Judge Wisely
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Pastor Beau Waldrep, October 13, 2024
Part of the Listen & Learn series, preached at a Sunday Online service
Matthew 7:1-6
“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 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? 4 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? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Sermon Notes
Judgment – the act of carrying out a judicial process (used in Matthew 7 to carry the idea of a condemnation)
REMEMBER GRACE
The grace provided to you through Jesus empowers wisdom and discernment to help you point people toward Jesus.
3 Prayers for Wise Judgement:
“Jesus, help my sin”
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. James 1:23–24.
“Our habitual response to Scripture must be to say, ‘What about me?’ rather than, ‘What about others?’” Stuart K. Weber, Matthew, vol. 1, Holman New Testament Commentary.
“Jesus, help my brother”
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Galatians 6:1.
“First of all, let us consider whether the man’s fault is such as we ourselves have never had, or whether it is one that we have overcome. Then, if we have never had such a fault, let us remember that we are human, and could have had it. But, if we have had it and are rid of it now, let us remember our common frailty, in order that mercy—and not hatred—may lead us to the giving of reproval or rebuke.” Augustine of Hippo, Commentary on the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount with Seventeen Related Sermons, ed. Hermigild Dressler, trans. Denis J. Kavanagh, vol. 11, The Fathers of the Church
“Jesus, help me discern”
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. Proverbs 9:8
“We are to get rid of a critical spirit, but seek to be a discerning person.” Stuart K. Weber, Matthew, vol. 1, Holman New Testament Commentary.