WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.879 If you'd open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 7, we're going to skip ahead this morning to Matthew chapter 7, 1 through 5. 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:15.500 Matt Sear next week is going to come back and come back to that wonderful passage in which Jesus addresses our anxiety. 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.039 And so I will be preaching out of Matthew 7, 1 through 5. 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:24.500 I was hoping to get to verse 6, but I just, there's not enough time. 00:00:26.260 --> 00:00:27.640 So let me read this for you. 00:00:28.460 --> 00:00:29.460 You've heard this. 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:32.060 This is the words of Jesus. 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:42.920 Judge not that you be not judged, for with the judgment you pronounced, you will be judged. 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:47.740 And with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:54.939 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? 00:00:54.939 --> 00:01:03.780 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? 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:07.039 You hypocrite. 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.100 First, take the log out of your own eye. 00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:11.580 First, take the log out of your own eye. 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.900 And then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:20.380 We are a judgmental bunch. 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:25.379 We have a knack for finding fault in each other. 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:28.539 In fact, there's a story of two pastors. 00:01:28.699 --> 00:01:32.619 They didn't know they were pastors, but they happened to be down by the marina together, 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:34.479 and they kind of bumped into one another. 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:40.640 And one of the pastors started a conversation with the other, and it went something like this. 00:01:42.800 --> 00:01:44.880 Are you saved or are you unsaved? 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:47.420 Well, I'm saved. 00:01:47.620 --> 00:01:48.020 Hallelujah! 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:49.120 Praise the Lord! 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:55.240 Do you believe in believer's baptism or infant baptism? 00:01:56.320 --> 00:01:57.939 Well, I believe in believer's baptism. 00:01:58.159 --> 00:01:58.560 Hallelujah! 00:01:58.900 --> 00:01:59.700 Praise the Lord! 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:03.480 Do you dunk or do you sprinkle? 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:05.340 We dunk. 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:06.560 Oh, hallelujah! 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:07.439 Praise the Lord! 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:10.860 Are you a Calvinist or an Arminian? 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:12.960 Well, I lean towards Calvinism. 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:14.120 Praise the Lord! 00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:14.420 Amen! 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:18.900 Are you a complementarian or an egalitarian? 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:20.800 Well, I'm a complementarian. 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:21.340 Amen! 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:22.640 Praise the Lord, brother! 00:02:25.699 --> 00:02:28.140 Are you a continuationist or a cessationist? 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:30.199 Well, I'm a continuationist. 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:31.620 Praise the Lord, brother! 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:39.519 Are you old earth or young earth? 00:02:40.459 --> 00:02:42.120 Well, I lean towards old earth. 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:43.280 Oh, praise the Lord, brother! 00:02:43.359 --> 00:02:43.799 All right! 00:02:43.799 --> 00:02:43.839 All right! 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.719 Are you pre-mill, post-mill, or aw-mill? 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:52.659 Lean towards pre-mill. 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:53.819 Amen, brother! 00:02:53.819 --> 00:02:59.280 Are you hymns only or contemporary worship songs only? 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:02.239 Well, we're both. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:03.239 Amen, brother! 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.560 Are you committed to expository preaching or do you topical stuff? 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.719 Well, we do both, but we relatively emphasize expository preaching. 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:13.699 Amen, brother! 00:03:13.699 --> 00:03:13.900 Amen! 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:21.219 Do you do small groups or Sunday school? 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.300 Well, we do small groups right now, but maybe Sunday school. 00:03:23.420 --> 00:03:24.439 Amen, brother! 00:03:27.540 --> 00:03:31.659 Do you observe communion weekly or communion monthly? 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.439 Well, we observe communion monthly. 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:36.140 What? 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:41.140 And you call yourself a pastor? 00:03:41.139 --> 00:03:42.139 And you call yourself a pastor? 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:43.139 And you call yourself a pastor? 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:43.819 And he walks off. 00:03:45.659 --> 00:03:47.919 We have a knack for finding fault in each other, don't we? 00:03:49.739 --> 00:03:53.119 If it's not doctrinal matters, it's what we wear to church. 00:03:53.239 --> 00:03:56.399 If it's not what we wear to church, it's what we sing at church. 00:03:56.479 --> 00:04:01.079 And if it's not what we sing at church, it's who's the candidate you're going to vote for on November 8th? 00:04:01.139 --> 00:04:04.819 That can be a source of some fault finding. 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:14.519 This morning, Jesus is telling his followers that they are not to be characterized by judgmentalism. 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.379 We're not to be harsh in our judgments. 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:25.319 We're to hold our opinions, even our theological convictions, with humility. 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:35.279 So whether it's about what you dress, or the worship music we think we should have, or how are you going to vote, 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:42.560 or whether you're pre-mill, post-mill, or ah-mill, Jesus calls us to a clear-eyed humility. 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:45.860 And this morning, we're going to see Jesus kind of walk through an argument. 00:04:45.860 --> 00:04:48.680 So four steps in this argument. 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:52.199 And there's these key words. 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:55.500 He starts by saying, judge not. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.080 A cease and desist order from our king. 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.819 So judge not. 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:05.240 And then he says, for, in verse 2. 00:05:05.400 --> 00:05:07.280 And he gives us the reason why we're not to judge. 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.800 And then he does this whole speck in the eye, log in the eye. 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.240 By this kind of ridiculous kind of example. 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:16.840 But he's making a point. 00:05:18.180 --> 00:05:21.420 And then, in verse 5, he lands this plane. 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.000 And the word, you. 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:26.199 You. 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:33.740 Jesus' followers are not to be characterized by a prideful judgmentalism. 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:36.460 We're to be marked by humility. 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:38.819 And really help people. 00:05:38.819 --> 00:05:42.439 So, let's dig in. 00:05:44.219 --> 00:05:46.599 Matthew chapter 7, verse 1. 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:47.740 Two words. 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:50.060 Judge not. 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.839 These two words are carrying a lot of weight. 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:56.879 They're coming off the lips of our king. 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:58.459 Judge not. 00:06:00.379 --> 00:06:02.060 It's a cease and desist order. 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:03.759 Do you know what a cease and desist order is? 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:08.839 If, like, you're putting a, something on the back of your house. 00:06:08.980 --> 00:06:09.980 And you're digging in. 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.579 And the city of Kenosha says a cease and desist order. 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:14.319 This is for you. 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:16.659 That means you immediately need to stop your work. 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:17.980 So that they can bring people in. 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:18.800 Make sure it's okay. 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:19.740 Then you can start up again. 00:06:20.699 --> 00:06:28.139 Well, this, judge not, is a immediate, urgent, cease and desist order for Jesus' disciples. 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:31.639 Not just in the first century, but in the 21st century. 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:32.979 For us. 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:38.979 He, in all of his authority, is commanding us to stop judging each other. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.000 You'll notice the word brothers repeated throughout this. 00:06:43.159 --> 00:06:45.159 He's thinking in-house, among the family. 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:49.740 But here's the deal. 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:51.680 We need to answer this question. