GET THE LOG OUT OF YOUR EYE

Matthew 7:1-6 + various

3 of 5 in a series on ‘Biblical Peacemaking’

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

Proverbs 19:11 [NIV]A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

1 Peter 4:8-9 [NIV]Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Ephesians 4:2 [NIV]Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

WHY NOT OVERLOOK?

1.An overly sensitive attitude

WHY NOT OVERLOOK?

1.An overly sensitive attitude

2.We don’t count the cost

Proverbs 17:14 [NIV]Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

Matthew 5:25-26 [NIV]“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”

WHY NOT OVERLOOK?

1.An overly sensitive attitude

2.We don’t count the cost

WHY NOT OVERLOOK?

1.An overly sensitive attitude

2.We don’t count the cost

3.We make it about our rights

Luke 6:35-36 [NIV]But love your enemies, do good to them,… Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

WHY NOT OVERLOOK?

1.An overly sensitive attitude

2.We don’t count the cost

3.We make it about our rights

2 CONDITIONS:

1. No wall

2 CONDITIONS:

1. No wall

2. No serious harm

Psalm 103:8-10 [NIV]The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

2.Am I worshipping an idol?

James 4:1-3 [NIV]What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

Matthew 22:37 [NIV]Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

2.Am I worshipping an idol?

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

2.Am I worshipping an idol?

3.Am I needing to repent & apologise?

Proverbs 28:13 [NIV]Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

1 John 1:8 [NIV]If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

2.Am I worshipping an idol?

3.Am I needing to repent & apologise?

1 John 1:9 [NIV]If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

the seven A’s of confession

1.Address everyone involved

2.Avoid if, but, & maybe

3.Admit specifically

4.Acknowledge the hurt

5.Accept the consequences

6.Alter your behaviour

7.Ask for forgiveness

3 TOUGH QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES:

1.Am I making more of this than I should?

2.Am I worshipping an idol?

3.Am I needing to repent & apologise?

GET THE LOG OUT OF YOUR EYE

Matthew 7:1-6 + various

3 of 5 in a series on ‘Biblical Peacemaking’