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f all of the lessons within the your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of
Bible judging others is one that your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank
Okeeps repeating itself over and in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take
over again. Why? Because, in my view, the plank out of your own eye, and then
it is the one sin we are all guilty of and you will see clearly to remove the speck
continue to do time and time again. from your brother’s eye.”

The sin of judgement carries a very stiff If this is so, why do we continue to judge
penalty which many of us tend to ignore others? I believe that sometimes we do
yet it is repeated in the bible so many not realise that we are judging somebody.
times. Imagine yourself out on a Saturday night
at your local pub or bar with your friends.
“Judge and you will be judged”. Somebody walks in whom you are well
acquainted with but is seeing somebody
I think this is most emphasised in a that you do not approve of for whatever
passage of the Bible I have used many reason. It is very common to have a
times. conversation about them to the friends
you are with. Something like:
Matthew 7: 1-5
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. “Have you heard who she is going out
For in the same way you judge others, you with? He is such a horrible person. She is
will be judged, and with the measure you going to end up getting her heart broken.”
use, it will be measured to you. “Why do
you look at the speck of sawdust in your In this instant, you are judging both of
brother’s eye and pay no attention to the them. To begin with, these two people
plank in your own eye? How can you say to may be bringing the best out of each

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