Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

“Only God can judge me” 🗣️

21 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this sermon excerpt, the speaker addresses the frequent misapplication of Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 7:1‑5, which is often reduced to a blanket “judge not” slogan. He argues that this distortion is employed by the devil to keep Christians comfortable in compromise, allowing them to excuse sin, silence truth‑tellers, and avoid confronting false teaching. By examining the immediate context—particularly verse 5 about removing the log from one’s own eye before addressing the speck in a brother’s eye—the speaker clarifies that Jesus is not prohibiting judgment altogether, but condemning hypocritical judgment. He emphasizes that believers are called to lovingly call out sin and false doctrine, confronting wrongdoing rather than using the passage as a shield for inaction. The overall message is a warning against spiritual deception that twists Scripture to justify sin and silence truth.

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This is one of the more commonly twisted portions of Scripture. Take a look. Do not judge others and you will not be judged, for you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. Now, this is often twisted by the enemy to make Christians comfortable in their compromise. When they're called out for their sin, they'll say, judge not. When they're called out for their wrong thinking, they'll say, judge not. Maybe even if they see preachers preaching in the street, calling people to repent of their sins, they'll apologize On behalf of those preachers who are declaring truth, and that makes them feel virtuous while they point to this scripture, judge not. The devil uses this to justify sin. The devil uses this to demonize truth-tellers. So what does this really mean? Well, look at the context, verse 5 specifically. Hypocrite, first get rid of the log in your own eye, then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend's eye. So Jesus isn't telling us not to judge, period. He's telling us not to judge in our own hypocrisy. He's telling us to not judge others for doing the same things that we ourselves are doing. Yes, we should call out sin. Yes, we should call out false teaching. Yes, we should lovingly tell people the truth. And no, this portion of Scripture does not mean that we mustn't ever acknowledge those things or challenge those things or confront wrongdoing and compromise. That's a lie of the enemy, and that's one of the ways that he twists Scripture to deceive you.