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:54.220 What does Jesus mean by judge? 00:06:55.080 --> 00:06:58.120 When he says judge not, what does he mean? 00:06:58.940 --> 00:07:01.280 Is he talking about all judging in general? 00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:04.200 Or just a certain kind of judging? 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:08.840 Well, that word judge in the Greek language has a range of meanings. 00:07:09.200 --> 00:07:10.740 And it all has to do with evaluating. 00:07:11.700 --> 00:07:13.680 Sometimes it means discretion. 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.680 Sometimes it means condemning somebody. 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:19.040 Sometimes it means judgmentalism. 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:26.560 This over-the-top, critical, kind of dealing with the detail of my new things and making a big deal about it. 00:07:28.220 --> 00:07:36.899 And what Jesus is addressing here, and what he is forbidding, is that judgmental spirit that can show up in many of us. 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:39.399 That critical spirit. 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.399 Judgmentalism is a manifestation of pride. 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.179 Ungracious and unloving. 00:07:45.359 --> 00:07:48.620 Judgmentalism is a manifestation of pride. 00:07:49.179 --> 00:07:50.639 It comes from the inside. 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:59.139 It's a manifestation of pride that shows up in a quickness to find fault in others. 00:07:59.139 --> 00:08:05.899 And if that's not enough, finding fault in others with no intent to help. 00:08:09.419 --> 00:08:14.620 Judgmentalism is a readiness to find fault in others. 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:20.920 So what Jesus is forbidding here is this prideful attitude in evaluating one another. 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:25.079 Lifting yourself up over someone else in judgment. 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:30.920 So the question we need to ask now is, how do we know that's the case? 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:34.060 How do we know that that's what Jesus is forbidding right here? 00:08:34.059 --> 00:08:40.259 Well, there are some compelling clues from the context that make it clear. 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:46.899 And so if you look at verse 5, we read, you hypocrite, first take the log out from your own eye, 00:08:47.079 --> 00:08:51.299 and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 00:08:51.819 --> 00:08:56.519 So what Jesus is saying here is, get the log out so you can judge clearly. 00:08:57.379 --> 00:08:59.279 So he's not forbidding all judging here. 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.699 He's forbidding a certain kind of judgment. 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:03.399 Log-eye judgment. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:08.600 And then in verse 6, he goes on to say, 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:11.639 do not give dogs what is holy and do not throw your pearls before pigs. 00:09:11.699 --> 00:09:12.980 He's talking about people. 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:15.259 Dogs and pigs. 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:25.779 He's asking us to exercise judgment for those people who are resistant and hostile to the things of God. 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:27.720 It's like, don't give them what's holy. 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:29.980 They don't want it. 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:34.459 In fact, they'll turn on you, shred you, if you do. 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.759 He's calling us to exercise judgment. 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:45.539 In chapter 7, verse 15, Jesus tells us to watch out for false prophets 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:49.799 with the expectation we'll be able to judge between true and false prophets. 00:09:49.959 --> 00:09:54.079 He's calling us to exercise discretion, to make a judgment, clear judgment. 00:09:54.080 --> 00:10:01.680 Perhaps the most compelling clue is back in verse 5. 00:10:01.800 --> 00:10:03.100 It's the very beginning. 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.320 He says, you hypocrite. 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:07.300 You hypocrite. 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:10.320 First, remove the log from your own eye. 00:10:11.060 --> 00:10:15.259 What Jesus is forbidding here is hypocritical judgment. 00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:21.200 I mean, he's been going after hypocrisy all throughout the Sermon on the Mount. 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:24.980 We're going to come back to that when we get to verse 5. 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:30.500 So, it seems like the clues from this context are making things pretty clear 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:34.420 that Jesus is forbidding a judgmentalism, not just all judgment. 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:37.240 Which is relieving. 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:43.680 Because that means we still get to exercise wise, loving judgment in discernment. 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:47.560 We just need to steer clear of this prideful judgmentalism. 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:57.200 So, the kind of evaluation that we're being told not to do is fault-finding, selfish, unloving. 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:03.419 Jerry Bridges in his book, Respectable Sins, calls judgmentalism 00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:07.620 when we equate our opinions with truth. 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:15.519 We elevate our opinions to a point where we think that they're right all the time. 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:20.500 Judgmentalism is an elevation of oneself over another. 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:26.379 And oftentimes this takes place in majoring on the minors, 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.939 making mountains over molehills, 00:11:29.199 --> 00:11:32.579 breaking fellowship over how many times a month 00:11:32.580 --> 00:11:34.060 you observe communion. 00:11:36.060 --> 00:11:40.139 In the middle of this word pride, 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.840 because at the heart of judgmentalism is pride, 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:46.580 and at the middle of that word pride, 00:11:46.580 --> 00:11:49.620 five-letter word, is the word I. 00:11:52.040 --> 00:11:53.900 I is at the middle of pride. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:55.120 Me is at the center. 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:58.680 Judgmentalism is a manifestation of pride. 00:11:58.900 --> 00:12:02.020 And God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:09.139 And so, consider the effects of a judgmental critical spirit. 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:13.259 It demeans the one being judged. 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.379 Does God want that? 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:15.639 No. 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:19.860 It puffs up the one who is doing the judging. 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:21.360 Does God want that? 00:12:22.040 --> 00:12:22.440 No. 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:27.840 Judgmentalism results not in building up other people, 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.780 but tearing them down. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.780 It's not constructive. 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:31.600 It's destructive. 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:33.180 Does God want that among his people? 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.480 No. 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:39.660 Over time, a critical spirit will have a withering effect 00:12:39.660 --> 00:12:42.000 on those closest to you. 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:46.800 It exasperates people either into forced compliance 00:12:46.800 --> 00:12:49.840 or fierce rebellion. 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.899 It's either the shrug soldier effect 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:56.160 or it's the raised fist effect. 00:12:57.920 --> 00:12:59.540 Does God want either of those? 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:01.300 No. 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.399 He wants peace for his people. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.960 He wants unity held together by a bond of peace. 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.960 He wants there to be love among his people, 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.040 even when we disagree. 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:13.159 We can disagree. 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:16.159 We can disagree. 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:19.279 We can disagree in love. 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:25.079 What we can't do is go judgmental on each other. 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:27.360 So what is Jesus commanding us here? 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:29.039 He's saying, judge not. 00:13:30.199 --> 00:13:34.039 Do not be quick to find fault in each other. 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:37.079 Now, if you're sitting there in your pew right now 00:13:37.079 --> 00:13:37.679 and you're saying, 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:43.099 whoa, I think Jesus is speaking to me this morning, 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:47.439 what you need to hear is that cease and desist order. 00:13:48.599 --> 00:13:49.799 You need to stop that now. 00:13:51.339 --> 00:13:54.059 Jesus is saying, judge not. 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.259 Stop it. 00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:57.500 Are you starting to feel the weight of it? 00:14:00.439 --> 00:14:01.959 So that's the first move here. 00:14:01.959 --> 00:14:05.919 Jesus says, cease and desist this judgmentalism. 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.179 It has no place among my people. 00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:12.479 The next step is that Jesus provides a reason 00:14:12.479 --> 00:14:14.759 why we're not to be judgmental with one another. 