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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Would you remain standing for the reading of God's Word?

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 Turn your Bibles or your bulletins to Matthew chapter 7.

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 Matthew chapter 7, we'll start in verse 1.

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 This is God's Word.

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 Judge not that you be not judged.

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 For with the judgment you pronounce, you will be judged.

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 And with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye,

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 but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

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 Or how can you say to your brother,

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 let me take the speck out of your eye when there is a log in your own eye?

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 You hypocrite.

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 First take the log out of your own eye,

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 and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

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 This is God's Word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Do you pray with me?

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 Father in heaven, we have come into your house expecting you,

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 and we know that you are here.

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 You've been with us as we sing, as we give, as we greet one another,

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 doing spiritual things in our midst.

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 And we pray now that as we look at your Word,

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 that you would not stop,

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 but that you would all the more through the power of your Spirit work in our hearts,

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 in our church, in our families, in our marriages,

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 that you would be glorified,

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 and that Christ would be big and beautiful.

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 It's in his name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Just a quick introduction.

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 My name is Jonathan Clark.

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 I'm a local pastor here in Colorado Springs.

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 I grew up here in Colorado Springs.

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 I've been away for a while,

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 but I just recently moved back in April with my family.

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 I'm married to Caroline.

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 She's an artist in town,

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 and we have a little girl that God's entrusted to us.

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 She's three.

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 And so they're worshiping at another church for consistency for my daughter's sake.

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 But I'm here occasionally.

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 If this is your first time,

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 I'm not normally here at Cheyenne Mountain,

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 but I come occasionally,

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 so you'll see me around.

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 If you have been around a while,

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 then you've probably known me for a shorter or longer time.

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 I serve as a campus pastor with an organization called Reformed University Fellowship.

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 It's the campus ministry wing of our Presbyterian tradition.

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 So I'm at UCCS,

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 but also looking at other colleges around Colorado Springs.

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 And so it's great to be with you today on this Lord's Day

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 to open up the Bible and ponder it with you.

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 So I was this week...

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 ...on the Internet.

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 You know, I spend a lot of time on the Internet

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 as I'm hanging around with college students

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 trying to discern and hear what they're thinking.

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 And I saw a video.

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 This video was of someone who double parked their car, right?

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 We've all seen it.

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 Somebody who takes up more lanes than they're supposed to.

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 And somebody else looks at this and says,

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 well, this is unjust.

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 And so they're criticizing it, right?

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 And very quickly,

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 the whole episode in the video

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 explodes from two people ignoring each other

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 to all of a sudden,

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 two complete strangers absolutely yelling at each other.

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 And you've probably seen something like this.

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 One person is mocking the other person.

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 One person is saying,

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 stay out of my business.

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 You don't understand, right?

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 And there's another person

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 who's recording, live streaming the whole situation, right?

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 And they're watching the whole thing.

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 They're watching this scene take place, right?

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 And so the person who double parked

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 is feeling wrongly judged.

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 And the critic is feeling the need to judge,

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 to assess at the very least.

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 And it's escalating.

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 And both are feeling superior.

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 Both are feeling vindicated in their position.

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 And I'm sure that, you know,

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 many of us are thinking,

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 well, you know, this would never happen, right?

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 Maybe you've seen a video like this.

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 Maybe you haven't.

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 But you know, there was another person

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 who was at work in this.

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 And it was me who's watching the video saying,

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 well, I would never,

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 I would never get caught up in this situation.

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 Look at these two fools

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 yelling at each other in a parking lot, right?

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 Thinking, oh man,

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 I would never, ever be caught in a situation

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 of yelling at a total stranger, right?

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 And so lots of criticism at the very least

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 at its very worst,

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 the word that Jesus asks us to focus on today,

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 judgment is happening in this moment.

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 One person is judging another parker.

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 The parker is judging the recorder

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 and then I'm judging the whole situation, right?

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 Well, as my black pastor in seminary would say

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 to this whole situation,

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 Jesus has a word for us.

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 If you found yourself like this,

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 and it's a sharp word

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 and it's a generous action, right?

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 Jesus today commands us

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 not to judge other humans,

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 but in so doing,

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 he saves judging hypocrites

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 by becoming judged for them.

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 Jesus commands us not to judge,

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 but then he saves judging hypocrites, right?

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 So look down at your text, if you will,

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 and you look at verse one.

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 Jesus is in the middle of his Sermon on the Mount,

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 which is Jesus' great exposition

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 and teaching on the law.

