Luke 6:37-49
Judging Others
37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
39 He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
A Tree and Its Fruit
43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
The Wise and Foolish Builders
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”
Sometimes all I want to do in my blog is write out Scripture and that's it. What else is needed. They speak for themselves. I have to say....the above verses are so difficult for me. Man JESUS teaches some hard truths. I know they're good but man oh man...convicting! Sometimes I like to ignore some of his teachings and hold true to others....the easier ones, but I can't do this. These are verses I wish I could run from.
Like this....I'd love to ignore this:
37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Or this..
41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye
And especially THIS!!
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say
Talk about a stab to the heart. Sometimes I read the Bible and wonder if I'm actually a Christian. If Christian means FOLLOWER of Christ....am I following? Ugh not very well. I struggle between wanting to follow Jesus so badly because I love him and want to do what he says.....and ignoring a lot of what he says because it scares me or makes me uncomfortable. I can't ignore half of what he teaches though.
So what is the lesson here? The lesson is that I need to get on my face once again and stop ignoring scripture and get right with God. To get to a place where I say "Yes Lord" NO MATTER WHAT. But all I want to do is run :(
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