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Saturday, May 19, 2018

Christ's Message-Beam in the Eye Luke 6 41, 42





Read the passage: Luke 6

(And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.)
(Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt
thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.)
  1. Apply your own heart to seeing first your own deficiencies.

  2. Acknowledge the reality of your own fault lines, and its significance. 
    (mote) (beam)

  3. The believer is to take action, himself, in response to his own need. 
    (cast out first the beam out of thine own eye.)

  4. The believer will not have needed clarity of vision to help another while a beam remains in his own eye.

  5. Concern for a brother’s fault is not the first concern to be cared for.

  6. A hypocrite is of little help to anyone.

  7. Beams and motes are annoying, however, there is an order that must be followed for humility to bear fruit. 

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