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“Six Elements of
Righteous Judgment”
(Matthew 7)
Judge Not! Really?
(Matthew 7:1) "Judge not, that you be not
judged.
Six Elements of Godly Judgment:I. Examine Yourself First (vs. 1-
6)
• (Romans 14:4) Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. (NKJV)
• (Romans 14:14) I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (NKJV)
(Romans 2:1-3) Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for
you who judge practice the same
things. But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. And do you
think this, O man, you who judge those
practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape
the judgment of God? (NKJV)
(Matthew 23:3-4) "Therefore whatever they tell you to
observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works;
for they say, and do not do. "For they bind heavy burdens, hard to
bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will
not move them with one of their fingers. (NKJV)
(Matthew 23:23-24) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and
have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and
mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. "Blind guides, who
strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! (NKJV)
(1 Corinthians 9:27)
But I discipline my body and bring it into
subjection, lest, when I have preached to
others, I myself should become disqualified.
(NKJV)
Six Elements of Godly Judgment:I. Examine Yourself First (vs. 1-
6)II. Judge Others As You Want
God to Judge You (vs. 7-12)
(Luke 6:32-34) "But if you love those
who love you, what credit is that to you?
For even sinners love those who love them. "And if you do good to those who
do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even
sinners do the same. "And if you lend to those from whom
you hope to receive back, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. (NKJV)
(Matthew 7:7) "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. (NKJV)
(Romans 12:20) Therefore "If your enemy is
hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his
head." (NKJV)
Six Elements of Godly Judgment:I. Examine Yourself First (vs. 1-
6)II. Judge Others As You Want
God to Judge You (vs. 7-12)III. Understand That Righteous
Judgments Are Harder to Make and Carry Greater Consequences (vs. 13-14)
(Luke 13:28) "There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth,
when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all
the prophets in the kingdom of God, and
yourselves thrust out. (NKJV) (Luke 13:23-24)
Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?" And
He said to them, "Strive to enter
through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to
enter and will not be able. (NKJV)
Persecutions Will Come
(Matthew 5:10-12) Blessed are those who are
persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. "Blessed are you when they revile and
persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you
falsely for My sake. "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for
great is your reward in heaven, for so they
persecuted the prophets who were before you. (NKJV)
Six Elements of Godly Judgment:I. Examine Yourself First (vs. 1-6)II. Judge Others As You Want God
to Judge You (vs. 7-12)III. Understand That Righteous
Judgments Are Harder to Make and Carry Greater Consequences (vs. 13-14)
IV. We Cannot Judge by the Heart as Christ Did, Thus We Must Use the Evidence Available (vs. 15-20)
(2 Timothy 4:2) Preach the word! Be ready in season and out
of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. (NKJV)
(Ephesians 5:11)
And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
expose them. (NKJV)
(2 Thessalonians 3:14)
And if anyone does not obey our word in this
epistle, note that person and do not
keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.
(NKJV)
(Isaiah 5:1-7) Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my
Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill. He dug it up and
cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring
forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes. "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of
Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard. What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it bring forth wild grapes? And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its
wall, and it shall be trampled down. I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the
clouds That they rain no rain on it." For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness,
but behold, a cry for help. (NKJV)
(John 15:12-17) "This is My commandment, that you love one another as
I have loved you. "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. "You are My friends if you do whatever I
command you. "No longer do I call you servants, for a
servant does not know what his master is doing; but I
have called you friends, for all things that I heard from
My Father I have made known to you. "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you
should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should
remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. "These
things I command you, that you love one another.
(NKJV)
Six Elements of Godly Judgment:I. Examine Yourself First (vs. 1-6)II. Judge Others As You Want God to
Judge You (vs. 7-12)III. Understand That Righteous
Judgments Are Harder to Make and Carry Greater Consequences (vs. 13-14)
IV. We Cannot Judge by the Heart as Christ Did, Thus We Must Use the Evidence Available (vs. 15-20)
V. Being Religious Alone Does Not Make One Righteous, But Obedience To the Word of God (vs. 21-23)
(2 Timothy 3:5)
having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from
such people turn away!
(NKJV)
(Romans 10:10) For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
(Matthew 7:22) "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name,
cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
(NKJV)
(Luke 11:28-32) But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear
the word of God and keep it!" And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, "This is an
evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. "For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation. "The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. "The men of Nineveh will
rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;
and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. (NKJV)
Six Elements of Godly Judgment:I. Examine Yourself First (vs. 1-6)II. Judge Others As You Want God to Judge
You (vs. 7-12)III. Understand That Righteous Judgments
Are Harder to Make and Carry Greater Consequences (vs. 13-14)
IV. We Cannot Judge by the Heart as Christ Did, Thus We Must Use the Evidence Available (vs. 15-20)
V. Being Religious Alone Does Not Make One Righteous, But Obedience To the Word of God (vs. 21-23)
VI. Judge Others By Testing if What They Do is Founded Upon Christ and His Teachings (vs. 24-29)
(1 Peter 2:6) Therefore it is also contained in the
Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by
no means be put to shame." (NKJV)
(James 1:23-27) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of
liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless. Pure and undefiled religion
before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep
oneself unspotted from the world. (NKJV)
• Jesus Said…• “…he who hears My word and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life…” (John 5:24)• “…if you do not believe that I am He, you will
die in your sins.“ (John 8:24)• “…Repent, and believe in the gospel.” (Mark
1:15)• “…whoever confesses Me before men, him I
will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” (Mat. 10:32-33)
• "He who believes and is baptized will be saved…” (Mark 16:16)
• “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you…” (John 15:14 – live a faithful life)
• (Revelation 2:10) “…Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. “