Why Look at the Speck

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? Matt 7:3

Yesterday Pastor Omar spoke about this question Jesus asked.

Normally I would write about how the sermon applies to my life but I just feel like this one applies to everyone. The whole sermon was amazing and I wanted to share all the wisdom I could.

Pastor Omar spoke about judging others and making judgement calls. He said that in today’s society people don’t want others telling them what to do, or judging them.

He said that we can sometimes misjudge others. This is a spiritual weapon of mass destruction. It can steal joy.

He explained that we link someone to their past and never allow them to grow and become a new creation in Christ.

He also spoke about making judgement calls in our lives.

He said so often times we misinterpret what the scripture is saying. We don’t know the context on which it’s written.

He gave us ways to interpret scripture.
•Who wrote it
•When they wrote it
•Why they wrote it
•Who are they speaking to

Key points on understanding scripture.

1. Don’t misunderstand what the scripture is saying- take time to know the context
2.Allow scripture to interpret scripture- what is the preponderance evidence of what’s being said
3. The Bible is not only a text to be read but a letter to be lived

Pastor Omar spoke about judging in a hypocritical way. He said you cannot be doing the same thing as you are accusing the other person of.

He said that we need to speak truth in love.

Judgement is not truth telling. All of us have inconsistencies in our life and we need people to help us with our blind spot. We need to allow others to be able to speak into our lives. It is a gift from God to have a extra set of eyes to be able to help us.

Judgement is not communicating consequences.

Pastor Omar said that we need to evaluate those we allow to be in our lives. If someone is stealing from you it’s ok to not have them around anymore.

You cannot be a prisoner to someone else’s disfunction if they are not willing to change.

Making a discernment judgement is not throwing rocks at them.

Continued in comments...1w

• jen_alcaraz

  He said that we can know someone by their fruit.
  
  The fruit may be bad but not the whole tree. We need to make a fruit assessment.
  
  A fruit assessment is determining my interaction with the tree.
  
  When you produce bad fruit of can destroy your life.
  
  One thing I loved that he spoke about is not know seeing the full view of someone’s life.
  
  We can make judgement calls on people with a limited view.
  
  He said don’t make a final verdict about a person when you don’t know the full story.
  
  3 key points on judgement.
  
  1. Don’t be a hypocrite
  2. Have integrity
  3. Have mercy
  
  When we see the spec in our brothers eye we need to have compassion and want to help them.
  
  Last thing I loved is - when you are spiritual enough to have a plank removed in your eye you will see clearly enough so you can help restore others back into relationship with God