Title: Do not criticize (Matthew 7:1-5)
Content The characteristics of Jesus' teaching are plain, easy, and interesting.
The reason is that there are many stories that can be easily found around us.
You made our interests the subject of the story.
He taught mainly topics that were very familiar to the Jews.
The Jewish rabbis taught on many occasions to "don't judge others."
“He who judges his neighbor well will also receive good judgment from God.”
said.
At the same time, six virtues are listed as virtues that bring benefits in the present time and in the hereafter.
The first virtue is research.
Learning the word of God is one of the painful virtues.
However, only when the heart is right can one learn properly.
You must be meek, humble, and diligent to immerse yourself in your studies.
In order to truly become a developed country, we need wisdom and knowledge not only physically
It should be abundant.
To become a mature Christian, you must be more zealous in learning the Word of God.
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The second virtue is to visit the sick.
Caring for the sick requires a warm heart and overflowing love to help the sick.
that can be found.
The time I miss people the most is when they are sick.
At this time, the doors of people's hearts are opened.
The third virtue is hospitality.
You will be blessed if you live openly to your neighbors and share joy with your neighbors.
A house that looks good if you look closely is always full of people.
You should hear the children running.
So is the church.
A virtuous church is a church that treats well.
The fourth virtue is to devote ourselves to prayer.
When is a person the purest and most beautiful?
This is the time to straighten up your heart and pray to God with all your heart.
During prayer time, I only think of the person I love.
When we pray, we are always filled with the desire to bless.
Therefore, if there is a fight between husband and wife or neighbors, the door of prayer will be blocked.
The desire to pray disappears.
The most peaceful time is the time of prayer.
The fifth virtue is teaching our children the Word of God.
Passing on faith to your children and becoming the foundation of wisdom and knowledge
Teaching God's Word is the most precious thing.
Jews do not teach their children how to make money.
It's like teaching stealing.
If we do not teach our children the word of God, they will take away their eternal life.
You will lose the eternal kingdom of God.
The sixth virtue is to consider the good in others.
Thinking of the good is a beautiful virtue.
To think of all things as the grace of God, to see all things with the eyes of love,
This is a precious heart, true faith, and true love.
Dear saints,
How virtuous are our eyes and ears?
How full of grace is your heart?
How beautiful do you see the world?
How much joy and excitement are you living?
Those who believe in Jesus must see and judge everything positively and hopefully.
In 1 Corinthians 13 we learn about love.
Love "ends all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things."
A person who endures, believes, hopes, and perseveres is able to go further
person.
He is a generous person.
Big man.
On the other hand, a person who walks around mischievously is not a big deal.
It is best not to get close to such people.
Then why did the Lord tell us not to criticize?
The first is that our judgment is not accurate.
A rabbi named Helgel said, "Until you are in that person's circumstances or
Don't judge people.">
We don't know others very well.
Nor can you see the heart.
Everyone!
You don't know the speed of your own children, but you don't need to say it's someone else, right?
One of the popular sayings these days is "How can this happen." There is "Amazing."
This is a clear indication of our lack of wisdom.
Generation gap, personality gap, regional gap, it is not an accidental word.
When the old and new generations, the X generations, and the generations are different, the way they think is different.
A quick-tempered person, a fiery person, a laid-back, cold-hearted person.
If you have different personalities, you cannot understand each other.
If the environment you grew up in is different, the way you live your life is also different.
If you look at the Olympic Games that ended a while ago, you carefully analyzed the athletes with the records.
Monthly forecasters' results were wildly wrong.
I expected to win a gold medal, but the result was not.
Our judgment is lacking and inaccurate.
That is why our Lord said not to criticize.
Second, we should not criticize because we are not just and we are not fair.
Tolstoy interprets this verse to an extreme.
<"The Lord forbade the judgment of all human courts.">
The word of the Lord does not forbid judgment in court.
It speaks of the responsibility of one person to another.
We, too, have misunderstood these words, so that we can see Christians as the world is wrong and we just close our eyes.
You should not think of it as living without consciousness.
We are the watchmen of this society.
He is the last defender of truth.
Therefore, we must live sensibly.
We must live by distinguishing between the truth and the untruth.
However, we have our own biases, so we have to be careful in judging others.
Even when they see the same incident, the perspectives of women and nights are different.
There is a difference of opinion from each other.
There are also big differences between regions.
Even genders feel different.
This is a big obstacle.
In old comedy shows, there were funny scenes.
In a boxing match, the referee took a bribe from a player.
So the judgment cannot be fair.
The player who paid the bribe counts down when it goes down, and counts very slowly.
One~ two~ It's been a while again.
This time, the player who did not pay the bribe was down.
Then it counts quickly.
Two, four, six, eight, ten.
How many unfair things are happening around us these days?
You have to stop judging others.
Third, we should not judge because we are not qualified to judge others.
We are all sinners.
Without God's grace, we cannot live even for a moment.
The Bible declares that there is no one righteous on this earth, not even one.
We should not criticize others because we are not good ourselves.
A woman caught at the scene of adultery, to the crowd trying to stone her to death
What did our Lord say?
“He who is without sin, let him first cast a stone at him.”
Then all the crowds that had the momentum, etc., withdrew.
No one has the right to condemn anyone else.
Our Lord also speaks in today's text.
In verse 3 below
"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but not the log that is in your own eye?
Behold, there is a log in your eye, why say to your brother,
Will you make me take the speck out of your eye?
Hypocrites, first remove the plank from your eye.
Then I will see clearly and remove the speck from my brother's eye.>
Before accusing others of wrongdoing, you should examine yourself soberly.
On vacation, I went to the beach.
I'm playing in the water and resting under the parasol.
I thought a lot about people passing by.
If fat and bloated people go around, it's not like anyone else's business and it's considered very polluting.
I didn't go around looking at the faults of others anyway.
It is wisdom to recognize one's shortcomings.
It is better to correct one's own shortcomings than to criticize others' shortcomings.
It is a beautiful image of a Christian.
“Do not criticize, lest you be criticized.
With the criticism you criticize you will be judged.
With the measure that you measure, it will be measured to you.>
You will be rewarded for what you do.
You reap what you sow.
This is an immutable truth.
James 4:11 says, “Brothers, do not slander one another.
He who slanders his brother or judges his brother, blasphemes the law and judges the law.
it would be
If you judge the law, you are not a follower of the law, but a judge.
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, able to save and to destroy.
Who are you to judge your neighbor?"
In 1 Peter 3:10 it says, “Therefore, love life and have a good day.
Whoever desires to see, keep his tongue from speaking evil, and let his lips speak no deceit;
Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.
Your eyes are on the righteous, and your ears are attentive to their supplications.
The face of the Lord is toward those who do evil."
Dear saints!
Don't get involved in other people's affairs, pay attention only to what I have to do,
Let's do our best to live.
We are all sinners with many faults.
Let's look at the faults of others, see our own faults, and leave the faults of others to God.
Instead of judging others, I myself fall into a deep sin.
While talking about other people's faults, our minds are not at peace and only become more dizzy.
As long as we do not judge others, God will not judge us.
“Do not criticize if you will not be criticized.”