I Might Have a Problem - Part 4 [Notes]

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“Where two or more are gathered, there will be two or more opinions.”
– Dr. Jane Donovan. 

And [Adam] said, “I heard You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” Then [The Lord] asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” The man replied, “The woman you gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”
– Genesis 3:10-12 (CSB)

Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.”
– Matthew 7:1-2 (CSB)

Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.
– John 7:24 (CSB)

What Jesus condemned is hypocritical judgment that focuses on the faults of others while excusing one’s own sins.”
– Charles Quarles, CSB Study Bible

Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the splinter out of your eye," and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye?
– Matthew 7:3-4 (CSB)

Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.
– Matthew 7:5 (CSB)

If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
– Romans 12:18 (CSB)

If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others.
– Philippians 2:1-4 (CSB)

Gospel Humility
Fix our eyes on Christ

Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,
who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God  
as something to be exploited.  
Instead He emptied himself  
by assuming the form of a servant,  
taking on the likeness of humanity.  
And when He had come as a man,
He humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.  
For this reason God highly exalted Him  
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
– Philippians 2:5-11 (CSB)

Two extremes must be avoided in this matter of spiritual self-examination. The first is the deception of a shallow examination. Sometimes we are so sure of ourselves that we fail to examine our hearts honestly and thoroughly. A quick glance into the mirror of the Word will never reveal the true situation (James 1:22–25). The second extreme is what I call a “perpetual autopsy.” Sometimes we get so wrapped up in self-examination that we become unbalanced. But we should not look only at ourselves, or we will become discouraged and defeated. We should look by faith to Jesus Christ and let Him forgive and restore us. Satan is the accuser (Rev. 12:10), and he enjoys it when we accuse and condemn ourselves!
– Warren W. Wiersbe

Gospel Humility
Eyes on Christ 
Accountability

A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
– Proverbs 19:11 (CSB)

Nothingburger
Head Scratcher

Nothingburger
Head Scratchers
Red flag

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ. From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.
– Ephesians 4:15-16 (CSB)

The Word became flesh and dwelt  among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
– John 1:14 (CSB)

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
– Ephesians 4:32 (CSB)

When a relationship is off, look in the mirror before you speak out.

Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.  
See if there is any offensive way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.
– Psalm 139: 23-24 (CSB)

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