It's not your job to judge.

Jeff rocked it on Sunday. I liked the message he delivered then, and the more I hear it and think about it, the more I like it. I think it could change your life.

He's been working through a series on the Sermon on the Mount for a few months now. This past week he got to Matthew 7:1-5, which talks about judging. It's a well known passage, but he opened it up in a new way for me.1

There are so many things in there I thought were awesome that it's hard to put it all in here. The best thing would probably be for you to listen to it and then for us to go to lunch. That being said, I will try to give you some of the highlights.

Jesus says, "Do not judge". We (the church and those outside of the church) have some misconceptions about what this means, or how to handle it. Two of the big misconceptions are: 1) Those outside the church look at it and say, ‘Jesus didn’t judge the world, so obviously the world doesn’t need to be judged.’ In other words, ‘Leave me alone’ and 2) The church looks at it and says, ‘Jesus didn’t judge the world, so we better do it for Him, because this place is really screwed up.’ Jesus must’ve forgotten. He was a really busy guy.

Jeff breaks down those two misconceptions in some really good ways. That's the part that I think could change lives. I'd love for some of you to listen to it, for the first time, or again, and for us to talk about it.

1. back The funny thing is that I talked to Jeff about it and he says this is like the fourth time he has preached on that passage. I've been listening to him for at least four years now. So, there's a good chance I have heard one of those other ones, but for some reason this time it really hit me.