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:19.079 And it's clued in by the word for in verse 2. 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.059 So Jesus says, judge not that you be not judged for, 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.419 it's a reason, 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.620 for with the judgment you pronounce, 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:32.399 you will be judged in the measure you use, 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:35.219 it will be measured to you. 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:37.320 So Jesus is saying this, 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:40.220 don't be merciless in your judgment of others 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:42.200 because you will be judged without mercy. 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:45.480 That's the reason he's giving. 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.960 It's a sober reason. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.680 It's a warning. 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:54.000 Jesus is emphasizing this with a play on words 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.480 and he can't see it in English. 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:57.040 You can see a little bit of it in English. 00:14:57.680 --> 00:14:59.000 In English, we read, 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.139 for you, for with the judgment you pronounce, 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.920 you will be judged. 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:04.519 You see how the word judge is repeated. 00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.879 And then we read, 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:08.019 and with the measure you use, 00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:09.519 it will be measured to you. 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.339 And so you see how the word measure is repeated. 00:15:11.719 --> 00:15:13.799 And essentially, judge and measure 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:15.139 are being used synonymously 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:18.919 to talk about this judgmentalism. 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.539 But in the original language, 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:24.479 it reads like this. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.599 For with the judgment you judge, 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.559 you will be judged. 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.699 And with the measure you measure, 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.620 you will be measured. 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.019 It's even more emphatic. 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.819 It's a play on words. 00:15:37.479 --> 00:15:38.819 It's a repeating of ideas. 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:42.059 To judge and to measure 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:43.500 are getting at the same thing. 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:45.159 It's a kind of evaluation 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:46.860 with which you evaluate others. 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:49.240 What you evaluate others with, 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.960 you will be evaluated with. 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.960 So how do you evaluate others? 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.600 How do you judge others? 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:02.000 With what do you measure others by? 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.860 And then we've got to ask, 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:08.019 well, who's doing the evaluating of me 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:09.460 if I'm evaluating of others? 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.159 Is it other people? 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.100 Well, it could be. 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.279 There's a tendency 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:14.439 when we're critical of others 00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:16.279 that other people tend to be critical of us. 00:16:17.079 --> 00:16:18.980 Is that who Jesus is talking about? 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.919 Well, it's kind of vague. 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:23.120 Because it can also mean God. 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:27.500 And if we keep with the overarching 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:31.899 kind of theme and motif of the passage, 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:34.039 it most likely is God. 00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.699 And if it is God, 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:39.559 then it should give us considerable pause 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:41.739 when we render judgment on someone. 00:16:42.479 --> 00:16:45.659 We are to be slow to judge. 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:49.079 What Jesus is saying here is, 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.879 in keeping with what he said 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.639 in Matthew 6, verses 14 and 15. 00:16:53.719 --> 00:16:54.239 Remember that? 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.599 He says, 00:16:55.719 --> 00:16:58.099 For if you forgive others their trespasses, 00:16:58.419 --> 00:17:00.379 your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 00:17:00.459 --> 00:17:02.839 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, 00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:06.899 neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:08.940 And what he's warning his followers is, 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:11.259 what will happen if they're not forgiving of others? 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.400 It's God will not forgive them 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.840 because their unforgiving spirit 00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:17.420 reveals that they're not followers of Jesus. 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.780 And a similar principle is in play here. 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:24.180 If someone persists in judgmentalism, 00:17:24.540 --> 00:17:25.940 it reveals their heart 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:29.360 and God will be merciless in his judgment. 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:33.219 He will judge them with the kind of judgment 00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:34.459 they have judged others. 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:38.399 Dr. Don Carson, 00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:40.819 who is a professor down at Trinity, 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.799 said it this way regarding this verse. 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:47.719 A judgmental attitude excludes us from God's pardon 00:17:47.719 --> 00:17:52.959 for it betrays our unbroken spirit. 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:57.299 It reveals we have a critical spirit, 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:59.160 not a poverty of spirit. 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.460 Blessed are those who are poor in spirit, 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.860 for theirs is the kingdom of God. 00:18:07.360 --> 00:18:08.960 Now, this kind of judgmentalism 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:12.180 has been happening in churches for a long time. 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.940 If you trace it all the way back 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:16.420 to the first century in Rome, 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:18.279 there was a Christian church in Rome, 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.200 a bunch of believers. 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:23.539 And they were kind of sniping at each other 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:25.500 because of different foods. 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.039 Some said you should eat. 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:28.360 Some said you shouldn't eat. 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.600 Different holidays. 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:31.059 Some said you should observe them. 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.279 Some said you shouldn't. 00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:35.559 In Romans 14.10, Paul rebukes them all. 00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:35.880 He says, 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:38.039 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.180 Or why do you despise your brother? 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:42.200 And so he's linking this judgmentalism 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.480 with despising your brother. 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.360 It's unloving. 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:49.599 And then he goes on to remind them, 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:53.699 For we will stand before the judgment seat of God. 00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:57.099 So then each of us will give an account 00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:59.539 of himself to God. 00:19:02.199 --> 00:19:05.259 Each of us will give an account 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:07.839 before our Father. 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.959 God himself. 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.079 So what we need to keep in mind 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.620 and why this reason is so sobering 00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:21.579 is that how we treat other people now, 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:23.819 how we judge them and measure them, 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:26.259 that's going to be part of our judgment 00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.480 when we go before God. 00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:30.240 It's really sobering. 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.860 Let me illustrate it this way. 