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Today, Dr. Youssef is excited to share a message, looking closely at the words of Jesus,

when he encouraged listeners to ask, seek, and knock in prayer.

Practical words for those who heard Jesus that day and just as practical for this day in

2025. Matthew 7, 1 to 12. What is this judging that Jesus is talking about? And probably out of all

the passages in the scripture, this one is the most misunderstood by vast number of people, whether they're Christians or not.

So what is this judging? Is he saying that we need to suspend our critical faculties?

Is he saying that we just need to accept falsehood and never say anything about false teaching,

that is being false teaching, should we just accept it? Is Jesus telling us to accept sin and

rebellion without any complaint and take them as an acceptable thing? What is he saying? Well, I know that sometimes in the movies and the

television, when you hear somebody who is doing the wrong things and they know that they're doing the

wrong thing, and out of guilt, they're saying, don't judge me. Don't judge me. You probably heard

it in your home. Don't judge me.

Well, what's that mean? No, our Lord is not telling us to turn a blind eye towards sin and

rebellion. Jesus is not telling us to turn a blind eye or be willingly accept perversion and say, well,

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