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A Heart For

Redemption

Matthew 7:1-12

A Heart For Redemption

• 1. See yourself clearly

1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”

A Heart For Redemption

• 1. See yourself clearly

1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”

A Heart For Redemption

Judging is condemning another’s failure with no heart for redemption

• 1. See yourself clearly

1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you

will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

A Heart For Redemption

• Remember the mercy you need

• 1. See yourself clearly

James 2:12–13 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been

• merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!

A Heart For Redemption

• Remember the mercy you need

• 1. See yourself clearly

2 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust

in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”

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• Remember the mercy you need
• Pursue the correction you need

• 2. See others clearly

5 “You hypocrite, first take the plank out of

your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

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• 2. See others clearly

A Heart For Redemption

• Help believers with a heart of redemption

• 2. See others clearly

Galatians 6:1–2 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be

• tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in

this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

A Heart For Redemption

• Help believers with a heart of redemption

• 2. See others clearly

A Heart For Redemption

• Help believers with a heart of redemption
• See unbelievers with an understanding of

their openness

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not

throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”

• 2. See others clearly

A Heart For Redemption

Matthew 12:38–39 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

• 3. Seek God’s heart and help

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7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and

you will find; knock and the door will be

• pened to you.”

• 3. Seek God’s heart and help

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7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and

you will find; knock and the door will be

• pened to you. 8 For everyone who asks

receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”

• 3. Seek God’s heart and help

A Heart For Redemption

12 “So in everything, do to others what you

would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”