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:40.240 So we have these repeated plays on word. 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:42.079 Jesus says, 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.559 For with the judgment you judge, 00:19:44.679 --> 00:19:45.459 you will be judged. 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.719 With the measure you measure, 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.500 you will be measured. 00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:50.319 So there's these six repeated words. 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:52.119 And here's how I want you to think about them. 00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:54.539 Think about these six repeated words 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:58.919 as those orange and white sawhorses in a road. 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:02.220 And they're put there to say, 00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:03.120 Watch out! 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:05.259 And what Jesus is saying 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.640 with these repeated words is, 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:11.060 Don't go down the road of judgmentalism. 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.019 Don't go down that road. 00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:17.120 In fact, what he's saying is, 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:18.940 Turn around. 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.660 Stop. 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.240 Turn around. 00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:26.019 That is not a road you want to go down. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:28.799 You're going to have to face God someday. 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:33.200 So let me ask you this. 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:36.599 Let's say someone calls 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:39.400 your favorite presidential candidate a moron. 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:46.299 What would happen 00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:50.019 if when you were tempted 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:52.119 to be critical back, 00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:55.579 what came into your mind 00:20:55.579 --> 00:21:00.579 was standing before your God 00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:03.000 and having to give an account. 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.599 This word for 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:10.480 is a sober reason 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:13.759 to stop our judgmentalism. 00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.779 So Jesus moves from 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:21.419 this sober warning for 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:25.340 to a rather ridiculous example. 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.200 In verses 3 and 4, 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.800 let's read it. 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.580 Why do you see the speck 00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.759 that is in your brother's eye, 00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:33.300 but do not notice the log 00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:34.500 that is in your own eye? 00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:37.460 Or how can you say to your brother, 00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:39.480 Let me take this speck out of your eye 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.740 when there is the log in your own eye? 00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:44.259 It's almost cartoon-like. 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.620 One commentator talked about it 00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:48.940 as being Jesus' employing humor here. 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:51.039 But it would be funny 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:54.240 if it were not for it being about judgmentalism, 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:56.140 which is not funny. 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.920 What Jesus is saying here 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:02.880 with this very creative illustration 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:05.920 is that those who are being judgmental, 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:08.299 they don't see things clearly. 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:11.980 their view is obstructed. 00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.819 And even worse, 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:16.539 they tend not to be aware 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:18.500 that they've got a log in their eye. 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.159 They're unaware of their obstructed sight. 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.980 So if you look at verses 3 and 4, 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.819 there's this brother with something in his eye. 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.519 Jesus calls it a speck. 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.579 It's probably a speck of sawdust. 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.759 Remember, Jesus was a carpenter by trade. 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:37.339 He knew what it was like to cut wood. 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.140 And I'm guessing he probably got 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.879 a speck of sawdust in his eye. 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:45.640 And so what Jesus is not denying 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:47.660 is there's going to be situations 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:49.759 where we need to help one another 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:52.619 get specks out of our eyes. 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.940 And so Jesus is saying 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.099 there's not a place for that. 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.400 There is a place for that. 00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:00.019 But the problem is 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.900 that the one who volunteers to help, 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.779 look at verse 4, 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.539 or how can you say to your brother, 00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:06.839 let me take the speck out of your eye. 00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:09.359 The problem is the one who volunteers 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.980 has a log in his eye. 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.799 Now that word log 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:16.759 is not referring to a 2x4. 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:21.359 It's referring to a support beam. 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.720 A support beam. 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:25.359 In a first century Palestinian home 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.319 that held up the roof, 00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.619 it would be the equivalent for us 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.740 as an eye beam. 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:34.319 Or two 2x12s nailed together 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.120 in order to hold 00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.240 a considerable amount of weight. 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:40.680 It is a ridiculous picture to imagine. 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.599 Someone walking around 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.759 with an eye beam in their eye? 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.519 A support beam? 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:52.400 Jesus is obviously making a contrast 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:55.319 between the speck and the beam. 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:57.319 And in the contrast, 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.000 what it's bringing out is 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:01.980 the seriousness of judgmentalism. 00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:04.279 Because that's what the log is. 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.059 And notice that though the brother 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.179 with the speck in the eye 00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:11.980 apparently knows he's got a speck in his eye, 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:16.119 the brother with the log in his eye 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:18.799 is completely unaware of it. 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.899 That's the effect of pride. 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:27.000 Pride blinds us. 00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.960 Those who are judgmental 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:35.580 are often blind to their own judgmentalism. 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.900 Let me ask you a question. 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.540 Of those two brothers, 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:44.440 which one is in the greatest need? 00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:48.780 The one with the log in his eye. 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.360 That's the worst problem of the two. 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:56.640 And what's crazy about this 00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:59.500 is that the one in greatest need 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.980 with the eye beam in his eye 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:04.660 is actually trying to help out 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:07.240 the one with the speck in his eye. 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.660 It's completely ridiculous. 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.800 And that's Jesus' point. 