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 And he's telling how the Old Testament law

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 continues to have relevance

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 for the life of the Christian today, right?

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 And how the standard of holiness

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 is not lowered by Christ's coming,

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 but is actually elevated,

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 strikes to the very core of our hearts,

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 and pervades all of our society, right?

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 And he says here,

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 he says in these striking words

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 right from the get-go,

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 judge not that you be not judged, right?

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 For with the judgment you pronounce,

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 you will have measured against you, right?

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 Well, what's going on here?

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 What does Jesus mean?

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 Well, honestly, it's pretty straightforward.

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 Jesus is not necessarily saying anything

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 that's too hard for us to understand.

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 Jesus is saying here that no human being,

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 no person has the right or the responsibility

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 or even the ability to judge, jury,

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 and be executioner for another human being, right?

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 That no person has that responsibility.

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 No person has the right to declare the final verdict

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 for another human being, right?

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 That is alone God's role.

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 It is God's right to condemn.

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 It is God's right to not condemn, right?

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 And if you think about the opposite of this,

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 in Romans 4, Paul says that Abraham

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 is reckoned or counted as righteous.

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 And that word that Paul uses

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 is the Greek word for logizomai,

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 which means to declare something is true,

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 to declare that Paul or Abraham

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 is righteous by faith.

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 This is the opposite of what is happening here.

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 This judging is to declare unrighteous.

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 Unrighteous.

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 To judge, even to the very core

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 of who a human being is, right?

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 And so here, judging is snatching from God

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 the right and responsibility of final condemnation.

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 And in a sense, then,

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 it's to pretend to be God for a moment.

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 For a brief moment in time to say,

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 I know this world and this person

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 and this universe well enough

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 to declare this person's status, right?

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 It goes beyond what a person does or believes or says

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 and strikes to the core of this person, right?

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 And so if we sit in what's actually happening here,

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 we are quickly, throughout the book of Matthew,

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 placed with sort of the archetype,

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 the stereotype of this judgment,

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 and it is the Pharisees, right?

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 Jesus is constantly lambasting, attacking,

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 saying that you are the worst example

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 of this judgmental spirit.

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 Here are men who are so quick

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 to assess the spiritual status and social value,

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 compare it to their own,

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 and then say, you are wanting,

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 spiritually, socially, in every way,

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 that the Pharisees were some of the most vindictive

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 and judgmental people in Jesus' society, right?

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 To make a snap judgment,

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 to look at a person and say,

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 you can never be holy like we are.

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 Oh, you are spiritually inferior to me.

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 They would say things like,

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 oh, Lord, I am so thankful

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 that I am not like this tax collector.

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 Or to Jesus, Jesus,

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 do you know who you are eating with?

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 What kind of a person this is?

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 What they have done?

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 Does Jesus know?

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 They claimed to do often

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 what only God can do

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 and deliver the final verdict

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 over a person's dignity, value, and status.

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 Now, what does this have to do?

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 How does this apply to our day, right?

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 Well, I shouldn't have to spend too much time

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 because we all know this is true,

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 that we live in one of the most vindictive,

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 judgmental times in all of society, right?

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 That 21st century America

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 is full of this judgmental spirit.

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 Think about with me of a non-religious context,

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 perhaps a secular context.

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 Think with me about the reality,

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 the phenomenon that we know today

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 is cancel culture, right?

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 What is cancel culture?

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 Well, it's the ability for a group or a person

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 to eliminate a person's social standing

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 almost immediately, right?

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 Cancel culture is when a person or a group

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 can shun, shame, fire, derail a career

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 of a person almost overnight

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 for any little thing, right?

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 Cancel culture or call-out culture

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 is a giant social exercise in this judgment

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 to say you have no role in our society anymore.

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 You are done for, condemning a person

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 to social and even career death, right?

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 And we've all seen examples of this

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 where a tweet, a very old tweet possibly

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 or a new tweet can become unearthed

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 and immediately this person's career

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 is if not eliminated, set back decades

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 and they have to go into hiding, it seems, right?

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 Right?

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 And this happens everywhere from junior high schools,

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 middle schools to A-list actors, right?

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 This is the kind of judgment

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 that our world lives in, right?

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 But consider it's not just the non-Christian world

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 where this sort of thing happens, right?

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 It happens as much in the religious world

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 or in the Christian church, right?

