Judging

Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 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? Or 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? You 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. Matthew 7:1-5
In Sunday School we have been looking at hypocrites. We looked at this passage above. People that study these things say this is the most quotes verse of scripture today. Some years ago, it used to be John 3:16.  Nobody wants to be judged, they want to live the way they live and do not judge them. Does this verse really say do not judge. Perhaps we are to judge ourselves. Perhaps we are to be careful when we judge because the same measure we judge with will be used against us. If you read further down we are to look at fruit people bear in their lives and judge them by the fruit they show in their lives. The Bible is the standard to live by. We do not change the standard to accommodate sin. We are to live by the Bible. We don't change the standard to live by because we now live in the 2000's verses living in the 1600's, 1700's. The standard, God's word does not change. We live in a day when there is much politically correctness, but some of that politically correctness is not God's way. We don't look at abortion through politically correctness, but what does God say through his word. We don't look at same sex life style through the politically correctness of today but through God's word. The standard does not change, though years pass, though governments change. We need to take an inward look. that is what this verse is saying when it talks about a log in our own eye. When we look inwardly to check if we are living by God's standards ourselves then we can see clearly to address an issue in someone else's life. We are to meet God's standards. Yes if we are not living by God's standards, if we do not obey God's ways in our own life, we would be a hypocrite. We measure this with the fact that all have sinned. We first need to look inward. Sinful lives are against God. What I see in our country today with people coming out about sexual abuse has a political motive to it. I do not see a heart change.  With sin their is a turning away from our sins towards God. We need as a country to turn to God. We cannot fix sin in our lives, in our country without God's help. If there are those that are bearing false witness, let it be known that also is a commandment as well as do not commit adultery. That also does damage to our lives and our country. Nuff said, we need to look inside to see if we are living by God's standards. God bless, LVZ.