00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:15.240 For a Christian who is blinded 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.540 by their own judgmentalism 00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:18.440 to try to help a brother or sister in Christ 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.460 with a speck in their eye, 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:21.019 it's ridiculous 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:23.519 because it's presumptuous. 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.600 So from these two verses 00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:31.319 we can draw out that judgmentalism, 00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.720 this quickness, 00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:35.700 quickness to find fault in one another. 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:38.299 It's a serious problem. 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:40.279 It's eye beam problem. 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:44.019 It blinds Christians from seeing themselves. 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.700 It's what pride does. 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.420 It prevents Christians 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.779 from really helping one another. 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:51.279 Do you really think that someone 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.879 with an eye beam 00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.819 is going to be able to help someone 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.680 with a speck in their eye? 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:57.680 So let me ask you a question. 00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:01.860 Have you ever thought about judgmentalism this way? 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.820 Are you starting to feel the weight of it? 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:07.980 How serious this is in God's sight? 00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:13.220 So in this ridiculous example, 00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.519 Jesus' point is 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:18.620 how ridiculous judgmentalism is in God's eyes. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.539 I mean, after all, 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:23.400 God alone knows what's going on in each of us. 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:28.880 So now in verse 5, 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:31.000 Jesus in this last step 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:34.779 calls us to a clear-sighted humility. 00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:39.680 The solution to log-eye syndrome, 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.680 this judgmentalism, 00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:45.880 is a humble repentance. 00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:50.480 So in verse 5, Jesus says, 00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.820 you hypocrite. 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.580 First take the log out of your own eye 00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:57.000 and then you will see clearly 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:59.580 to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.000 So let's just say that you're sitting there 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.340 and you're realizing you have a tendency 00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:07.019 of being judgmental with other people, 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.039 with other Christians. 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:11.700 And with that growing sense, 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.980 you have this also kind of growing weight 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.860 that that is grievous in God's sight. 00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.519 That's actually a good thing. 00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:19.919 God is doing a work in your heart. 00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.179 He wants to help you. 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.799 He wants to rid you of something. 00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:24.500 That's his kindness to you. 00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:28.199 And so you're realizing you tend to rush 00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:29.359 into making harsh, 00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:32.119 unmerciful judgments about others. 00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:35.740 Remember, judgmentalism is, 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.459 it's a temptation common to man 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:41.500 because it's got pride at its root. 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:45.100 We equate our own opinions with the truth. 00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.980 So we've got to ask the question, 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.480 what must we do? 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:52.480 What step do we take 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:55.360 in order to obey Jesus' 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.759 cease and desist order? 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.200 What do we need to do 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.339 in order to judge not? 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:08.619 If the heart of judgmentalism is pride, 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:11.140 some kind of inflated view of yourself, 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.359 the solution will be humbling yourself, 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:21.259 seeing yourself as God sees you. 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:27.259 So Jesus calls us to humble himself. 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:31.079 And this passage, 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:34.319 he says something that is difficult to hear. 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:39.319 Remember, Jesus is speaking to his disciples. 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:44.359 And Jesus, in the movement of this passage, 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:47.059 he starts in verses 1 and 2 by saying, 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.299 y'all. 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.440 He's talking to all of his disciples. 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.200 And then in verse 3, 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:56.140 he goes from y'all to you. 00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:00.859 And in verse 5, he says, 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:03.660 you hypocrite. 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:09.480 If you're being judgmental, 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:12.360 regularly giving vent to critical, 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:14.380 a critical spirit to others, 00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:16.940 or gossiping about others, 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:20.220 Jesus is saying, 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.620 you are a hypocrite. 00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:28.959 Now, can you imagine Jesus himself 00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:33.199 calling you out as a hypocrite? 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:40.220 If you are judging others ungraciously, 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.240 that's exactly what he's doing. 00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.840 And what you need to understand is that 00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:50.700 judgmentalism is hypocrisy. 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:57.460 Let's ask this question. 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.120 It's a basic question. 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:04.600 What is so hypocritical about judgmentalism? 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.120 Do you remember the word hypocrite 00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:10.759 comes from the Greek theater 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:14.480 in which actors would change from character to character 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:17.579 by putting different masks over their face? 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:22.319 And so they would put a different face on 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.940 depending on who their character was. 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:26.380 So what Jesus is saying is 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:29.440 judgmentalism is putting on a false face. 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:33.880 It's thinking that you are healthy 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:36.340 and able to help others with their specs 00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.160 when in fact, 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.740 you're the one in greatest need of help. 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.680 You're the one in greatest danger. 00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:45.220 You've got the bigger problem. 00:30:47.320 --> 00:30:48.580 That's the hypocrisy. 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:52.600 And it would do us all well to take heed of it. 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.340 If you struggle with judgmentalism, 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.980 and I have, I do, 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:59.500 the first thing you need to know 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:02.240 is that it is hypocritical. 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.740 But it's not enough to know it. 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.680 There's a step of humility 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:11.799 of confessing it. 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.019 Confessing it to God. 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:16.539 Keith, earlier when we were worshiping, 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.039 quoted 1 John 1.9. 