Hypocritical: The Good Life (5)
2014/02/16
Christ Church, Mountain Top
Christ Church, Mountain Top
Prayer,
Psalm 130
Psalm 130
Children,
Matthew 18.21-35
Matthew 18.21-35
Message,
Matthew 7.1-6
Matthew 7.1-6
Cookies
in the airport
in the airport
1.
Judgment requires assumption-making
Judgment requires assumption-making
2.
Judgment distances us from others and from Jesus
(superior)
Judgment distances us from others and from Jesus
(superior)
3.
Judgment makes us hypocrites (Greek – actor,
today’s “poser”)
Judgment makes us hypocrites (Greek – actor,
today’s “poser”)
Impacts
our witness
our witness
“Sons of the devil”
We
judge all the time – feel superior
judge all the time – feel superior
Overweight
Sexual orientation
By persons whose adolescent fantasy
life was exclusively hetero
life was exclusively hetero
Skin color, race/ethnicity
Illegals, dangerous
Politics, religion, social issues
opposite sides of the street on
Sundays
Sundays
High
school segmentation
school segmentation
Athletes – not a single active brain cell
Loners – the dangerous profile, like me
others
Connect
external w/ holiness categories … “pre-judgment”
external w/ holiness categories … “pre-judgment”
What of behavior?
Adultery – Lust
Murder – Anger
Log
in eye / eye drops demo
in eye / eye drops demo
(Get a volunteer)
Qualifications:
Discernment
Empathy
Telemarketer
One who has hurt me
Abuse
1.
Judgment requires assumption-making
Judgment requires assumption-making
Structure of assumptions
We know reality
We know the other person’s situation
We possess an absolute standard
We are objective
On the other hand,
God knows reality
God knows the other person’s
situation
situation
Jesus is the standard; it is not an
“it” that we possess
“it” that we possess
Jesus is NOT objective
“the Passion of the Christ”
Jesus LOVES
2.
Judgment distances us from others and from Jesus
(superior)
Judgment distances us from others and from Jesus
(superior)
“Instead
of cutting themselves off from their brother as the just from the unjust, they
find themselves cut off from Jesus” (Bonhoeffer, 203).
of cutting themselves off from their brother as the just from the unjust, they
find themselves cut off from Jesus” (Bonhoeffer, 203).
Romans
14:4 Who are you to judge someone
else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls.
14:4 Who are you to judge someone
else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls.
3.
Judgment makes us hypocrites
Judgment makes us hypocrites
“Judging others makes us blind” (Bonhoeffer,
205).
205).
Romans
8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Jesus is NOT objective
“the Passion of the Christ”
Jesus LOVES
Resources:
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship