Guest speaker Nick Parsons’s explores Matthew 7:1-12, reminding us of The Golden Rule - to do unto others, what Christ has done unto us. As Jesus’ followers, what if we embraced vulnerability, extended grace, and loved as Christ loved us?
Reflection Questions: Matthew 7:1-12
- When in your life do you remember being unfairly or even hypocritically judged? How did you respond to that judgement?
Read Matthew 7:1-5
- How has “cancel culture” impacted the way you think about judging others?
- What do you think is beneath the judgements we pronounce on other people?
- What actions or behavior in another person make you most likely to judge them? Why?
- Where do you think God might be asking you to examine the “log in your own eye” so you can actually help someone with sawdust in their own?
Read Matthew 7:6-12
- How have you seen evidence in your own life of God as a good father who gives good gifts to his children?
- Where do you struggle to trust that he wants to give you good things?
- What would you like to ask God for today?
