Now in Matthew chapter 7 we have a famous passage at the beginning here, and this is
a very often abused passage, and the title of my sermon this morning is this, God is
the only judge, and I'm going to show that throughout the Bible. First I want to talk
about this passage in Matthew 7, it's a very misunderstood and abused passage.
A lot of people just want to take the first two words and let's just cut it off
right there, right? Judge not period. And that's what they want to quote this
as, and so many people have said to you and have said to me probably, well the Bible
says don't judge, you know the Bible says judge not. I'm going to show you that that's
not true this morning, because you've got to keep reading. It says in verse 1, judge not
that ye be not judged, for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what
measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brother's eye, that's just a very small piece of wood, but consider
it's not the beam that is in thine own eye. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, let
me pull out the mote out of thine eye, and heal the beam that is in thine own eye.
Now here's the key verse right here, verse 5, thou hypocrite. So this is talking
about someone that has a beam in their own eye, they're very guilty, and they're
trying to remove some small imperfection in someone else. First cast out the beam
out of thine own eye, and then leave the mote in your brother's eye. Is that what
it says? No, it says 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.
Now who has had a piece of wood stuck in your eye for maybe an hour or
two hours? Yeah, a lot of us. I remember I used to work for an alarm
company where we did residential alarms, and a lot of times we'd be drilling
up above our head into a door frame, into the wood, and the saw to spline,
even when you're wearing safety glasses, and sometimes you're not wearing safety
glasses, every once in a while that piece of wood falls in your eye, and I've
literally had it in my eye for about three hours. You know, you're trying to
get it out, you can't get it out, and then once it's gone it still feels like it's
there, you know, after it's gone, long after it's gone. Now it's very
uncomfortable, it's painful. Now if someone can help you, would you want
them to remove? Now if you're a smart person, if you're a wise person, and
someone can come to you and remove that piece of wood out of your eye, any
intelligent person would say, please do so, you can get this out of my eye,
help me. And so you're not hurting someone when you get something out of
their eye, you're actually helping them, but it could be a painful process.
You know, like, here, let me get that out of your eye. But when it's over
you're going to be glad. And so the point is, this passage is not telling
us never to judge. He's saying before you're going to judge someone
else, be sure that you are straight yourself before you're going to be
able to help somebody else. Now here's the interesting thing, though.
Usually the people who are the most quick to judge are the people with
the biggest beam in their eye. Okay, this is just the way it works. I mean,
the people, let me give you an example. You know, we believe in
soul winning. You know, we go out, we knock doors, we give people the
gospel, people on the job that we, you know, we meet friends and people
on the job, on the airplane. You know, we're constantly trying to
open our Bible and give people the gospel. And a lot of people
criticize the way that we do it when they're not doing it at all.
Now listen to this, if you never give the gospel to anybody, you're
not opening your Bible, you're not preaching out. You've got this
great big beam in your eye of disobedience. When the Bible says,
go ye therefore into all the world and preach the gospel to every
creature, you know, you've got your light under a bushel. You're not
preaching the gospel to anybody. And then those same people will
criticize us and say, oh, you're not doing it right. Well, show
me how to do it. You know, they're trying to remove some
slight imperfection from the way and look, I'm sure I'm not
perfect when I give somebody the gospel. You know, I mean, we
have this treasure on earth and vessels that the excellency of
the power may be of God and not of us. I mean, we're just
human beings. We're imperfect vessels. When we take the word of
God and try to give somebody the gospel, but at least we're
doing it, you know, at least we're giving it a shot. And if
somebody can come and correct something about my soul
winning, I'm ready to be corrected by someone who goes
soul winning, who does the work, because they don't have a
beam in their eye. If somebody can correct something or help me
out, I would love to be corrected. But it seems like the
people who want to criticize the most, who are the most
negative about the people who are out really doing something or
the people who are not doing anything at all. And that's
what Jesus is addressing here. He's saying, look, you are a
hypocrite, you know, quit judging those who are doing
great things for God. Quit judging those for not being
just perfect or just what you think, you know, the little
tiny speck in their eye, when usually you have bigger
problems than they do. So this passage is not telling you
not to judge. It's telling you not to be a hypocrite when
you judge. Look at James chapter four, I'll show you
another passage. James chapter four, that's at the end of the
New Testament. James chapter four. I mean, think think
about how silly this is, this concept of never judge. And
we've all heard it. We've a lot of people tell us, we
should never judge anyone. Don't judge. Jesus said not to
judge. Well, I think I'm going to try that next time I
go to court. You know, my next court appearance, I'm going
to say, Your Honor, the Bible says not to judge. Your
whole job shouldn't even exist. Right? Well, I mean,
what if somebody kills somebody, right? Well, don't
judge. You know, don't judge. Look at James chapter four,
verse 11. And by the way, did you know that there's a
whole book in the Bible called Judges? You know, and
then people will say don't judge. Look at James chapter
four, verse 11. Speak not evil one of another
brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother and
judges his brother speaketh evil of the law and
judges the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art
not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one law
giver who is able to save and to destroy who art thou
that judges another. Now I'm going to explain a little
more about what this passage means, but this is
talking about passing your own judgments outside of
the word of God. Okay? Because he's saying, look,
there's only one law giver. God is the only judge.
