When God graciously removes the log from your eye, how will you then approach your brother? You will come gently, because that is who God has been to you. Galatians 6:1 gives us the pattern: restore, in a spirit of gentleness, while keeping watch on yourself. The same...
Most people think this verse means mind your own business and leave the speck alone. But that is not what Jesus says. He does not say ignore the speck; He says deal with your log first, and then go get the speck. The speck is real. Your brother’s sin matters,...
In Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges calls judgmentalism one of our most respectable sins because it is practiced under the guise of being zealous for what is right. That is what makes it so sneaky. We do not feel like we are sinning when we judge; we feel like we are...
After two chapters describing the citizens of His kingdom, Jesus turns the whole sermon back on us. The question is no longer whether we admire His teaching but whether we will do it. And notice where the doing starts. Not out there with the world that needs fixing,...
Jesus does not simply say do not judge; He says do not judge because there is a consequence. The verse uses what scholars call a divine passive. It does not name who does the judging or the measuring, but everyone in that crowd knew He meant God. Out of reverence they...