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:21.539 If we confess our sins, 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:24.480 he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.539 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.740 We have an advocate, Jesus. 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.099 He is our propitiation. 00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.680 That word confess, 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:36.480 it literally means same word. 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:40.240 If we call judgmentalism 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:42.880 the same word that God calls it, 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:46.460 we're confessing it as sin. 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:50.539 And what does God call judgmentalism? 00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:52.539 He calls it hypocrisy. 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.559 He calls it hypocrisy. 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:57.460 And so the first step of humility here, 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.659 after being confronted with this, 00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.960 you hypocrite, 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:03.399 is to confess it. 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:05.079 Is to say, 00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.319 oh Lord Jesus, 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.720 you are right. 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.720 You're right. 00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.659 I'm prone to it. 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:17.740 Even I've given myself to it. 00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.759 You're right. 00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.320 It's wrong. 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.240 It's hypocritical. 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.779 So you call it sin. 00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.220 And then you realize 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:26.820 what this same Jesus has done for you. 00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.920 This same Jesus, 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:29.500 who says you hypocrite, 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.320 on the cross, 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:31.980 said, 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.540 it is finished. 00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:36.460 I paid for that. 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.339 Forgiven in full. 00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.639 So you call it sin. 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.519 You call it forgiven. 00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:44.920 And you call on God to change you. 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:47.720 And so the next step, 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:50.019 after confessing it to God, 00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:53.279 calling it what it is, 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.420 the next step 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:59.639 is to take the log out of your own eye. 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.579 Once you've confessed it, 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.159 you've positioned yourself 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.859 to remove it. 00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:06.399 Because if you don't see 00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:08.059 judgmentalism 00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.639 as sin 00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.960 against God, 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.539 you're not going to be compelled 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.699 to do anything about it. 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.279 But if you see it 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.379 as God sees it, 00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.599 you're going to be compelled 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.619 to get rid of it. 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:20.399 Or what the Apostle Paul says, 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.960 to put it to death. 00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:25.099 It's a step of humility. 00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:27.019 It's a step of coming under 00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:28.039 what God says. 00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:30.619 So when we remove 00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:32.679 remove the log 00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.919 out of our own eye, 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.459 we are repenting 00:33:35.459 --> 00:33:37.079 of judgmentalism. 00:33:38.479 --> 00:33:39.979 And in order for you 00:33:39.979 --> 00:33:42.059 to see the log, 00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:44.319 I want to help you. 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:47.259 I want to help you to see it. 00:33:47.979 --> 00:33:48.939 I want to help you see 00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:50.459 judgmentalism in your own life. 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.539 So I've got three questions for you. 00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:55.579 Three questions that are 00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:57.500 intended to help you see 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.920 judgmentalism in your life. 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.259 In your life. 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.579 Don't be thinking 00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.980 your spouse's life. 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.299 Don't be thinking 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.539 your children's life. 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.220 Don't be thinking 00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.240 your pastor's life. 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.519 Be thinking your life. 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.460 Evaluate yourself. 00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.539 Three questions. 00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.500 First one is this. 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.420 Ask yourself, 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.599 what are the topics 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.500 in which I'm tempted 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:20.519 to be quick 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.719 to find fault in others? 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.860 What are the topics? 00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:25.099 Maybe it's politics. 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:28.200 Maybe it's social issues. 00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.599 Maybe it's sports. 00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.900 Someone says something 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.720 about your pack 00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.340 and man, 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.059 you are like 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.059 pulling your sword out. 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:39.280 Maybe it's how you dress 00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.519 on a Sunday morning. 00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:42.059 Maybe it's the songs 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.840 we sing on a Sunday morning. 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.260 Maybe it is your favorite 00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.400 theological point. 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.780 Maybe it's the roles 00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.460 of men and women 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.160 in the church. 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:51.059 Maybe it's do the gifts 00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.059 exist or not. 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.099 Maybe it's you hear 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.259 the word predestination 00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.179 and you want to fight. 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.059 Here's a big clue 00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:02.559 as to paying attention 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:04.980 of where you will be tempted 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.679 to be critical. 00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.619 What are the things 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:10.119 that you value most? 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.719 What are the topics 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.980 that are near and dearest 00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.699 to your heart? 00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.019 Be paying attention 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.699 to those things. 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.420 Second question. 00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.360 Ask yourself, 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.460 who are the people 00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.800 I'm tempted to harshly 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.120 criticize most frequently? 00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.559 Who are the people? 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.120 Do you have a regular 00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:29.680 set of targets? 00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:32.099 Your spouse, 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.559 your children, 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.620 your church, 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.300 your elders, 00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.280 your life group leader? 