Lk 6
37
¶ Judge not, and ye shall not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in
thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 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.
Jesus states that a brother has a mote
in his eye!
Don’t be surprised when you come to
church and meet other believers...when you find a mote in their eyes...from the
pulpit to the pew!
We all have problems!
Jesus asks the question...’How can you spot the spec in someone’s eye
when you have a large beam in your own eye!’
We all so quick to point out the
failures, errors, shortcomings in the lives of others...but have so much
difficulty seeing our own failures, errors, shortcomings!
What is so clear to others is not always
so clear to us!
Lk
6:41 Jesus said that we all lack perception!
Mt
7:3 Jesus also said that we all lack consideration!
Perception – to have knowledge, to
receive impressions of external objects through the medium or instrumentality
of the senses. To know, to understand, to observe
Jesus said that we ALL have a tendency
to not know what is wrong in our own lives...to not even be aware of what keeps
us from having fellowship with God!
Jesus said that we all have...
Spiritual
Moral
Social
Personal
...problems in our life that we do not
perceive!
We are not even aware of them!
Before we point out the problems in the
lives of others...don’t forget that others see our own problems that we can’t
see!
In both Mt & Lk...Jesus wants us to get the mote out of our brother’s
eye...but that is not supposed to be our priority! Our priority is to go to our
brother or sister and ask them to help us see the beam that is in our eye and
we need the help of others to get it out!
When we approach our brothers and sisters
in Christ with that spirit and attitude...they would be more apt to listen and take
rebuke about the mote that is being pointed out!
We need to say...
‘I
have a beam that I can’t see and everyone else sees this beam and I need you to
tell me what it is!’
This is how we can really mature in the
Lord when we take this approach in our walk with God!
Basically...it is probably what people
have been saying when you are not around! (talking behind your back)
There are things that are clearly wrong
in your life that everyone else sees while you are focused on someone else’s
problems!
Jesus asked in the passages...’Why can’t you see the beam in your own eye?’
‘Why do you see the tiny things in other
people’s lives while you can’t see the big things in your own life?’
In future posts we will answer these questions.
