"And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. "
The "Christianity" we hear and read about in the news every day, has come to be an exact replica of the doctrine that was practiced by leaders of the Jews during the time of Christ.
Daily, we hear some "evangelist" openly and loudly condemn the sins of others while wallowing in hypocritical denial of their own sinful selves.
It is easy to find someone, claiming to be a devout Christian, who will readily tell you all about the sins of someone else, but they will never condemn themselves for their own daily sins, nor will they ever condemn themselves for the sin of being judgmental toward their neighbors.
To quote part of the parable Jesus used in today's lesson, "why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye."
If we judge the sins of others equally guilty of that same sin, "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things." (Romans 2:1)
To simplify the lesson, those of us whom have believed in Jesus Christ, though we still sin in our physical bodies, we are exempt from the guilt of that sin because our sins are JUSTIFIED by faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith."(Romans 3:21-27)
Their is NO condemnation for a child of God, nor should a child of God EVER condemn someone else. Those who are lost NEVER need our condemnation, they need only that we teach them about the saving grace God through Jesus Christ our Lord and that we demonstrate that grace in our daily lives.~
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