Sermon on the Mount | Gavels and Flashlights | Matthew 7:1-6 | Week 11

We're going to wrestle with some very easy words from Jesus today --- DO. NOT. JUDGE.  Or you too will be judged.  It's Jesus's teaching on the Sermon on the Mount and I joked last week about wanting an easy sermon. . . .one easy message from the Sermon on the Mount. . .and I think this is it.  Here's why.  Because when we talk about being judgmental, all of us have somebody in our mind who should be here today, but none of us think it's us.  Judgmentalism is always a problem for somebody else, but very rarely do you meet somebody who says, "I'm just one of the most judgmental people you will ever meet in your life!"  We don't say that.  We say, "I think I'm right.  I'm not judgmental, I'm just right. And I'm right the majority of the time and I don't mind telling people that I am right!"  

So this gently---from somebody who's been wrestling with judgmentalism this week---you might fall into the same category that I found that I fell into that I'm a secret judger.  I'm judgmental.  I don't lead with it.  I cover it pretty well most of the time, but when it comes down to it, I'm judgmental.  Here's a few things that I'm judgmental about:  I am judgmental of you if you are a Yankees fan.  Or if you're a Patriots fan. {Bye, Felicia.}  If you think that cats are better than dogs, repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!  If you don't like In 'n Out Burger, I don't have a place in my heart for you...