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*THE DANGER OF JUDGING OTHERS*
*Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 4 of 36*
*Romans 2:1-16*
*Rick Warren*
There is one sin that you will probably have to deal with more often than any other sin in your life.
It is so subtle, it often catches us by surprise.
Paul clearly identifies this tendency in this section of Romans.
*I.
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE OTHERS Romans 2:1-5*
Definition: "krino"
4 characteristics of a self-righteous person:
(vs.
1)
(vs.
2)
(vs.
3)
(vs.
4)
When is it wrong to judge others:
Romans 2:1-3
Matt.
7:1-3
John 7:24
John 7:51
Col.
2:16
James 4:11-12
1 Cor.
4:5
*II.
ONLY GOD HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE OTHERS Romans 2:6-16*
When God will judge people: (vs.
16)
How God will judge people:
(vs.
2)
(vs.
11)
What we will be judged for:
(vs.
6-10)
(vs.
12-15)
(vs.
16)
Our only hope: Rev.
20:12-15; John 3:16-17; John 5:24
\\ *THE DANGER OF JUDGING OTHERS*
*Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 4 of 36*
*Romans 2:1-16*
*Rick Warren*
We began this new section on sin in the book of Romans.
Tonight I want us to look at what Jesus attacked more often, more severely, more directly than any other sin.
It wasn't adultery, it wasn't taking drugs, it wasn't watching TV.
But it was the sin of self righteousness.
I agree with Churck Swindoll who calls this the deadliest sin in the world.
You can find it anywhere.
Whether you're rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Christian or non Christian, you can find this attitude of judging others -- politicians, prostitutes, pimps and pastors.
Everybody is guilty of this sin.
You can find it everywhere.
It's one sin we tend to make excuses for.
"I'm not really judging; I'm just a fruit inspector."
This sin Paul talks about as being a major problem in our lives.
We talked about how all of mankind are guilty before God.
We looked at what is probably the most realistic picture of what sin does to people in the entire Bible.
It was graphic and gruesome.
In Roman culture you could find every single vice.
Likewise in American culture you can find every single vice.
But Paul imagined people reading that and thinking "That's not me!
I'm no pervert!
I'm a decent law abiding citizen!
I'm a respectable person."
If that's the way you feel, Romans 2 is for you.
The moral self righteous person is just as guilty as the immoral person.
In fact, no body is innocent.
*I.
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE OTHERS*
The key to this section is in the first verse.
It's the word "judgement".
/"You therefore have no excuse, you who pass judgement."
/ The word judgement does not mean evaluate, analyze or discriminate or be discerning.
It literally means condemn.
It means sentence, pass a verdict.
He's not talking about having discernment.
You who condemn other people.
You who judge other people... Judging is the favorite pass time of the self righteous.
He says no one has the right to judge other people and then he says only God has the right to judge other people.
He starts off in the first four verses about *four characteristics of the self righteous person*, the person who thinks "I'm not so bad.
I'm OK.
I'm no gross sinner!
I have a few faults and weaknesses but I'm all right."
He says four things about this self righteous person:
*1.
He accuses others and excuses himself.*
v. 1 /"You therefore have no excuse, you who pass judgement on somebody else.
For whatever point you judge the others, you are condemning yourself, for you who pass judgement are doing the same thing."/
Isn't it typical about human nature to be unrealistic about ourselves?
Everybody else is guilty but we're innocent.
It's everybody else's fault.
The common word for this is hypocrisy which means we're inconsistent.
The worse kind of pride is religious pride.
"I've got it together and you don't!"
These people judge other people particularly these people in chapter 1 who are really blowing it in an obvious way but to themselves they say, "I'm not so bad!"
How do we excuse our sin?
He says, You're not really without excuse but you try to.
1) We label our own sin.
We don't gossip, we're just sharing a concern.
"I'm not critical, I'm discerning.
I'm not lazy, I'm mellow."
We relabel our sin.
"I'm not negative, I'm realistic.
I'm not unreliable, I'm flexible."
We take what we judge in other people, but when it comes to ourselves we say it's not wrong, it's just our characteristic, "just the way I am".
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