Hello and welcome to Amen Podcast, where we preach the good news of Jesus Christ and how

it applies to everyday life.

My name is Lokalani, your host, and I'm joined by my husband, Alex, who is preaching about

respect.

Are you respected?

Do you want to be?

Showing respect to others is an indication of one's own self-understanding.

A person is respected when someone understands themselves well enough to show respect.

Being misunderstood is one of the loneliest feelings in the human existence.

And Jesus shows how he understands us, but doesn't affirm our practices.

And he also shows us how we can be respected, but also show others respect.

For you, it will explore all of this in the next part of our series in Matthew, chapter

7.

We're looking at verses one through six, and we're using the NLT version today.

Grab your Bible.

If you have it, if not, just listen along.

Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.

For you will be treated as you treat others.

The standard you'd use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?

How can you think of saying to your friend, let me help you get rid of that speck in your

eye?

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