Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net. Luke chapter 6, verses 41 and 42.

Jesus says, why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log

that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, brother, let me take out the spec that is in your

eye when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the

log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's

eye.

This is pretty clear what we see in Jesus' teaching here and really all over Scripture. It is far easier to see sin in others than it is to see sin in ourselves.

Like it is, it's much more natural to us to observe sin in others

and not observe sin in ourself.

And so Jesus is saying very clearly here, whenever you notice sin and others, stop,

like immediately stop and ask, what evidence is there of sin? Even specifically that sin we see in others, in our own lives.

Like seeing sin around us should immediately cause us to examine sin in us.

To ask, how do I need to be more holy, more like Jesus? What do I need to confess?

And so to do this, like Jesus is not saying, not to help your brother or sister to help

someone turn from sin. Like, he wants us and calls us to

all over the Gospels. Think about Matthew chapter 18 all throughout the New Testament. We are

commanded to help one another grow in holiness, to become more like Jesus, to spur one another

on toward Christ, to restore one

another when we are caught in sin.

Like we do this work.

This is one of the ways we love each other.

If someone in my life sees sin in my life and just doesn't say anything, just ignores

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