Do Christians Have The Right to Judge?
Sermon Date:
September 12, 2010
Scripture:
Matthew 7:1-6
Series:
Misinterpreted Bible Passages
Speaker: Dr. Donald McKay
Matthew 7:1-6: “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. ‘Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.’”
This is one of the most quoted passages that you will ever hear emanating from the lips of believers in all of the Word of God. It ranks right up there with John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...
“Judge not that you be not judged.” Many Christians take that to mean that we have no right to evaluate another believer’s behavior. But is that really what Jesus is teaching in the opening portion of Matthew 7? Or is His message radically different?