And that's the title of my sermon. Look at 1st
Corinthians chapter six. This is all kind of
introduction at the beginning of the sermon. 1st
Corinthians chapter number six. And we're going to
get the Bible's teaching on this. 1st Corinthians
chapter six, verse one. Dare any of you, having a
matter against another, go to law before the
unjust and not before the saints? Do you not know
that the saints shall judge the world? And if
the world be judged by you, are ye unworthy to
judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we
shall judge angels? How much more things that
pertain to this life? So here God's telling us that
we are to judge. He says in verse number four, if
then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this
life, set them to judge who are least esteemed
in the church. I speak this to your shame. Is it
so that there is not a wise man among you? No,
not one that shall be able to judge between his
brethren, but brother goeth to law with brother
and that before the unbelievers. You see, why
is he saying, verse four, to set them who are
least esteemed in the church to judge? Because
he's saying basically the most least esteemed
person in the church is going to be a better judge
than the world is going to be. He's being
sarcastic. Why don't you take the worst
Christian in your church and set them up as a
judge rather than to go to the world for
justice? He's talking about a brother suing a
brother. That'd be like if I had a problem with
somebody in church and I go to take them to
court. That is a sin against God. The Bible
says that you should rather just suffer yourself
to be defrauded in that case. Look at verse
seven. Now, therefore, there is utterly a fault
among you because you go to the law one with
another. Why do you not rather take wrong?
Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to
be defrauded? I've gotten a letter from
another preacher threatening to sue me before
more than once, and I stopped the letter in my
office. Hey, it's wrong. God says there is
utterly a fault among you. You should just
suffer yourself to be defrauded. And it wasn't
a fraud. It wasn't about money. You know, it's
just about something that I said, you know,
something I did. You know, but oh, yeah, he's
saying suffer yourself to be defrauded. Don't go
to the world. He's saying the most least
esteemed person in the church can judge
better than the world. Now, I know this from
experience. You know, I was just in court a
few weeks ago. It was a circus. It was
unbelievable. You can't get any justice in
this country. My trial hasn't even started yet. I
keep going to court and just, you know, all
this blah, blah, blah, none of the facts. It's
just all this legal mumbo jumbo. They can't
figure out what's going on. Now the judge
is on trial. You know, we're going to court
on September 29th to judge the judge in my
face. We're not even to me yet. We're not
even talking about any evidence. The judge
will be judged on September 29th. The world
doesn't know what they're talking about. And
yet many people today, they let the
government tell them what right and wrong
is. Like, well, if the government says it's
right, it's right. If the government says
it's wrong, it's wrong. No, if the Bible
says it's right, it's right. And the Bible
says it's wrong, it's wrong. Right? The
government is not our God. Okay? Jesus
Christ is the only judge. And so don't go to
the world to get your judgment and your
justice. Find out what the Bible says. Look
at 1 Corinthians 5. Just go back one
chapter. 1 Corinthians 5, it says in verse
one, it is reported commonly that there is
fornication among you. And such fornication
as is not so much as named among the
Gentiles that one should have his father's
wife. So here's a man who's fornicating
with his father's wife, his stepmother. It
says in verse two, and you are puffed up
and have not rather mourned that he that
has done this deed might be taken away
from money. For I verily as absent in
body but present in spirit have judged
already. Paul, why are you judging? Don't
you know that you're never supposed to
judge? And yet Paul in a distant country
hears this report about a man who's
committing fornication with his stepmother
