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There are so many life lessons in these passages today you could spend a week marinating on the info! I’ll try to condense my thoughts/questions to a minimum, as this triggers so much in my brain. MATTHEW 7 · One observation is in Matthew 7:1 it starts out by saying, “Do not judge.” Then however in verses 16 and 21 of the same chapter it says that by their fruit you will recognize them. You have to be inspecting the fruit or making a judgment of sorts to know if the fruit is good or bad. Verse 2 says how we judge others is how we will be judged, so I think this is warning us not to judge harshly for if we are unmerciful to others we may not have mercy extended to us. This is where I think looking at the whole Word of God comes in especially handy. 1 Corinthians 5:12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? Although their actions may make us sad, I don’t think it’s our place to make harsh judgments on those outside of the body, for God will judge them. I expect lost people to act lost because they have not pledged their lives to Christ. · Verses 3-5 of Chapter 7 I think is clear that we need to work on ourselves first. It reminds me of what my dad used to always say to us as kids, “Tend to your own.” We shouldn’t be concerned about little problems with others if we have big problems of our own. I also like in verse 5 where is says “first take the plank out of your own eye, and THEN you will see clearly how to remove the speck from your brother’s.” So first work on ourselves, and then God will be able to better use us to help others. · Verse 8 is a reminder to me that we have to read the context of a Scripture, otherwise we could make it say something it doesn’t mean. The first part of 7:7 says “Ask and it will be given to you.” If you took that out of context you could see God as a genie that just grants your wishes. But, it’s talking about salvation, and those that truly seek Him will not be turned away. · Verse 12 of chapter 7 just reminded me of one of the Golden Rules in secular school growing up. My teacher would say, “Do unto others as you want done to you,” to our class. She didn’t quote it as a Scripture and might not have known it was in the Bible, but it is a very biblical principle. The Word of God is powerful, it’s good, and it can influence people without them even knowing it sometimes. · In Matthew 7: 22 where it says many will call out to the Lord and tell Him what they have done, but He tells them to depart from Him and calls them evildoers. My question is, do you think they really had deceived themselves into thinking they were going to heaven since they cried out Lord, Lord, or do you think deep down inside they knew they were just pretending to be a Christian? · Just a random thought on verses 24-27 of chapter 7, this reminds me of the 3 Pigs & the Big, Bad Wolf children’s story. The wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses made of straw and sticks. He can’t destroy the 3rd pig’s house because it’s made of bricks. With Christ as our rock and God on our side we are like the 3rd house made out of a bricks, a firm foundation. EXODUS 37 & 38 · Just wanted to encourage anyone who has not been to the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY to visit. It has a full size replica of Noah’s Ark. There’s lots of exhibits and Scripture throughout showing from creation to Christ’s resurrection. Ken Ham is the creator of this place, and he is a creationist and apologist, defending the faith.
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