LifePointe Christian Church
Speaker: Chris Delfs, Senior Pastor
NOT'omatic- Judge NOT- Week 5
Matthew 7:1 NIV
Why can religious people be judgmental?
The religious judge because of jealousy
Hebrews 11:25 (sin pleasurable for a time)
Matthew 7:1 NIV
Matthew 7:2 NIV
How do you want to be judged?
Want to be judged mercifully. Compassionately. Graciously.
Take into account my entire story
Matthew 7:3 NIV
Looking at the dust in your eye distracts me from the plank in my own
We do not see what is in our eye
It is hard to see in the mirror
Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite
Hypocrite:More focused on what is wrong with someone else than what is not right in themselves
Moral of the story: Mind your own business?
Matthew 7:5 NIV
The fact that you are a mess helps me become less of a mess
Following Jesus: Leveraging what God has done IN me, and God has done FOR me for the sake of OTHER people
Getting to a place where you can appropriately approach someone else Address our issues to prepare us to help other people with their issues.
Not judgmental but obedience
Self-awareness paves the way to live out love to one another
Love forbids me from sizing up others and writing them off
Love forbids me from sizing up others and walking away
Do I size people up and let them walk?
Repent of the sin of self-righteousness
If sin of others does not break your heart, maybe never broken over own sin
Do I size people up and walk away?
Love requires the difficult conversations
Confront
Do I refuse to listen?
Defensiveness ensures my past will continue to determine my future
No one confronts perfectly
Time to listen