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 So I hang out with college students

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 a good bit of my time

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 and I hang out with students

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 who are not Christians,

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 not walking with the Lord,

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 unchurched or de-churched.

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 And what is the number one complaint

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 both that I hear anecdotally

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 and the research says about Christians, right?

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 The number one reasons why someone would say

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 I'm not going to church with you

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 or I will not come to a faith event.

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 They say Christians are what?

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 Judgmental hypocrites, right?

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 They look at the church and they say

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 you say one thing but you do another

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 or I walk in the door

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 and I immediately fell judged, right?

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 And now whether or not there's validity to that

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 is a different question

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 but it's true that we live in churches,

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 we live in marriages and families

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 that can be incredibly judgmental places.

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 And it might be tempting for us to say

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 well that's the secular cancel culture

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 or no that's the fundamentalist church.

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 But like when you stick a magnifying in the sun

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 and let it burn a little bit until it gets hot,

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 I want to let the magnifying words of Jesus

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 to sit on our hearts until we squirm

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 under the gaze of Jesus' words, judge not.

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 A few weeks ago I went to Estes Park, Colorado

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 which is a big old tourist destination

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 if you've gone into the mountains at all.

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 And I was walking around Estes Park

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 on a busy weekend afternoon

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 and I was thinking about this text

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 and I was astonished at how quickly

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 I could look around me in Estes Park

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 and assess, nay, judge the people around me, right?

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 I would judge the people

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 who were in mountain yuppies, right?

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 Oh, look at those granola hippies here.

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 And then I would look at the Texas tourists

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 for ruining my Colorado mountains, right?

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 How I was perfectly capable

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 of judging the Florida license plate

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 for how they drove the mountain roads, right?

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 How I was perfectly capable

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 to judge someone

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 for what clothes they wore

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 in the mountains, right?

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 Incredible how our hearts

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 are so capable of this, right?

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 From parking jobs

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 to a person's politics,

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 from their sitcom taste

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 to their sexuality,

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 to declare a verdict

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 about someone's value

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 and even their eternal status, right?

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 And I think if you're honest with yourself,

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 if you sit in this,

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 you start to see,

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 oh my goodness,

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 I am the one

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 that Jesus is talking to, right?

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 Because Jesus' words here

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 challenge and alarm us

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 with the possibility

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 that I am the judgmental one

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 that Jesus is speaking to, right?

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 I'm rereading currently

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 The Lord of the Rings,

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 which is J.R.R. Tolkien's

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 just epic narrative

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 about the finding

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 and destruction of the one ring.

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 And Gandalf,

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 who is the wizard,

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 the kind of the spiritual father,

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 shepherd for this whole saga,

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 is telling Frodo,

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 who is the one

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 who has found the one ring

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 and it must destroy it.

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 He's telling the story

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 of how the ring has passed

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 from Sauron,

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 the great evil dictator

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 of the universe,

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 to Gollum,

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 the sniveling,

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 griping worm of a creature,

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 and then how it passes

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 to Frodo, right?

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 And he's talking about

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 how the Gollum,

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 when he finds the ring,

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 it slowly corrodes

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 and corrupts his soul, right?

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 And Frodo is disgusted by this,

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 and he declares

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 that Gollum is loathsome.

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 And you're imprinted

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 in your text

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 as Gandalf's next word

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 in your bulletin.

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 Gandalf says,

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 I think it is a sad story,

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 and it could have happened

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 to others,

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 even to some hobbits I know.

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 And Tolkien hits something

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 right there to say,

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 don't be so quick

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 to judge Gollum, Frodo.

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 You are just as capable

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 of the same corrosion

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 and destruction

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 that Gollum is.

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 And as the story continues,

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 we see that that happens

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 to Frodo gradually,

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 to where he eventually

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 claims the ring as his own, right?

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 That Frodo is perfectly capable

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 of the same corruption,

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 and therefore has no standing

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 to judge the creature Gollum.

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 Try this on.

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 When we go to a grocery store,

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 this is some of the,

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 go to a grocery store

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 that you don't normally go to.

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 I went to the Walmart

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 last week on Platt.

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 I'm not normally

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 at that grocery store.

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 And I saw a pig's head,

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 literally a head of a pig,

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 and I thought,

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 who buys that?

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 And I found myself

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 incredibly judgmental

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 of the people

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 who are in that Walmart, right?

