Do not judge others, and you will not
be judged.
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For
you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the
standard by which you will be judged.
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“And
why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
4
How
can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck
in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?
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Hypocrite!
First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal
with the speck in your friend’s eye.
Two words come to mind when I think about agreeing with
God on most subjects. Both have much to
do with my heart. Both are in the
vocabulary of what is known as “Christian Ease” or the language and words that
we throw around often.
The first word is AMEN.
It literally means, “so be it”, yet it fits in my mind and heart a
little better with a definition or synonym of “agree”. At the end of a pray, at the right point in a
sermon or some other appropriate times, people say the word “amen” to add their
approval or agreement.
The second word is one you might not expect. It is the word REPENT. This word means, “to turn and go the other
way”. It is to confess to some truth and
make a deliberate change. When we repent
spiritually, we confess wrongdoing and commit to do things differently or not
to do certain things.
Maybe you have been where I have at times. It is when God speaks to my heart. Often it is difficult to deal with and would
be easiest to bury it, not respond and to keep on. But that is not what God desires. It is not what will give God glory with my
life.
It is easy to see the mistakes of others and to get angry
about them. It is easier to see the
wrong others perpetrate than to see the wrong that I do and continue
doing. Yet to be where God wants me to
be and to be who God made me to be requires humility and truth. It leads me to repent. It leads me to say amen and agree with what
God says.
My heart is often torn by the wickedness of this world
and the bad things people do and say. To
see people hurt, especially those I care about, is so tough, but for me to be
angry about the words or actions of others and to overlook mine is totally wrong.
That is why I will agree with God. That is why I will cherish people and build
them up. That is why I will say no to
bitterness, yes to confession and do all I can give God all the glory.
Removing the piece of wood from my eye is much easier in
the long run than removing the sawdust from some one else’s eye. When God speaks, listen and respond. That is to repent and do something
different. It will make a huge
difference, for you and for others!
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