Sermon Notes 8/9/2026
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Judge Not
Matthew 7:1-6; Luke 6:37
Introduction:
A. Let’s play a game- “Let’s Label”
1. Find someone who is different
2. Find someone who has a past
3. Find something you do not like about the person
4. Examine the “externals”
5. Form a negative and critical opinion
6. State, form, and jump to several inaccurate conclusions
7. Mentally stick a label on the person
8. Freely share all your findings about that person
B. Jesus calls it judging
1. How can you know that you have been playing this game?
a. The failures of others improve the _______________ of yourself
b. The failures of others ________________ your concern for your own faults and weaknesses
c. You are eager to ___________ others about the faultsof others
d. The failures of others cause you to not _____________
2. Three kinds of judging in this passage:
a. ___________________ judgment
b. ______________ judgment
c. _______________________ judgment
I. Destructive Judgment
A. Biblical illustrations:
1. The woman caught in adultery (John 8:2-11)
2. The Pharisee and tax collector (Luke 18:9-14)
B. Define the word judge
1. Judge to the place of ________________________
2. To _______________, to find fault
a. Criticism boosts their ________________________
b. Criticism is simply __________________
c. Criticism makes them feel they are ____________
d. Criticism points out how ____________ they are
e. Criticism is an outlet for _________ and ____________
3. To separate
a. Do we _______________ others suspiciously?
b. Do we seek to find _____________?
c. Do we seek others ____________________ and failures?
d. Do we immediately _________________?
e. Do we separate or _____________?
1) ____________
2) ____________________
3) __________________________________
4) _____________________
4. All-knowing role
a. To assume that one ___________________________ (Rom. 14:4, 10-13; I Cor. 4:4-5)
b. To assume that one is all-knowing is to _____________
____________
c. People who jump to ___________________ often land on a_________