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 You'll be astonished

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 when you go

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 to a different grocery store

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 how quickly you can size up

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 another human being,

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 stereotype them,

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 judge them for wearing clothes

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 too expensive

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 or not expensive enough.

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 Judge them

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 by what's in their cart

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 or by what's not

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 in their cart.

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 Outside of a store,

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 we assess people

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 by how little they're

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 on social media

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 or how much

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 they're on social media,

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 by how woke they are

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 or how anti-woke they are,

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 by how they think

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 about politics

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 and race,

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 little things,

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 big things.

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 We are a world

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 and a society

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 that is subconscious,

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 constantly,

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 impulsively judgmental, right?

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 Dr. Adam Moore,

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 he's a psychology professor

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 on social judgment thought

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 at the University of Edinburgh,

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 did several clinical studies

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 on this phenomenon.

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 He says this,

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 he says profound words,

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 he says,

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 we enjoy that feeling

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 of moral superiority

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 and the feeling

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 that we are a good person

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 or the one in the right.

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 It feels great

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 to be in that self-righteous place

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 where you stand

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 on your pedestal

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 and look down on others,

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 but he says,

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 it is not healthy.

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 So why is this judging

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 so easy for us?

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 Well,

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 this non-Christian professor

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 put the nail on the head.

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 Self-righteousness,

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 this self-righteous impulse

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 that is at work

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 in all of us

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 and the Bible

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 has a word for that.

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 Sin.

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 It is sin

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 that all of us

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 are this judgmental,

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 knee-flexed,

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 subconscious condemnation,

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 right?

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 And sin brings judgment,

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 the Bible tells us,

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 right?

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 Listen to what Jesus says,

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 judge not

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 that you be not judged.

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 Verse two,

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 for what,

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 with the judgment

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 you pronounce,

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 it will be,

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 you will be judged.

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 And with the measure

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 you use,

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 it will be measured

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 to you.

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 The standard

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 that you and I use

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 to assess

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 and ultimately condemn

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 another human being,

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 Jesus says,

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 will be meted out

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 back to you.

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 You will be judged.

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 That's in the passive voice,

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 which whenever there's

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 a passive voice

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 in the Bible,

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 often that is,

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 that God is the active agent

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 behind that.

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 God will judge us

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 based on how you judge

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 others,

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.120
 right?

00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:02.379
 God assesses us

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 based on our own standards,

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.019
 right?

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.059
 Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 who's an old British preacher,

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 writes a commentary

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:10.039
 on the Sermon on the Mount

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 and he says of these two verses,

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 Matthew 7, 1 and 2,

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 that they are some

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 of the most alarming

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 and indicting verses

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 in the whole Bible.

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 And the longer you sit in it,

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 the longer it hounds us.

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 It condemns us

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 because we are a self-righteous,

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:27.100
 judgmental people,

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.439
 right?

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.399
 And Jesus has a word for this.

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 If you skip down

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 to verse 5,

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 you hypocrites,

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:34.859
 all of us,

00:17:34.959 --> 00:17:35.339
 Christians,

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.480
 non-Christians,

00:17:36.879 --> 00:17:37.339
 conservatives,

00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.419
 liberals,

00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.419
 man,

00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:40.199
 woman,

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 child,

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 old,

00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:42.480
 all of us are the kind

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 of people who are guilty

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 of the vices

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.139
 and the sins

00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:47.339
 that we judge in others.

00:17:47.419 --> 00:17:48.319
 And this hypocrisy

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.240
 has the root

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:51.019
 of self-righteousness,

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:56.000
 of sinful condemnation

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:57.160
 and error,

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.440
 right?

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.460
 It's the Pharisees' error

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.480
 and it's our errors,

00:17:59.559 --> 00:17:59.799
 right?

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:01.099
 And we should feel

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.660
 the sting of it

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 because we are all sinners.

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:05.139
 And this leads us

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 to this broken place

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:06.900
 of saying,

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 what hope is there

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:10.400
 for a person like me,

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 a judgmental sinner?

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 We are all condemned

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.480
 to be judged

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 by each other

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 and ultimately judged

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 by the living God.

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 And when we find ourselves

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.440
 in this place,

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.220
 we must return,

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:24.640
 friends,

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.080
 to the very core,

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 the heartbeat

00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:28.880
 of the Christian message,

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.600
 the gospel.

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 And it is this,

00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:33.920
 that God is a great Savior

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.019
 who saves judgmental sinners

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 like you

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 and like me.

