Condemnation and Discernment
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
"Judge not, that you be not judged" may be one of Jesus' most misunderstood commands. Today, Sinclair Ferguson parses out how we ought to apply this teaching of our Lord.
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| 0:00.0 | He paints this almost ridiculous picture. |
| 0:03.6 | He is a man and he has a plank sticking out of his eye, |
| 0:07.2 | a great plank of wood. |
| 0:08.9 | And he comes up to somebody and he says, |
| 0:11.4 | you've got a speck of dust in your eye. |
| 0:13.7 | Let me get that speck of dust out of your eye. |
| 0:17.2 | And Jesus said, can you not see yourself? |
| 0:19.8 | Can you not see that as you grow large and condemning another, |
| 0:24.9 | you look so ridiculous in the sight of God, |
| 0:28.1 | that you think this man's speck of dust |
| 0:31.0 | is a grievous thing to you that irritates you. |
| 0:34.4 | And as you bang this man and condemn this man, |
| 0:38.4 | you don't understand that there is a great plank |
| 0:41.1 | growing out of your own eye. |
| 0:48.7 | As the world parades their sin and their open rebellion against God, |
| 0:53.2 | it's not uncommon for a Christian to hear the response, |
| 0:56.1 | judge not, lest you be judged. |
| 0:58.7 | But are they using the words of Jesus accurately? |
| 1:02.0 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and thank you for joining us today |
| 1:04.5 | for renewing your mind. |
| 1:06.8 | Of all the words that Jesus spoke, |
| 1:08.9 | perhaps the most misused and misunderstood, |
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