What Jesus Says about Judging

What Jesus Says about Judging

Matthew 7.1-6 CSB

Outline

v.1

Agreeing to Terms

• Judging:
  • Divine: God’s judgment (Hebrews 9.27 and Romans 14.10)
  • Human: analyzing or evaluating
    • Dismissing, demonizing, distancing, categorizing, marginalizing

1. 2

– Luke 6.36-37

• Do you hope God will be more gracious toward you than you are toward others?

vv.3-5

Parameters of Righteous Judging

1. WHO to Judge

• 1 Cor 5.12-13

• How to judge

• Why to judge: Galatians 6.1 and James 5:19-20

2. WHEN to Judge (v.5)

• To judge rightly, I must see clearly

To avoid hypocrisy…

• I have to judge my judgments

Flow of judging:

1. Myself
2. Christians in close relationship*
3. Christians in my church*
4. Christians in other churches*

* Only after judging myself

v.6

• While we aren’t to be merciless, neither should we be mechanical.