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John wanted a wife.
He brought several women home to meet his parents.
Dad liked them all.
But Mom criticized them all, harshly.
He worried, "I'll never find a bride Mom likes."
Worried, he talked to a friend.
The counsel? "Find a woman just like your mom."
He searched till found a clone.
She looked like Mom.
Talked like Mom.
Walked like Mom.
Even thought like Mom.
One Friday, he told his friend he'd take her home to meet his parents.
On Monday, his friend asked, "How'd it go?" "Great.
Mom loved her.
But Dad couldn't stand her." Today, Jesus speaks about worry, criticism, & judging to Mom, Dad, John, & us.
Let's look at Mt 6:25-7:20.
25aDon't worry.
25bNot about our life.
25cWhat we'll eat or drink.
25aAbout our body.
25eOr what we'll wear.
25fIsn't life more important than those?
26aLook at the birds.
26bThey don't sow, reap, or store up seed.
26cYet our heavenly Father feeds them.
If they work, they eat.
26dAren't we much more valuable?
Would God remember them & forget us?
Hah! 27Who by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
What worries us most?
Problems that never happen.
Why waste today's energy worrying tomorrow's trouble?
Stop! 28aAnd clothes... 28bSee how the lilies grow.
28cThey don't work for their clothes or make them.
29Yet not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one.
30aThat's how God clothes the grass of the field.
30bIt's here today, thrown in the fire tomorrow.
30bWon't He much more clothe us?
When we worry, Jesus calls us 30cLittle Faith! 31aStop worrying: 31b'What'll we eat?' 31c'What'll we drink?' 31d'What'll we wear?' Stop it!
32aPagans chase all the things we need.
We don't have to.
32bOur heavenly Father knows we need them.
33aSeek 1st His kingdom & His righteousness.
Trust our Father to meet our need.
Trust, & 33ball these things will be given to us as well.
Jesus' point?
34aDon't worry about tomorrow.
Just don't.
It's a command.
34bTomorrow will worry about itself.
No need to worry it today.
34cEach day has enough trouble of its own.
So, don't borrow tomorrow's trouble.
Stop being 'Little Faith.'
We have a good Father.
What do we say to Him when we worry?
'I don't trust You to meet my needs.'
Here's the truth.
Worry is a land mine in our relationship with the Father.
Worry, & He'll call us Little Faith, too.
There are also land mines to avoid in our relationships with others.
One of the biggest?
1aDon't judge.
Do so, & 1bwe'll be judged.
By them.
And by God.
Worse?
2aIn the same way we judge others, we'll be judged.
View others as untrustworthy?
Guess how they'll see us! 2bWith the measure we use, it'll be measured to us.
It's the Golden Rule's opposite.
Don't treat others how we don't want to be treated.
Don't judge them harshly, & they won't judge us harshly.
If we don't have to judge, don't.
If we do have to judge, let love, grace, & mercy guide us.
If we judge others, there's another land mine.
3aWhy do we look at the speck of sawdust in our brother's eye & pay no attention to the plank in our own eye?
What we judge in others is worse in us.
Their speck, our log.
Why do you think it bothers us so much?
4How can we say to our brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there's a plank in our own eye?
5aHypocrite, 5b1st take the plank out of our own eye.
Whatever bothers us in them, judge it in us 1st.
That'll prepare us with the mercy they need.
5cOnly then will we see clearly to remove the speck from our brother's eye.
Helping others out of sin is like eye surgery.
If someone does surgery on our eye, we want them very gentle, even tender!
Just so, be gentle in helping others see their sin.
Be tender & merciful in helping them.
That's what we want.
Another land mine with others?
6aDon't give dogs what's sacred.
If someone refuses help, stop.
6bDon't throw your pearls to pigs.
Don't waste our breath.
6cIf we do, they may trample what we said under their feet, & then turn & tear us to pieces.
By word or deed.
As we seek to help others, we need help.
Guidance.
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