Don't Judge (2015.09.06 Sermon Audio)

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Mason Parva shares from his own journey and reflections though Jesus’ words from Matthew 7:1-6.

Links and quotes mentioned:

“The judging that [Jesus] condemns here is the thinking about another person in a way that is contrary to love.” — John Wesley, Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, Discourse Ten
“Condemnation is the board in our eye. [Jesus] knows that the mere fact that we are condemning someone shows our heart does not have the kingdom rightness He has been talking about. Condemnation, especially with its usual accompaniments of anger and contempt and self-righteousness, blinds us to the reality of the other person. We cannot “see clearly” how to assist our brother, because we cannot see our brother. And we will never know how to truly help him until we have grown into the kind of person who does not condemn. Period. “Getting the board out” is not a matter of correcting something that is wrong in our life so that we will be able to condemn our dear ones better – more effectively, so to speak.” — Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” — Atticus Finch
“To die to our neighbors means to stop judging them, to stop evaluating them, and thus to become free to be compassionate. Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.” — Henri Nouwen, The Way of the Heart