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Introduction
If we really did exact an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth we’d have a society full of toothless blind people.
Oh there’s no place like home for the holidays.
Yet conflict around the holidays is common and getting worse.
(Mental Health Tracker from verywellmind.com)
long-distance travel and you arrive agitated
disrupted routines - especially with kids
menu disparities - how come you have to bake 5 pies?
And why does Aunt Jane only have to bring rolls?
I mean, how hard (or expensive) is that?
75% have holiday concerns
40% expect conflict
37% worry about holiday costs
30% worry about getting or spreading covid-19
28% shipping delays and shortages
22% traveling restrictions
21% worry about loneliness
19% worry about a loved one’s mental health
These are the topics people are anticipating conflict about.
39% Covid-19 pandemic
32% Vaccines
28% Politics
25% the Economy
19% conspiracy theories
18% climate change
67% the Vikings losing close games
If you have a strained relationship, I encourage you to take to words of Jesus and bring them into your life.
The Anatomy of a Peacemaker
More about this online in the small group questions.
the Heart - ask questions about motives, hurts, attitudes, and contributions to the problem.
Prepares your heart to forgive.
the Eyes - look at the facts without judgment
the Ears - listen for emotions and hurts
the Mind - create resolutions to the problem
the Hands - demonstrates changes in the heart and the relationship.
It puts the reconciliation and resolutions into action.
Transition: Let’s give some real life situations to the test.
Someone cuts you off in traffic.
You think…”they are rude and inconsiderate.”
But when you do it, it’s because of some circumstance that you can’t control.
The fundamental attribution error.
YouTube video.
We judge others by their actions and ourselves by our circumstances.
We judge others by their character and ourselves by our intentions.
IL: I used to get upset when one of my pastor friends ordered ice cream after lunch.
He’s use the phrase, “I’d like to largest medium cone you can give me.”
I judged him because he had a character flaw of stinginess.
I’m sure he believed it was simply frugality.
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Judge others as you want to be judged (Mt 7:1-2)
True disciples show mercy towards one another.
We forgive one another.
A person who makes themself and their way of doing things the absolute standard has usurped the place of God because only God can judge this way.
The opposite of this kind of attitude and action is love.
Those who know the depth of their sin appreciate the act of forgiveness the most.
2. Judge yourself first (Mt 7:3-5)
This is the way out of judgment.
Hyperbole - to exaggerate something to make a point.
Conflict and Reconciliation.
This is an imperative step.
It asks, what have I done to contribute to the problem.
Have I made it personal?
Do I even have the right perspective when I don’t know theirs?
Do I really know my own motivation (let alone theirs)?
Have I ignored their pain over the conflict?
Have I damaged them by gossip or slander?
Have I taken this to God and allowed him to work on my life?
Have I asked God to search my heart (Ps 139:23-24)
THEN: go and take the log out.
We are not excused from helping our siblings in Christ.
Most of us point out splinters only to judge and shame rather than correct.
Much gossip can be stopped if we ask people, “Are your part of the problem - or part of the solution?”
If not, we are only hypocrites.
Hypocrite: Self-righteous people are play-actors on the stage, but behind stage are actually quite unrighteous.
3. Use common sense (Mt 7:6)
Don’t naively believe everything you hear.
We have common sense.
Jesus said that we will know people by their fruit.
Jesus provides balance for his people.
He doesn’t mean that we cannot discern character and fruit.
Conclusion
when judgment rises up within you...
Ask if you want to be judged with the same measuring rod.
Ask whether there might be a circumstance at work rather than their character.
Ask yourself if there is something within you that could be guilty of the same thing.
Recognize the price of the payment Christ paid for your sin and ask whether you might be willing to overlook a fault.
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