The Sermon on the Mount

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The Sermon on the Mount
Jesus, 27-30 AD
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Judgment

• Judge discernment to condemn.
• You need mercy yourself upon what basis do you
  judge? That same basis will be used by God to
  judge you.
• James 213 Matthew 1821-35

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• Dont pick on people, jump on their failures,
  criticize their faults unless, of course, you
  want the same treatment. That critical spirit has
  a way of boomeranging. Its easy to see a smudge
  on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the
  ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to
  say, Let me wash your face for you, when your
  own face is distorted by contempt? Its this
  whole traveling road-show mentality all over
  again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of
  just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off
  your own face, and you might be fit to offer a
  washcloth to your neighbor.

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Speck-finders

• Matthew 73-5
• Galatians 61-3
• I Cor. 1012
• Titus 32-3

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Sharing the Gospel

• Do not give what is holy to dogs, pearls to
  swine.
• Rom. 87 I Cor. 214 cf. Mt. 1011-14
• Some do not have ears to hear
• Mt. 1115 1313-14 Acts 1346-48

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Who will I teach?

• I cannot be more concerned about his soul than
  he is.
• Do not give pearls to swine
• Romans 91-3 Acts 186

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Balance

• Do not condemn, do not make judgments on
  appearance (John 724a)

• Dont be naïve, be realistic, judge with
  righteous judgment (John 724b)