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Introduction
Good morning and welcome back!
It is good to see everyone out this fine Sunday Morning.
This morning we are going to be continuing our Journey Through Matthew, and this morning we are going to be looking at .
Specifically, I would like to look at if you would like to start turning there in your Bibles.
As we have been for the last few weeks, we are looking at some of the different aspects of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount found in and this morning we are going to be looking at the subject of “You be the Judge.”
Anybody ever heard someone say “Don’t Judge me?”
Or, “who are you to judge?”
Well there is some good truth found in that and most people will cite as their source for their rational that no one should ever judge a single thing they ever do.
However, there is a very big difference in judging someone and judging their actions.
And while to be honest we cannot accurately judge someone as a person, but we can get a pretty good idea of their character based on their actions.
And I will go a step further and say that we should absolutely judge the actions of others.
Not so much whether or not it is something we would do but rather whether or not their actions are in line with God’s Word.
And lets take it just one more step further, while we are judging the actions of others we should also hold up a big mirror and look at our own actions a bit as well.
Because, we have no business judging and looking at what others are doing when we are doing the exact same thing.
So, that’s where we are going to be going with this Scripture this morning.
If you have found in your Bible, I’d invite you to stand with me as we start looking at what Jesus says about judging others.
Matthew writes . . .
Scripture Focus
Don’t Judge Unless You Want to Be Judged
Now, Jesus in the previous section, which we did not cover in detail was dealing with the subject of worry.
He actually tells them in chapter six starting in verse 25 . . .
Matthew 6:25-
And then in verse 27 . . .
Matthew 6:27
And then in verses 31-32 . . .
Anybody know someone like this?
They will worry themselves to death over things that they have absolutely no control whatsoever over.
You may be here and that describes you.
Jesus tells us though not to worry because God knows exactly what we need, even before we could ever ask for it.
So, this morning think about it for a minute, what do you need from God?
What is it in the back of your mind that has you worried today?
It could be a physical sickness, and we have a lot of people right now that are sick.
And if you are not sick, you should be praying for those around you who are.
Praying that God will touch them both physically and emotionally, because sickness impacts more than just your physical condition.
You could be worried about money or worried about your kids, or any number of things.
I want to tell you again though, and it is much easier said than done but Jesus tells us not to worry because God has got this.
Whatever is on your mind, on your heart, God knows and God has it under control.
But also, it is very, very easy to say “Don’t worry” but much harder to carry out.
However, Jesus has the answer for that as well.
Jesus knows that it easier said than done.
So he gives us the answer to worry.
Jesus tells us . . .
Matthew 6:33
Seek God’s kingdom, God’s righteousness, God’s path and the worry will start to diminish.
It diminishes because as you seek God, you see God work and your faith begins to grow and build.
And that in turns turns down the voice in the back of your head telling you to worry about this and worry about that.
Will that voice ever completely go away?
Probably not, but it’s power will begin to get weaker and weaker and weaker.
Because as the Holy Spirit begins to grow within us the flesh begins to decrease.
So today start asking God to reveal Himself to you.
To reduce that worry that resides in you.
And you will see things begin to change.
It may be a slow change but they will start to change.
So, Jesus here goes from talking about worry to now talking about passing judgement on others.
And the reason for that is because many times people will get that flippant attitude of “you should just stop worrying,” when they have no idea what a person is going through.
Also, they will begin to judge them on other aspects of their life, when they haven’t walked one minute in that person’s shoes and experienced one thing that person has.
So, Jesus uses the worrying issue as a springboard to start talking about judging others.
And he starts out with . . .
matthew 7:1-
And this goes right back to what I was talking about earlier regarding passing judgment on other people.
Jesus plainly tells us us do not judge, or you too will be judged.
And like I was saying, Jesus was in no way talking about what people do, the actions that they take in life.
This is why Jesus says in verse six of our passage . . .
He is talking about judging sin as sin and judging actions as they are.
However, Jesus is not talking about passing judgement on their entirety as a person.
The best way I can explain it is that Jesus is saying put yourself in their shoes.
if your life was just like theirs was how you would react to situations?
What choices would you make about things?
Because if you want to judge others those are the standards.
Don’t go around judging other people based on how you would would typically react because your life has been different.
You can’t judge based on your standards.
All judgment is based on God’s standards.
And the last time I checked God was the only one qualified to judge on those standards.
That is what Jesus means when he says to them . . .
If you want to get into the judgement business then that’s fine but realize that God, who knows all will judge you based on the same standards as you are using to judge others.
Are you harsh and critical of other people?
If you are you need to be very careful.
Because God does not care about our standards and what we think is right or wrong.
Look around the world today.
It is turned completely upside down.
What the world thinks is right is completely wrong in a lot of instances.
And there may even be some things that you think are right that just may not be so either.
But again, don’t misunderstand me.
Sin is sin and the Bible is very clear on many things that are sin.
This is not what we are talking about here.
If it is sin, we call it like we see it, but be careful that in judging the actions that you don’t transfer that judgement on the person.
Don’t look at their sinful actions and conclude that “they are no good,” or “they are worthless.”
No, their actions may be no good, but that person is a valuable creation of God that was created with the same love and care as you were.
Instead of dismissing them as “useless,” You should be fulfilling the command to love them and teach them different.
Judging Actions in the Proper Context
Now, we have established that there is a difference between judging others and judging their actions.
And we have established that Jesus never told us not to judge a person’s actions for what they were.
However, in this next section, Jesus is going to call us out a bit.
He is going to give us some guidelines about how we should be judging these actions.
Matthew records Jesus as saying . . .
matthew 7:
And I love these verses.
I like how Jesus lays it out there and how he explains it in a way that it is easy for them to understand.
Because Jesus knows that even though he is is telling them not to judge the person and to focus more on their actions and how they could be taught to do different things that people are still going to be looking at them.
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