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 That the whole mission

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.720
 of the Christ

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 who comes to earth

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:45.160
 is to deliver us

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.859
 from this mess

00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:48.019
 of judgmentalism

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 that we have created

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.720
 from ourselves.

00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:51.339
 The message of the gospel,

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:53.119
 the heart of the Christian good news

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:54.880
 is even though you and I

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.319
 are judgmental hypocrites,

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 Christ died to save

00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.720
 us from judgment,

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:02.700
 our own and ultimately His,

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:02.980
 right?

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.319
 This is what the Bible says.

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.740
 Yes,

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.799
 I am the judging one

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.819
 and God does not judge me

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 but places another one

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 to be judged in my place.

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 If you have a Bible,

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:20.879
 turn to Matthew chapter 26.

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 Scroll ahead a couple of chapters

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 and Matthew 26

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.539
 is when Jesus

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:27.379
 has done His ministry,

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.720
 His time has come,

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.240
 He has been arrested,

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.980
 He's now on trial,

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.619
 He's innocent of the charges

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:35.559
 but He's on a trumped up trial

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:37.059
 for charges of blasphemy.

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 He claims that He is God

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 which was a punishable offense

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.339
 by death.

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 Now He is God

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.919
 so it's a false trial

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:46.940
 but if it turns out to be true

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:48.159
 then He deserves to die,

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.399
 right?

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.259
 And so look with me

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.460
 at Matthew 26,

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.339
 verse 65.

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 The high priest

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.279
 is interrogating Jesus

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.960
 and it says,

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.279
 then the high priest

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.480
 tore his robes

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.740
 and said,

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 He has uttered blasphemy.

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.559
 What further witnesses

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.839
 do we need?

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.859
 You have heard

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.679
 His blasphemy.

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.699
 Look at verse 66.

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:10.319
 What is your judgment?

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:12.179
 And they answered,

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.559
 He deserves death.

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:18.480
 The council and the people

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 cry out,

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 kill,

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 judge,

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.159
 condemn,

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 destroy

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 this man.

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.039
 Karl Barth

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 who is an amazing scholar

00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:27.740
 of the Bible.

00:20:27.939 --> 00:20:29.099
 He's not right on everything.

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.819
 He's not right on everything

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:32.079
 but he hits the nail

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 on the head with this.

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 This is a bit of a wordy quote

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 but it's beautiful.

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 It's written in your bulletin.

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 He writes this,

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 Those who are to be judged

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 are given space

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.379
 and freedom

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 and power

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 to judge.

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.599
 The judge

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.740
 allows himself

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.960
 to be judged.

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 The punishment

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.619
 falls on the very one

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.839
 on whom it ought

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.579
 to fall

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 least of all

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 and not at all

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.539
 on those

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 on whom it ought

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 to fall.

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 Jesus,

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 the judge,

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:05.360
 the righteous one

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:07.819
 who never wrongly judged

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:09.279
 places himself

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 in the position

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 of being judged,

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 condemned,

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.420
 and destroyed

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:15.259
 by sinful hypocrites,

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.140
 Pharisees.

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 He is judged

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 by them

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 even to death

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 even though

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.180
 he has done

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 nothing wrong

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 to be judged.

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 And friends,

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.779
 if that is true

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.079
 2,000 years ago,

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 it is still true

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.639
 for us today

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.420
 as Cheyenne Mountain

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.539
 Presbyterian Church.

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.599
 Jesus,

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:35.139
 with the most authority,

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.660
 the most authorization

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.519
 to judge

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 and condemn us

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 says,

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 No,

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 I will not judge

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 but I will be judged

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 in their place.

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 The judgment

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.740
 that we deserve

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 falls on him.

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 the one who can only

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.899
 rightly judge

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 does not exercise it

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:53.339
 but is gracious,

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 merciful,

00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.079
 kind,

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.859
 and generous

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 to you

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 and to me.

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 Judgmental hypocrites,

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:00.759
 right?

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 The only non-hypocrite

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.980
 in the history

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.599
 of the world

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 suffered

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.319
 and died

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.259
 the judgmental

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.179
 hypocrite's fate

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:08.519
 so that hypocrites

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.339
 like you and I

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 would escape judgment.

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 That is the good news

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.339
 of the Christian message.

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 And friends,

00:22:15.959 --> 00:22:17.099
 that has the potential

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.819
 to begin to dig us

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.659
 out of

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:21.279
 this judgmental mess

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.319
 that we find ourselves

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.139
 in our families,

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.939
 in our marriages,

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.779
 in our churches,

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.599
 even in our society,

00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:26.980
 right?

