Series – ‘10 Questions Jesus asked’Today

‘Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s

eye?’ Matt 7:1-6

Do not judge

Matt 7:1a

Gk word translated ‘Judge’ = ‘Krino’

= Summoned to trial = Opinion concerning

right/wrong

In this passage ‘judging’ implies a harsh/censorious spirit

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,

‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and

sinners?’

Matt 9:11

Scribes & Pharisees judgmental

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from

Jerusalem and asked, ‘Why do your disciples break the

tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!’

Matt 15:1-2

Scribes & Pharisees judgmental

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from

me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules

Matt 15:7-9

Scribes & Pharisees judgmental

‘Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like

whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the

inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same

way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside

you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness

Matt 23:27-28

Scribes & Pharisees judgmental

“Grace delights in differences, encourages individuality,

smiles on variety and allows room from

disagreements”

Where does the criticism come from?

Wounds from a friend can be trusted

Prov 27:6

How should we handle criticism?

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another

Prov 27:17

Is there any truth in the criticism?

Whoever heeds life-giving correction

will be at home among the wise

Prov 15:31

How should we handle criticism?

How should we handle criticism?

Bill Hybels

Don’t respond in anger

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word

stirs up anger

Prov 15:1

How should we handle criticism?

Commit the matter to God

O Lord, hear me as I pray;

pay attention to my groaning

Psalm 5:1

How should we handle criticism?

Pray for the person

… But I tell you, love your enemies

and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your

Father in heaven

Matt 5:43-45a

How should we handle criticism?

Confess any sin

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and

purify us from all unrighteousness

1 John 1:9

How should we handle criticism?

Forgive your accuser

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any

of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you

Col 3:13

How should we handle criticism?

‘Do not judge, or you too will be judged For in the same way as you judge others, you will

be judged, and with the measure you use,

it will be measured to you

Matt 7:1-2

We will ALL be judged

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: do not think of yourself more highly than you

ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment,

in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you

Rom 12:3

Properly evaluate our own gifts/abilities

let us encourage one another - and

all the more as you see the Day

approaching

Heb 10:25b

Encourage one another