What Makes Jesus Mad? #5 – My Moral High Ground

What Makes Jesus Mad? #5 – My Moral High Ground 

Pastor Blake Hanson | 6.3.25

Matthew 7:1–5 (NLT)

1 “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. 

2 For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. 

3 “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? 

5 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.

Matthew 5:14–16 (NLT)

14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 

15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 

16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

WHEN IT COMES TO MY MORALS… 

1. Stop thinking in and start living to reach people. 

Luke 15:1–2 (NLT)

1 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 

2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!

: to make something holy (us)

: are principles or rules that guide individuals in determining what is right and wrong behavior

2. Live by your convictions, not . 

Luke 18:9–12 (NLT)

9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 

10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 

11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 

12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

Luke 18:13–14 (NLT)

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ 

14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

3. Shape your morals by God’s . 

Psalm 119:9 (NLT)

9 How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.

Romans 2:14–15 (NLT)

14 Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 

15 They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.

1 Peter 1:15–16 (NLT)

15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 

16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

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