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.780 Maybe it's your supervisor 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.360 at work. 00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.099 Maybe it's your parents 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.680 or your siblings. 00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.220 Maybe it's your teachers. 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.019 Or maybe it's your 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.760 government officials. 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:48.120 Or maybe it's your Facebook friends. 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.640 Who are the people 00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:51.780 that you're tempted 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.920 to harshly criticize? 00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:54.060 That will help you 00:35:54.060 --> 00:35:55.560 kind of narrow the field down. 00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.940 It's an area to consider 00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:58.780 when you'll be tempted 00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.420 to criticize. 00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:02.080 Third area. 00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.980 Ask yourself, 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:06.220 what's going on inside of you 00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:07.760 when you're tempted 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.400 to be critical? 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:11.619 For example, 00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:13.880 are you tired? 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:18.420 Or are you stressed out? 00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:22.380 Are you impatient? 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.000 When you are sharp, 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.920 when you're harsh, 00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:26.160 when you're rash, 00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.119 ungracious, 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:30.579 what's going on inside of you? 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.079 Do you feel insecure? 00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.000 If you feel insecure, 00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.960 sometimes the way 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:38.059 that you push back 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:41.019 is by unfair criticism. 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:44.340 Do you feel angry? 00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.980 Do you feel out of control? 00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:49.059 Are you disgusted by someone? 00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:52.139 Do you feel overlooked? 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.400 Are you offended? 00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:56.099 These are all ripe opportunities 00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:59.179 to get critical real fast. 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.239 Now, if you're experiencing 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:02.919 any of these, 00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.779 do not be surprised 00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.879 that you'll be tempted 00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:07.459 in those moments 00:37:07.459 --> 00:37:09.819 to react harshly 00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:11.039 and to criticize 00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.979 in a manner 00:37:11.979 --> 00:37:13.339 that's unpleasing to God. 00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.659 Oftentimes, 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:20.239 the first thing we go 00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.979 when we're not getting 00:37:20.979 --> 00:37:21.719 something we want 00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:23.799 is we want to blame somebody. 00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.539 You're the reason for this. 00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.779 So we've identified 00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.699 some areas where 00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.639 you'll likely be tempted 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.779 to judge sinfully, right? 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:35.099 And if you take that 00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.839 whole list together, 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.779 it might be overwhelming. 00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.519 So just pick one. 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.799 Start somewhere. 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.099 Start paying attention to it. 00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.079 And now what I want you to do 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:44.819 is I want to help you 00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:46.819 to know how to humbly fight 00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:49.940 this prideful judgmentalism 00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.699 because I'm guessing 00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.420 it's going to come up 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.960 later today 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.000 or sometime this week. 00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.719 I want to help you to fight. 00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.379 Humbly fight. 00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.900 But before I do, 00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.799 let me just say this. 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.200 This is about removing 00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:03.400 the log from your eye 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:05.800 so that you can see clearly 00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:08.240 and help people out. 00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:10.840 So God wants to get 00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.580 something done here 00:38:11.580 --> 00:38:12.260 for the building up 00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.820 of our body. 00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.039 So with that said, 00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:17.400 I'm going to wrap up 00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.920 by pointing you to 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.680 four things, 00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:22.080 four recommendations 00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:23.860 to remove the log 00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:25.080 out of your eye 00:38:25.080 --> 00:38:26.080 so you can help others. 00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:27.400 First one is this. 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:33.639 Ask God to weed out 00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:35.639 your prideful, 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.779 critical spirit 00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:39.460 and to plant in its place 00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:41.380 a poverty of spirit. 00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:44.380 Ask God to weed it out. 00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:46.480 To remove the pride 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:48.799 and replace it with humility. 00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.920 Remember, 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.039 a critical spirit 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:53.340 and a poverty of spirit 00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.460 do not coexist. 00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:57.659 Kick one out 00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.639 so that God 00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:00.659 can cultivate the other. 00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.800 Blessed are the poor 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.400 in spirit, 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.119 the humble, 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:06.360 for they shall see, 00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.159 for theirs is the kingdom of God. 00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.480 So ask God 00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.420 to weed it out 00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.940 and to plant in humility. 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.720 Two, 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:15.079 slow your judgment down. 00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:17.740 Slow that train down. 00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:20.019 If you're quick 00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:21.039 to find fault 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:22.079 in other people, 00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:23.339 humility means 00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:25.259 slowing it down. 00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:28.500 Believe the best. 00:39:28.919 --> 00:39:29.959 Seek to understand. 00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:32.419 Get the right weight 00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:33.179 on the issue. 00:39:34.439 --> 00:39:35.559 If you find yourself 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.439 harsh, 00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.479 humility means 00:39:39.479 --> 00:39:40.159 being gentle. 00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:43.099 A tender hearted. 00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.719 See others 00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.739 as God sees them. 00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.579 Not as your enemies. 