Why Do You Look at the Speck?

Matthew 7:1–5 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” 

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Romans 2:1-3 ‘You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.’

• Jealousy is one of the primary reasons why people judge others.
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“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭1‬-‭2‬

Replace Criticism with Compassion

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13

• Love is not what you say when it’s easy. Love is what you do when it’s hard.

“David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die!” 2 Samuel 12:5 

“Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.” 2 Samuel 12:7

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:10-14

Psalm 139:23–24: “Search me, O God, and know my heart… see if there be any wicked way in me.”

• People don’t stay together because they forget. They stay together because they forgive.
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 “I felt the same way, about you!”

• PEOPLE JUDGE BECAUSE of Self-righteousness
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Romans 15:1 “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.”

Life Application

• Have a heart of compassion 
• Examine yourself 
• See the good in everyone

Judging hurts people. 

It hurts us. 

It perpetuates stereotypes 

It puts negativity into the world.