July 5, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, July 5.
Yesterday we enjoyed the 4th of July (7/4). Today we continue our summer with July 5th (7/5). And so, this morning I’m thinking about an amazing pair of scripture verses, Matthew 7:4 and 7:5. You’ve heard them before...
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye', when all the time there's a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
The 7th chapter of Matthew is the last part of the most famous sermon ever preached - the Sermon on the Mount. And here we catch a glimpse of Jesus' sense of humor. A picture of someone trying to remove a tiny, tiny piece of dust from their friend's eye, while sticking out of their own eye is a two-by-four!
But there's a great lesson here, too. And that lesson is this - We're not God! He is the Judge, not us. Does that mean we shouldn't care about the spiritual condition of our friends? Of course not. But how can we presume to help others with their sin, if we've ignored our own?
A 7:5 lesson for 7/5!
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
