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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jun 16, 2024
In Matthew 7, Jesus is not forbidding all judgment but condemning hypocritical and superficial judgment. The context targets religious hypocrisy, not discernment itself. Scripture consistently teaches that believers have a responsibility to hold one another accountable with gentleness and humility — while never imposing Christian standards on those outside the faith. The church's calling is to lead with grace that opens the door to truth, and to always restore fallen believers rather than discard them.
Pastor Bill Bush · Jul 21, 2019
In Matthew 7, Jesus does not forbid the use of godly wisdom to help others grow; He forbids the condemning, self-righteous attitude that judges motives and demands rights rather than seeking restoration. The problem is never the content of the truth we carry — it is the condition of the heart carrying it. Before we can rightly address anyone else's struggles, we must first confess our own sin, remove the log from our own eye, and approach people with the same grace and love Jesus showed. The world does not need more judges; it needs to see Jesus in us.