Matthew 7:1-6

Opening Questions

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

What kinds of things do people criticize you for most commonly?

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

How do you tend to respond when someone calls you on the carpet or corrects you?

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

What would your friends say is your biggest fault?

The Text - Matthew 7:1-6

Matthew 7:1–6 ESV

1 “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. 6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

What happens to those who are judgmental or critical? (7:1)

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

In what way will we be judged? (7:2)

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

What kind of faults do we notice in others? (7:3)

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

How did Jesus illustrate the foolishness of the way we find fault with others? (7:3)

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

*What did Jesus call those who ignore their own imperfections and focus on the flaws of others? Why? (7:5)

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

When is it good to confront others with their faults? (7:5)

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

*Why is it necessary to deal with one’s own sins first? (7:5)

Application Questions

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

*When, if ever, should we criticize or judge someone else?

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

*How can we become more merciful and nonjudgmental?

Adult Questions for LESSONmaker Judging Others—Matthew 7:1–6

1. *How can you begin this week to get in the habit of examining your own life before you start criticizing others?

Dog = Homosexual slur?

Deuteronomy 23:17–18 ESV

17 “None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. 18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Dog could also just refer to immoral and wrong people

DOG (כֶּלֶב, kelev) (κύων, kyōn). A feral or domestic animal mentioned frequently and most often derogatorily in the Old and New Testaments. Feral dogs lived in packs outside of town (Psa 59:6; 59:14) or as scavengers in town (see 1 Kgs 14:11). “Dog” is often used as an insult (1 Sam 17:43; 24:14). Outsiders, such as Gentiles, are called dogs by those referred to as the Jews (Matt 15:26; Rev 22:15), as are male prostitutes (Deut 23:18). Dogs were also used as guards for livestock (Isa 56:10; Job 30:1).

Kelev can also be defined as a “pederast”