Log and Speck - Matthew 7:1 - 12

1“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

6“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. 

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 

Sermon Questions:

1. Would people around you (family, friends, co-workers) say that you're critical?
2. When or toward whom are you most judgemental or critical?
3. What sin (patter, habit, etc) do you tend to minimize or defend most?
4. Are there sins or failures that seem too trivial to ask God for healing? Are there some that seem to big to admit are real?
5. In which relationships do you need to be more gentle and sensitive?
6. In what ways does your heart long to be treated? and how can that shape how you engage with others?