“The Mark of Wisdom”
Scripture: Matthew 7:1
Audience: Sermon on the Mount
Who is Talking: Jesus

Main Point: Judge not, lest ye be judged

Opening

• Making decisions in general
  • A lot of people struggle with it
  • Some are quicker, some are more thorough
• A common decision that we make, though it’s rarely unconscious, is to judge others
• We have been commanded not to do so
  • Compari-SIN
  • Today we’ll go in to detail as to WHY

Scripture 1 (Matthew 7:1-5)

“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. 

Main Points

• Why does God not want us to Judge?
  • We don’t know what we’re doing.
• When does God pass Judgment?
• How does God pass Judgment? Pure, just, righteous, unbias, etc
  • How do we? Flawed, bias, snap, jaded, influenced
• He says it in verse 3
  • Jesus told us that we’re not clean enough to pass judgment
  • We need to work on ourselves first, then we’ll “see clearly” to help others

CONCLUSION:

• Many people don’t think they are good enough for God
• They have come to this conclusion because they have judged themselves
• Remember how God judges and WHEN. There is still time for everyone no matter what your past looks like or what your present looks like, your future can be bright if youll just let Him in!
• Lets Pray
• Father, I pray for every one who hears this message, that you will provide them with the wisdom to not judge themselves or anyone else, but to focus on what you’ve taught us to do and the way you’ve taught us to do it. I pray for clarity Lord for your children to SEE the way you’ve seen and to be in this world, but not of this world as you’ve shown. I pray for these things in the name of Yeshua the Messiah, Jesus the Christ, AMEN.