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.919
 We read earlier

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 he was crushed

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.679
 for our iniquities.

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 The righteous

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:36.379
 suffered for the unrighteous.

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.519
 The judge is judged

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.879
 in our place.

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 And that, friend,

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.899
 is an undeserved gift.

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.240
 It's a free mercy

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 that the good

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.019
 God,

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.059
 who is active

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.679
 in our world,

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.559
 gives us,

00:22:48.739 --> 00:22:48.979
 right?

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.000
 That is the gospel.

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 And I think

00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:52.119
 it's incredibly compelling.

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.179
 I think it's

00:22:53.179 --> 00:22:54.179
 incredibly beautiful.

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.119
 It's more than just

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 intellectually plausible.

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.259
 It's satisfying

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 to the great need

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 of our heart

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 and to our society

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:02.179
 and to our families,

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.500
 right?

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.639
 It becomes hope

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:07.159
 for a world

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.739
 of hypocrites

00:23:07.739 --> 00:23:08.439
 like you and me.

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.579
 And so what do we do forward?

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.579
 Where does this leave us?

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.939
 Well, it leaves us

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 right where

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.779
 chapter 7

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:16.740
 places us,

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 which is it forces us

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.259
 to do radical

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.439
 self-examination,

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.759
 right?

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.339
 Why do you see

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.240
 the speck that is

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.980
 in your brother's eye

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.779
 but do not notice

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.579
 the log that is

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.359
 in your own eye?

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.460
 Or how can you say

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.919
 to your brother,

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.960
 let me take the speck

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.839
 out of your own eye

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.799
 when there is a log

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.699
 in your own eye,

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.299
 right?

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:34.439
 Jesus used an illustration

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:35.699
 that has a rhetorical

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.859
 question behind it,

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 and it's this.

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 Can you tell someone

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.980
 to remove a splinter

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.059
 or a speck of dust

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.700
 from their eye

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.059
 when there is a whole plank,

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.180
 a two by four?

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.799
 And those are the words

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.859
 that Jesus is using

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:48.180
 in your own eye.

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.339
 Well, absolutely not.

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.079
 It's impossible.

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.879
 And just like a speck

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.740
 is far worse,

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.879
 a log is far,

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.180
 a log in the eye

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.759
 is far worse

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.639
 than a speck of dust,

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.379
 self-righteousness,

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.299
 judgmentalism

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.180
 is far worse

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.019
 in your life

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.399
 than any other issue

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.220
 you may see

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.299
 in another person's life.

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:07.359
 And that the self-righteous

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.359
 judgmental spirit

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.159
 is the one thing

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:10.680
 that is preventing you

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.960
 from being able

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.000
 to accurately see

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.759
 around you, right?

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.680
 And so the application

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.659
 here for us

00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.960
 is to take

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.639
 a hard look

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.339
 at ourselves.

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.299
 It means that

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.899
 each of us

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:23.119
 must be in consistent

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.919
 patterns

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:25.220
 and relationships

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.460
 and liturgies

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.579
 of self-examination,

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:29.259
 of constant repentance,

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:31.019
 of self-reflection.

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.500
 There's an author

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.680
 whom I respect greatly.

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.779
 It's named Fleming Rutledge

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.580
 and she says this,

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.480
 every Christian

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.299
 is summoned

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.680
 to see him or herself

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.279
 among the perpetrators

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.259
 for whom Christ

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.820
 has substituted himself.

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:45.680
 That we must be people

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.799
 who are daily,

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.560
 weekly,

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.340
 monthly,

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:51.380
 examining our own hearts,

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.700
 looking for the specks

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.560
 in our own eye,

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:55.060
 not snapping out,

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.440
 searching for the errors

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.880
 and logs in others, right?

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.340
 And this self-respect

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:01.500
 is especially important

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.039
 when we come to a task

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.460
 of speaking to another brother,

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:04.720
 right?

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.379
 Or a sister.

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.740
 Notice,

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.659
 Jesus doesn't say

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:08.180
 never go to another person

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.700
 and call out their sin.

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.319
 He says just do hard work

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.359
 on yourself first.

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.379
 And this is so important

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:16.139
 for those of us

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.839
 who are in positions

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.500
 of authority

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.139
 or leadership

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.099
 in our world, right?

