Judging Rightly

The Bible Church of Cabot

In Luke 6:37–45, Jesus teaches 2 facets of judging thatshow mercy to others and receive mercy from God.I. Jesus commands judging that shows mercy toothers and leads to mercy from God.A. Negative: do not judge or condemn, andyou will not be judged or condemned byGod (v. 37a, b).B. Positive: pardon & give, and you will bepardoned and given to exceedingly by Godaccording to the same measure (vs. 37c-38).II. Jesus illustrates proper judging by presentingactivities showing the importance of seeingcorrectly.A. Judge rightly whom you will follow, for adisciple becomes like his teacher(vs. 39–40).B. Judge rightly your own sin so you canrightly help others with theirs (vs. 41–42).C. Judge rightly the fruit of your life in orderto know the state of your heart.1. The quality of the tree is reflected inthe quality of its fruit (vs. 43–44).2. The state of one's heart is reflected inthe quality of one's words (v. 45).