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Luke 6:37-42Luke 6:37-42

"Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don't condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier. Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back—given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."

39-40 He quoted a proverb: "'Can a blind man guide a blind man?' Wouldn't they both end up in the ditch? An apprentice doesn't lecture the master. The point is to be careful who you follow as your teacher.

Luke 6:37-42 (Message Translation)

41-42 "It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your face for you,' when your own face is distorted by contempt? It's this I-know-better-than-you mentality again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your own part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.

Luke 6:37-42 (Message Translation)

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Beware ye judges. Your pickiness will come back to bite you

Fussing with other people’s foibles while you have issues of your own. What were you thinking???

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Other People (And God) Are Less Generous With Us When We Play The ‘Quality Control’ Game

It’s a full time job, tracking It’s a full time job, tracking our own missteps, smudges our own missteps, smudges and weak nessesand weak nesses

Become a generous giver Become a generous giver and forgiver. People will and forgiver. People will remember thatremember that

Givers are given to, and Givers are given to, and abundantly so …and so does abundantly so …and so does GodGod

Luke 6:37-38 TNIV 37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

Advertise Yourself As An Expert In Things Holy...A Sure Way To Embarrassment

Does anybody look as me as Does anybody look as me as judgmental, picky or critical?judgmental, picky or critical?

The real Judge can walk on The real Judge can walk on water…can I?water…can I?

So hang up the black robe So hang up the black robe and leave it to the only one and leave it to the only one qualified to wear itqualified to wear it

Luke 6:39-40 TNIV  39 He also told them this parable: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 Students are not above their teacher, but all who are fully trained will be like their teacher.

Jesus With A Sense Of Humor…plank In My Eye?

Picture that: fumbling Picture that: fumbling around with somebody’s speck, around with somebody’s speck, with a stick in my ownwith a stick in my own

That’s how foolish we look to That’s how foolish we look to God and others when we are God and others when we are critical, point out other’s faults critical, point out other’s faults and play that old game, Picky, and play that old game, Picky, PickyPicky

Luke 6:39-40 TNIV  41 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone else's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say, 'Friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from the other person's eye.

David Had The Right Idea…We’d Do Well To Pray Like Him

Okay Lord, put my life under Okay Lord, put my life under your light of scrutinyyour light of scrutiny

Give it to me straight…where Give it to me straight…where am I missing the mark?am I missing the mark?

Help me see what is Help me see what is offensive to you (in me, not offensive to you (in me, not others)others)

Nudge me toward holy living Nudge me toward holy living Take HomeTake Home

Psalm 139:23-24 TNIV23 Search me, God, and know my heart;        test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,        and lead me in the way everlasting.

I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

I trust him as my Lord and Savior.

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Beware ye judges. Your pickiness will come back to bite you

Fussing with other people’s foibles while you have issues of your own. What were you thinking???

Go and Go and Judge Not.Judge Not.