
ungodliness
be very
careful
about
who
you
give
approval
to
and
denial
to
cast
proper
judgment
again
2nd
Timothy
chapter
4
verses
1
through
4
Paul
writes
to
Timothy
I
charge
you
in
the
presence
of
God
and
of
Christ
Jesus
who
is
to
judge
the
living
and
the
dead
and
by
his
appearing
and
his
kingdom
preach
the
word
be
ready
in
season
and
out
of
season
reprove
rebuke
and
exhort
all
these
different
ways
that
we
bring
the
truth
to
people
with
gentleness
and
sometimes
with
firmness
with
complete
patience
and
teaching
and
then
in
verse
3
he
tells
us
why
for
the
time
is
coming
when
people
will
not
endure
sound
teaching
but
having
itching
ears
they
will
accumulate
for
themselves
teachers
to
suit
their
own
passions
and
will
turn
away
from
listening
to
the
truth
and
wander
off
into
myths
there
will
come
a
time
when
people
will
say
to
anybody
who
tries
to
help
them
follow
Christ
faithfully
judge
not
that
you
be
not
judged
and
they
will
go
and
find
a
group
of
people
who
profess
to
be
followers
of
Christ
who
say
that
they're
a
church
who
just
give
out
cheap
grace
who
aren't
concerned
at
all
about
the
holiness
of
the
people
that
they
associate
with
and
finally
Paul
writes
to
Titus
in
Titus
chapter
3
verse
10
and
11
as
for
a
person
who
stirs
up
division
after
warning
him
once
and
then
twice
have
nothing
more
to do
with
him
knowing
that
such
a
person
is
warped
and
sinful
he
is
self
condemned
now
I end
with
this
text
because
as
we're
talking
about
this
third
type
of
judging
this
loving
careful
separation
it
is
not
the
work
of
the
church
or
any
individual
of
the
church
to
fully
and
finally
condemn
anybody
you know
what
Paul
says
there
in
Titus
3
10
and
11
right
we're
to
have
nothing
to
do
with
this
person
with
the
kind
of
confidence
we
can
have
we're
saying
we
don't
think
you're
in
the
faith
we've
warned
you
once
we've
warned
you
twice
and
then
Paul
says
he
is
self
condemned
it is
his own
activity
that has
condemned
him
so
we're
very
careful
about
our
association
with
such
people
so
for the
glory
of
God
we
should
rightly
understand
Matthew
chapter
7
verse
1
and
avoid
unloving
hypocritical
judgment
I
don't
ever
want
someone
to
cite
that
verse
to
me
and
be
right
using
it
properly
I
don't
ever
want
somebody
to
cite
that
verse
to
me
and
me
go
yeah
boy
you're
right
that
really
cuts
deep
that
is
exactly
what
I'm
doing
we
should
avoid
that
type
of
judgmentalism
we
should
be
so
very
careful
so
very
loving
so
very
humble
and
patient
in the
way
that
we
approach
others
but
we
should
be
about
this
work
of
loving
careful
sin
removal
and
loving
careful
grief
filled
separation
right
the glory
of God
in the
world
right
displayed
in his
church
needs
this
work
and
it's
all
of
our
responsibility
let's
pray
together