and he's already judged. He doesn't need
to know the particulars. He doesn't need
to know the details. Why did he already
judge? Because he already knows what the
Bible says. We need fornication. He
already knows that the Bible says that
fornication is a sin. And so he says,
I've judged already. I don't even have
to be there. He says, as though I were
present concerning him that it should
not be, verse four, in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ when you're gathered
together in my spirit with the power
of our Lord Jesus Christ to deliver
such and one of the Satan for the
destruction of the flesh that the
spirit may be saved in the day of the
Lord Jesus. Turn back to the book of
John. We're going to look at several
scriptures in the book of John. Let's
start with John 7 24. So this idea
that we're never to judge is not
found in the Bible. Okay, this idea
that all judgment is wrong. Look at
John 7 24 and this is out of the
mouth of Jesus. He says in verse 24,
judge not according to the appearance
but judge righteous judgment. So God's
telling us to judge. I didn't show
it to you but in first Corinthians
chapter two it says, but he that is
spiritual judgeth all things yet he
himself is judged of no man. And so
continually the Bible is telling us
to judge. In the one passage where he
said judge not he just explained
don't judge in a case where you're
going to be judged because whatever you
judge people it's going to be
measured to you again. People will
hold you by the same standard that
you hold others. Kind of like the
saying those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones
because oftentimes we're guilty of
the same things that we want to
condemn other people for to try to
lift ourselves up by making other
people be put down. Then in James
chapter four he said hey there's one
lawgiver who's able to save and
destroy. Who art thou that judges
not? Don't pass your own judgment.
God is the only judge and then he
also said this don't speak evil of
your brother and judge your brother.
Now evil is something that harms
someone else. That's the definition.
And so judging people for the
purpose of harming them isn't that a
little bit different than when
you're trying to take the speck out
of their eye trying to remove the
mote from their eye? That's when
you're helping them. And so it
shouldn't be our job to go around
and try to to harm people or
condemn them or do evil to them.
When we pass judgment upon someone
it should be only for the sake of
helping them. And then in the next
verse he says give not that which is
holy unto the dogs neither castee
your pearls before swine. He says
lest they turn again and rend you.
Because in the Old Testament it says
rebuke a wise man and he'll love you.
But it says if you rebuke a fool
the verse is failing me but it's
I know it says rebuke a wise man
and he'll love you. But if you
rebuke the fool you know
basically he's going to get angry
and you know it's not going to
accomplish anything. But see
people who are wise they love to
be corrected if somebody can help
them do better or help them
improve. And this is something
all of us need to work on.
Taking criticism you know taking
somebody telling you how you can
improve. This was the problem
with Cain. God told Cain you're
wrong. And Cain instead of
changing and doing it well God
said that they'll do as well
if they'll not be accepted.
Instead he became angry and went
and slew his brother Abel. And
the Bible says wherefore slew
he in? Because his own works
were evil and his brother's
righteous. Marvel not my
brethren if the world hates you.
Look at John chapter 3.
John chapter 3. And this is of
course the famous passage of
John 3 16 for God so loved the
world that he gave his only
begotten son that whosoever
believeth in him should not
perish but have everlasting
life. Watch the next verse.
For God sent not his son into
the world to condemn the
world but that the world
through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is
not condemned but he that
believeth not is condemned
already because he had not
believed in the name of the
only God son of God. So when
Jesus came to this world he
didn't come to condemn anybody.
