Judge not lest you be judged (The speck and the log Matthew 7:1-5)

Judge not lest you be judged (The speck and the log Matthew 7:1-5)

“You cannot judge me.” The famous words of anyone who knows a little bit about the Bible and does not like the fact that they are being lovingly called out for their actions. They will say the Bible says, Judge not let you be judged, which the Bible absolutely does say in Matthew 7:1 but the problem is they take this quote out of context and totally ignore the rest of chapter 7. In this parable of Jesus, He tells everyone that before we go around and point our fingers out others, we need to make sure that we are not guilty of the same thing we are pointing out in their life. He says that before we try to remove the speck from our brother’s eye, we need to make sure that we remove the board from our own eye. If we can not see clearly because of the faults in our life, then we have no business trying to help someone else over come it in their life. So, when Jesus tells us, “To Judge not lest you be judged” if you continue reading you see that if we do judge others harshly (hypocritically) then God will use that same standard to judge us.

If you read further into Matthew chapter 7 (verse 15-20) you see that Jesus commands us to judge people by that fruit that they bare. He says that if they bring forth evil fruit then you know that they are evil and if they bring forth good fruit than you know that they are good. The idea that we are not to judge one another is a complete fabrication of the enemy and one that is designed because the darkness hates to have light shined upon their evil deeds. The church should be first examining their own hearts for defects and then when we are satisfied that we are clear, we should lovingly be seeking to help others overcome shortcomings in their life by the power and love of God. The world says mind your own business, but the
gospel says that we are to go unto all the world making disciples. We do not seek to condemn others of their mistakes but instead let them know that there is an escape from them in the form of Jesus Christ. We do not look down on them, nor are we critical of them, we simply want the world to understand that there is an escape from the problems of this world and an eternal Kingdom to gain.