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Topic: Judge Not

Matthew 7 1: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, `Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. (NIV)

The words of Jesus tell us that before we look at others we should look within ourselves. If we are going to look at someone and judge them, then let us look within ourselves first. Let us put our own house in order first. The way things work in the world and in our Christian faith is that we all build our own house. The house we build will be of poor quality if there is a 2 by 4 in our eye. It is bad if we build a poor house because the house we build affects others. What is even worse is when we have a 2 by 4 stuck in our eye and we try to tell other people how to build their house. A speck, most people can handle on their own anyway. In our Christian walk, our walk starts and finishes with us and Christ, not with us making judgements about others. It is with humility and meekness that we are to reach out to others. When we are humble and meek we want to serve others regardless of their spiritual condition.

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