Sermon Review Questions: from the Sermon on the Mount "Discernment - Judge Not" – 7/22/12

1.    Discuss what it means: “Do not judge.” Also, what does it not mean?

2.    What types of things do we wrongly judge others about?

3.    When we judge, how do we get judged?  Discuss how we are judged in return and how that judgment is determined (especially talk about Divine judgment)

4.    Why does Jesus characterize our personal sin as a beam and other’s sin as a speck?

5.    Does everyone have beams? How do we deal with our own beams?

6.    How can preaching the cross to ourselves help us to not judge, but rather extract our beams and then help others?


Two examples:
a.    You’re attending a small church in an unnamed city, and in your section of town there’s also a huge church with flashy lights, entertaining speakers, multi-million dollar facilities, and much much more… how can we put Matt. 7:1-5 into practice?

b.    You’re home for a brief period of time, and your mother or father is easily frustrated at various situations, which in turn frustrates and irritates you- how can you apply Matt 7:1-5 in this situation?


Personal Application:
1.    Who do you most quickly judge?
2.    Examine your own life – what are you ignoring or are oblivious to in your own life?