00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.739 Don't demonize them. 00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.459 See them 00:39:48.459 --> 00:39:49.399 as God sees them. 00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.339 Get perspective. 00:39:52.979 --> 00:39:54.979 Slow the judgment train down. 00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:57.079 Third recommendation. 00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:58.879 You know, 00:39:58.919 --> 00:39:59.319 we went through 00:39:59.319 --> 00:40:00.219 that list of people 00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:01.199 that you would be tempted 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:02.559 to be critical of. 00:40:02.939 --> 00:40:03.539 You know that list? 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.579 Start praying 00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:10.179 God's fullness 00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.839 of blessing 00:40:10.839 --> 00:40:11.299 and peace 00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.939 on that person. 00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.419 The person 00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:13.919 you're tempted 00:40:13.919 --> 00:40:14.859 to be critical of, 00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:16.019 ask God 00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.959 to bless them 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.539 richly. 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.199 Go number six, 00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.780 24 through 26, 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.960 that God, 00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.460 would you cause 00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.900 your face 00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.539 to shine upon 00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.179 this person 00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:24.740 all the days 00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.260 of their life? 00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:26.139 Go show them 00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.720 your goodness. 00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.599 It's really hard 00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.179 to be critical 00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.599 and angry 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.099 with somebody 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.960 you're praying 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.740 for like that. 00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.519 You're seeking 00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.099 to love them 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.720 with your praying. 00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:38.919 finally, 00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:42.719 remember this 00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:44.480 and remember 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.159 this often 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:47.759 that you yourself, 00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:49.879 you were under 00:40:49.879 --> 00:40:51.159 God's holy judgment 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.599 for your judgmentalism. 00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:54.059 He sees it 00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.859 for what it is. 00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:58.019 And Jesus 00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:59.159 bore all 00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.539 of God's wrath 00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:02.219 for your 00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.879 critical spirit. 00:41:04.959 --> 00:41:05.919 The one 00:41:05.919 --> 00:41:06.719 who spoke 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.599 the words 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.719 you hypocrite 00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:10.379 also spoke 00:41:10.379 --> 00:41:11.159 the words 00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:13.119 it is finished. 00:41:14.799 --> 00:41:15.959 Paid and full. 00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.459 Jesus died 00:41:19.459 --> 00:41:20.419 for your 00:41:20.419 --> 00:41:22.139 judgmentalism. 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.019 He hung 00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.839 on the cross 00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:24.539 for it. 00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.819 Remember 00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:27.779 the gospel. 00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:29.199 Major 00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:30.259 on the major. 00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:31.719 First things 00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.379 first. 00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.639 Paul says 00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:34.719 in 1 Corinthians 15 00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.359 I present 00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:35.799 to you 00:41:35.799 --> 00:41:36.159 that which 00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.719 is of first 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:37.399 importance. 00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.019 Christ died 00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.599 for your sins 00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.059 was buried 00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.519 and on the third 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.139 day was raised 00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.599 from the dead 00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.039 according to 00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.439 the scriptures. 00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.819 That's the main 00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:45.119 thing. 00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.579 Keep the main 00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.759 thing 00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.379 the main thing. 00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:51.259 And it puts 00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:54.019 what we 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:56.699 have opinions 00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.199 on 00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:58.879 whether it's 00:41:58.879 --> 00:41:59.219 what we 00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.559 wear 00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.839 or the 00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.079 kind of 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.339 music 00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.539 we 00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:00.719 want 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:00.859 to 00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:01.079 sing 00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.519 by 00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:02.539 our 00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:02.919 preferred 00:42:02.919 --> 00:42:03.539 candidate 00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.659 or our 00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.139 theological 00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.619 hobby 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.000 horses 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.599 it puts 00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.919 it in 00:42:06.919 --> 00:42:07.319 the right 00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.899 perspective. 00:42:09.419 --> 00:42:10.239 So when you 00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:11.119 remember often 00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.679 what God 00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.079 has done 00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.439 for you 00:42:12.439 --> 00:42:13.079 in Christ 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.099 that's the 00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.779 sweet spot 00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:17.139 that will 00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.480 keep you 00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.839 humble 00:42:17.839 --> 00:42:19.179 and that 00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.699 will help 00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.659 you remove 00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:22.059 the log 00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.980 so you 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.739 see clearly. 00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.460 Let's pray. 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.359 Lord Jesus 00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:32.439 would you 00:42:32.439 --> 00:42:33.139 help us 00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:34.339 to remove 00:42:34.339 --> 00:42:34.879 the logs 00:42:34.879 --> 00:42:35.139 in our 00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.419 eyes 00:42:35.419 --> 00:42:35.739 so that 00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:36.079 we can 00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.679 see clearly 00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.599 and so 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:37.839 that we 00:42:37.839 --> 00:42:38.259 can actually 00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.839 help one 00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.079 another 00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.739 and build 00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.179 one another 00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.460 up. 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.119 God we 00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.899 entrust this 00:42:42.899 --> 00:42:43.339 to you 00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:43.699 in the name 00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.099 of Jesus 00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.639 we pray 00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.960 Amen.