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“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye…Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3,5).
If we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that we are all experts at seeing the faults of others. A mote is another name for a small speck of something, while a beam is just that—a large length of wood or metal that could be used to support a house. Of course we would never actually have a beam in our eye, but the Lord uses the comparison to show us how we can always see the speck of wrong that someone else does, but perhaps do not notice the much bigger wrong that we have done.
The Lord can use us to help one another judge wrong things in our lives, but first we must judge ourselves. As Christians, self-judgment is most important, for we still have an old sinful nature, that wants to do bad things. When this happens, we sometimes try to excuse ourselves, yet still want to help someone else get rid of a very small sin.
If we have done wrong, we need to confess it to the Lord, and then He can forgive us, so that we enjoy happy fellowship with the Lord again. Then we may be able to be a help to others who do not realize what they are doing wrong.
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