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.740
 And all of us

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.480
 have that authority

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.519
 in some ways or another.

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.559
 Elders,

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.259
 parents,

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.960
 husbands,

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.279
 peers.

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:29.000
 If you are going to go

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.139
 to your brother and sister

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.500
 and say,

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.660
 hey,

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.380
 this needs work

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.960
 in your life,

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.759
 spend days

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.980
 in prayer,

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.740
 examining your own heart.

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.640
 Spouses,

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.819
 if you know of an error

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.440
 in your husband

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.799
 or your wife's life,

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.859
 before you go and say

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.720
 this needs to change,

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.720
 spend days

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.039
 looking to your own heart.

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.720
 Roommates,

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.619
 before you get on

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.599
 your roommate

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:53.660
 for cleaning the dishes again

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:55.140
 or not picking up

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.180
 their shoes at the door,

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.619
 look at your own heart.

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:59.559
 Where are there failures

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.619
 of love in you, right?

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.399
 I often tell

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:03.019
 in premarital counseling,

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.679
 which I do a lot

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.479
 with college students,

00:26:05.479 --> 00:26:06.299
 that if you're going

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.879
 to have a fight,

00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.799
 you have to go into it

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.000
 saying,

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.479
 I'm 51% of the problem.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.319
 I'm bringing more error

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.419
 into this relationship

00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:13.239
 than you are, right?

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.319
 If you have two people

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.279
 who are willing to do this,

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.419
 there can maybe

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.799
 be reconciliation, right?

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.239
 Parents,

00:26:19.739 --> 00:26:20.899
 this is so true for us.

00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.879
 As we're shepherding

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.839
 young hearts,

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.619
 as we're directing

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.359
 young minds

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.479
 to know and love the Lord,

00:26:25.479 --> 00:26:26.239
 we must be

00:26:26.239 --> 00:26:27.419
 constantly repenting.

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.880
 I had to do it

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.320
 this morning

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.960
 with my daughter.

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.140
 Here I am,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.600
 a preacher,

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.500
 having to tell my daughter,

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.259
 I'm sorry, honey,

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:33.000
 I snapped at you.

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.779
 Will you forgive me?

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.840
 Constant repentance.

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.200
 And this is true

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.140
 for all of our lives,

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.600
 neighbors,

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.340
 co-workers,

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.080
 classmates,

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.940
 to be examining

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.500
 ourselves more and more,

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.759
 to be examining

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.820
 for the specs, right?

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.600
 And think with me,

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.580
 if we were to create

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.380
 cultures,

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.519
 marriages,

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.340
 families,

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.259
 churches,

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.840
 community,

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.460
 home groups

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.820
 that are animated

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.759
 by this kind of

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.500
 repentant

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.879
 self-reflection,

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.579
 what kind of a church

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.319
 would we be?

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.460
 If we,

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.059
 Christians,

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.799
 if Cheyenne Mountain

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.619
 Presbyterian Church

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.119
 was a church

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.039
 known inside

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.720
 and outside

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.299
 as a church

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.700
 that is a repentant,

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:11.440
 self-examining community

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.940
 that looks to the one

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.660
 who was judged

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 in their place

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 and then responds

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.559
 with self-examination

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 and repentance,

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 what kind of a model,

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.519
 what kind of a good news,

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.900
 what kind of a salt

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 and light contrast

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 would that provide

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 to a world

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 of condemnation

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 and judgment?

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 Suddenly,

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 I hope,

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 I trust that our peers

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 and our non-Christian friends

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 would say something's

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 different in this place

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 and we can say,

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:37.980
 yes,

00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.860
 we are not a people

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 condemned.

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 We are a people

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 who know mercy.

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 Though we are hypocrites,

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 we serve a merciful God.

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.320
 Husbands,

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 how are you?

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.780
 Session,

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.519
 how are you?

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.360
 Wives,

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.860
 how are you?

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.259
 Children,

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:54.419
 how are you repenting?

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.779
 One of my favorite pastors,

00:27:58.939 --> 00:28:00.240
 he's a missionary theologian,

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:01.559
 commenting on this passage,

00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:01.859
 writes,

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 he says,

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 the world does not need

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 a perfect eye,

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 but a consciously imperfect eye.

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 The world does not need

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:10.419
 a perfect Cheyenne Mountain

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.479
 Presbyterian church.

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.779
 The world needs

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:14.959
 a consciously repenting,

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.699
 imperfect Cheyenne Mountain

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.679
 Presbyterian church.

