Matthew 7:1-5
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Intro: Welcome my Friends
BIBLE TEXT: Matthew 7:1-5 ““Judge not, that you be not judged.
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
Sermon Title: Take The Plank Out
Joke: My friend growing up had this grump granpa,
Title Points: Careful to Judge
Outline 1
Bible Text : Matthew 7: 1-2 ““Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
One Teaching Idea: (1 Sentence or Less)
The command “Stop judging others” does not refer to judging in a court of law, nor is it a blanket statement against critical thinking. Believers should be discerning and make certain judgments. For example, Jesus said to expose false teachers (7:15–23) and to admonish others in order to help them (18:15). Paul taught that we should exercise church discipline (1 Corinthians 5:1–5). But followers of Christ should not be critical or condemning in their attitudes toward others. A judgmental, critical spirit differs radically from love. Believers’ special position with Christ does not give them license to take God’s place as judge. Those who judge in that manner will find themselves judged likewise by God. As
Cross Reference: Matthew 6:14-15 ““For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
1st Point: How is Your Heart
One Application: When you perceive a fault in others, your first impulse may be to confront or reject that person. But ask yourself first if your awareness of the failure mirrors your own life. Your effort to help will be in vain if the person can point out the same fault in you. Practice your own remedy before you ask them to do it.
Personal Story: I remember doing this with my family back in 2007 when I was in and out of church.
I was telling my family why they needed to go back to church.
When it was me.
Outline 2
Bible Text: Matthew 7:3-5 “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
One Teaching Idea: (1 Sentence or Less)
The word speck is also translated “splinter”; log is also translated “plank” or “beam.”
Many have taken this metaphor to mean that Christians should never correct anyone—one’s personal sins before God are too great to even consider dealing with others’ sins.
However, Jesus’ point was that while we all have sin in our lives (some as small as a speck; some as large as a log),
Cross Reference: John 8:7 “So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.””
2nd Point: How Is That Log In Your Eye
One Application:
Jesus revealed incredible understanding of human nature.
How easy it is for us to overlook our own sins yet easily spot sin in others.
How true that the sin we most clearly see in others is also present in us.
Believers should first deal with their own sins, but they also must correct and guide erring brothers and sisters
Personal Story: King David had this same problem. Falling into adultery and then killing his main soldier
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