Jesus teaching “Do not judge others

- " Don't be always Judgemental.”

Matthew henry :Some rules concerning censure and reproof

Defeating my Inner Pharisee www.mhmcintyre.us

Our Saviour is here directing us how to conduct ourselves in reference to the faults of others; and His expressions seem intended as a reproof to the scribes and Pharisees, who were very rigid and severe, very magisterial and supercilious, in condemning all about them, as those commonly are, that ar e proud and conceited in justifying themselves.M.H

Mat 7:1  "Judge not, that you be not judged.

Mat 7:2  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Mat 7:3  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Mat 7:4  Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?

Mat 7:5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Mat 7:6  "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Mat 7:1  "Judge not, that you be not judged. [Do not judge, or you too will be judged]

Notes

Caution against Judging others especially before dealing with your own sins.

There are those whose responsibility it is judge legally and officially, Judges and Court magistrates. God is a God of Law and Order not anarchy

Do Not Judge.

Wow. What a prohibition.

So when you set yourself up as a judge and you start telling people what is right and wrong you are lining yourself up to be condemned.

So here is the reason for not judging. That you be not judged.

Mat 7:2  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.ISV

For in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged, and with the same measure you use, it will be measured to you.NIV

What you measure out to others will be measured to you in the same way.

If we be modest and charitable in our censures of others, and decline judging them, and judge ourselves rather, we shall not be judged of the Lord. As God will forgive those that forgive their brethren; so he will not judge those that will not judge their brethren; the merciful shall find mercy. It is an evidence of humility, charity, and deference to God, and shall be owned and rewarded by him accordingly. See Rom_14:10.M.H.

The judging of those that judge others is according to the law of retaliation; With what judgment you judge, you shall be judged, Mat_7:2. The righteous God, in His judgments, often observes a rule of proportion, as in the case of Adonibezek, Jdg_1:7. See also Rev_13:10; Rev_18:6. Thus will he be both justified and magnified in his judgments, and all flesh will be silenced before him.

Mat 7:3  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?ISV

v.3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye.NIV

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In the old KJV they use the word ‘mote’ for κάρφος karphos

Thayer Definition: 1) a dry stalk or twig, a straw 2) a small piece of chaff

Log [Beam KJV] - The word used here signifies a large piece of squared timber. The one is an exceedingly small object, the other a large one.

The meaning is, that “we are much more quick and acute to judge of small offences in others, than of much larger offences in ourselves.”

Mat 7:4  Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?ISV

Or how say to your brother, 'Allow me to take the splinter out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye? WNT

Three lessons stand out 1. Close inspection of ourselves, lest any evil lurk there unobserved which we abhor in others; lest we be like the farmer whose field is overrun with weeds, who delights in pointing out the defective condition of a neighbour’s farm.

2. Avoidance of passing rash judgments on others. 3. Readiness to assist others in overcoming their faults. (Baring Gould, M. A.)

Dr Baring Gould

Illustration

At Wragby, in Yorkshire, in the vestry of the church is a very curious old painted window, representing in coloured glass the subject of my text; a man with a huge piece of wood before his eyes is trying diligently to extract a mere speck from the eye of another man. And this picture is most appropriately placed in the vestry, as it reminds the priest, whose ministry it is to declare to the people their faults and sins, that he should closely examine himself, lest, after he has preached to others, he himself should be a cast-away. (Baring Gould, M. A.)

Mat 7:5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Mat 7:5  Hypocrite, first take the beam [plank] out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.

Notes:

Hypocrite: a person who claims or pretends to have certain beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs. Full definition 1. a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion 2. :  a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings Merriam Webster Dictionary

Mat 7:6  "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.s

Prostitution of Holy Things. The opposite extreme to that of censoriousness is here condemned - want of discrimination of character.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs — savage or snarling haters of truth and righteousness.

neither cast ye your pearls before swine — the impure or coarse, who are incapable of appreciating the priceless jewels of Christianity. In the East, dogs are wilder and more gregarious, and, feeding on carrion and garbage, are coarser and fiercer than the same animals in the West. Dogs and swine, besides being ceremonially unclean, were peculiarly repulsive to the Jews, and indeed to the ancients generally.

lest they trample them under their feet — as swine do.

and turn again and rend you — as dogs do.

Religion is brought into contempt, and its professors insulted, when it is forced upon those who cannot value it and will not have it. But while the indiscriminately zealous have need of this caution, let us be on our guard against too readily setting our neighbors down as dogs and swine, and excusing ourselves from endeavoring to do them good on this poor plea.