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 That is what Jesus

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 is getting at here.

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 That means as long

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 as we are a world

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 full of logs and specks,

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.240
 we are in this

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.779
 conscious,

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.599
 vicious cycle.

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 But as long

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 as we are people

00:28:28.979 --> 00:28:29.639
 who are aware

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.599
 that we are imperfect

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 and repentant

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 and looking to the judge

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 judged in our place,

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 then there can be hope.

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.859
 Then there can be

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 goodness and sweetness,

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 right?

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 And so this passage

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 does not command you

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.779
 to go out

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 and beat you up

00:28:44.479 --> 00:28:44.779
 and say,

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:46.059
 stop judging others.

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 No.

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 That would abuse us all.

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 That would beat us up.

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 But rather,

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.940
 as John Owen,

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.159
 the great pastor

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.960
 of mortification,

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.799
 says when he talks

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.940
 about killing sin,

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.680
 he says the only effective

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.720
 and long-term way

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.659
 to kill sin

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.839
 is to not focus

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.519
 on our sin,

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:02.619
 not focus on the brokenness,

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.119
 but to focus on Jesus.

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 Focus on his loveliness.

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.180
 Focus on,

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.960
 in this text,

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.319
 the judge judged

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.399
 in your place.

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 how sweet

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.120
 and compelling

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.900
 and how generous

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 and how merciful

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.720
 that is

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.960
 to marvel

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:20.080
 at the anti-hypocrite

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.800
 punished

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:22.640
 for your hypocrisy.

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 And if that,

00:29:24.780 --> 00:29:25.380
 when that,

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:26.600
 as that is sweet

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.300
 to your heart,

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:29.019
 that becomes the balm,

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.600
 the healing

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:32.519
 for our judgmental

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.880
 and your judgmental world.

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:35.220
 So don't try

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.680
 to not be a judgy person.

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.040
 Look to the one

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.880
 who was judged

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:41.080
 in your place

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.119
 moment by moment,

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.179
 hour by hour,

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:45.379
 and be ever humbled

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.899
 by that

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 and refreshed

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.659
 by that good news.

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.799
 Would you pray with me?

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.119
 Father in heaven,

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:53.599
 your word cuts

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.240
 to the core

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.779
 as it always does.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.679
 We are struck,

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.480
 I'm struck

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.539
 by my desperate need

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.980
 for you to be gracious

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.159
 to us all,

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.359
 that we live

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.859
 in a time

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.439
 and in a world

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:06.359
 that is full

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.159
 of judgment,

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.759
 wrongly placed judgment,

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.059
 and that you alone

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.079
 are our hope.

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.299
 Thank you, Lord.

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.139
 Thank you, Christ,

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.720
 that you were indeed

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.859
 judged in our place.

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.559
 You received

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.319
 the condemnation

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.079
 that we deserve

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.460
 and we receive

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.259
 the acceptance

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.000
 and the mercy

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.500
 that we don't deserve.

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.440
 I pray for each

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.240
 heart in here,

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.059
 maybe people

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.480
 who have heard it

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.379
 for a million times

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.079
 or for the first,

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.179
 that it would sink

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.799
 in deep

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.079
 and that you would

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.139
 minister to us

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:36.000
 and send us out

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.079
 more Christ-like

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.179
 through your word.

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.799
 That it's in Christ's

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.180
 name we pray.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.519
 Amen.

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.519
 Amen.

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.539
 Amen.

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.860
 Amen.

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:41.920
 Amen.

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.340
 Amen.

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:42.779
 Amen.

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.660
 Amen.

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:43.779
 Amen.

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:43.940
 Amen.

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.299
 Amen.

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:45.720
 Amen.

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.759
 Amen.

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:46.940
 Amen.

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:52.480
 Amen.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.620
 Amen.

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.519
 Amen.

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.019
 Amen.

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.279
 Amen.

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.580
 Amen.

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:57.980
 Amen.

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.240
 Amen.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.640
 Amen.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.720
 Amen.

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.000
 Amen.

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.180
 Amen.

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.380
 Amen.

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.960
 Amen.

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.060
 Amen.

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.460
 Amen.

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.680
 Amen.

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.019
 Amen.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.240
 Amen.

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.440
 Amen.

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.160
 Amen.

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.740
 Amen.

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.820
 Amen.

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.400
 Amen.

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.880
 Amen.