Why? Because they were
already condemned. When Jesus
preached against the Pharisees
and said you generation of
vipers you serpents. He said
how should you escape the
damnation of hell. He wasn't
condemning them. They were
condemned already before he was
even born because the word of
God is forever settled in
heaven that said whosoever
believeth in him should not
perish but have everlasting
life and he that believeth not
shall be damned. And so
Jesus didn't come and
condemn them. They were
already condemned. Now if you
tell someone what the Bible
says and you show them
look the Bible says that
those who do not believe
will perish will be in hell.
That's not you condemning
them. That's not you
judging them. Oh you're
judging. No. When I say
that the Muslims are going
to hell that's not me
judging them. They're
condemned already. All I'm
doing is just preaching
what the Bible says. There's
one law giver who's able
to save and destroy. Who
art thou that judges
another? He's saying God
is already judged. The
judgment's right here. And
when we repeat what God
has already judged that's
not us passing our own
judgment on people. You
think Paul was judging
whenever he said hey this
guy was committing
fornication with his
stepmother, needs to be
thrown out of the church,
needs to be condemned,
needs to be reprimanded.
Did he make that up? No.
He was getting that
straight from the Bible.
That wasn't his own
personal opinion. That
wasn't his own personal
judgment. Look at chapter
5 of John because the
book of John actually
talks a lot about this.
We're not going to go
to all the scriptures in
John that deal with
judging. But if you just
look up in concordance
the word judge,
judgment in the book of
John it's almost every
chapter this subject
comes up. But look at
chapter 5 verse 22.
For the father
judged no man but
hath committed all
judgment unto the son,
that all men should
honor the son even as
they honor the father.
So is there any
difference in the honor
between the father and
the son? No. Is there
any difference in
authority between the
father and the son?
No. He says honor the
son in the same way
that you'd honor the
father. Now in the
Old Testament the
Bible says the Lord,
capital L-O-R-D,
Jehovah, is our judge.
The Lord is our law
giver. The Lord is our
king. On and on
the Bible says that
God is the judge
of the whole earth.
I mean in the Old
Testament literally
hundreds of times it
says God is the judge.
God is the only judge.
He's the judge of
all the earth.
Abraham said to him
you're the judge
of all the earth
in Genesis 18. And
yet here he says the
father judged no man
but hath committed
all judgment unto the
son. Yet another
proof right there
that Jesus Christ is
God. I mean they're
one. The father,
the son, and the
holy ghost. Because
the son is the one
who's doing all the
judging according to
the Bible. It says
that all men should
honor the son even
as they honor the
father. He that
honoreth not the son
honoreth not the
father which hath
sent him. Verily,
verily, I say unto
you, he that heareth
my word, and
believeth on him
that sent me hath
everlasting life,
and shall not come
into condemnation,
but is cast from
death unto life.
Verily, verily,
I say unto you,
the hour is coming
and now is when
the dead shall hear
the voice of the
son of God, and
they that hear
shall live. For
as the father had
life in himself,
so hath he given
to the son to
have life in
himself, and
hath given him
authority to
execute judgment
also, because he
is the son of man.
Look at verse 30.
I can of
mine own self
do nothing.
As I hear,
I judge,
and my judgment
is just,
for I seek not
mine own will,
but the will
of the father
which hath sent me.
And then look at
verse 45.
Do you think
that I will
accuse you to
the father?
This is Jesus
speaking to the
Pharisees.
There is one
that accuseth you,
even Moses,
in whom you
trust.
For had you
believed Moses,
you would have
believed me,
for he wrote
of me.
But if you
believed not
his writings,
how should
you believe
my word?
Now there's
several things
going on in these
verses.
Number one,
he said,
look,
I'm not
going to
accuse you
to the father,
Moses is
going to
accuse you.
What is
that referring
to?
You know,
the books
of Moses,
Genesis,
Exodus,
Leviticus,
Numbers,
Deuteronomy,
God's law.
You see,
it's not us
that just
want to
condemn people.
We're not
out to
judge
and condemn
everybody.
No,
it's that
they're
condemned
already.
It's that
God has
already
pronounced
judgment
upon this
world
when he
said
that if
you do
not
believe
on Jesus
Christ,
you'll
be
damned
to
hell.
Hey,
that's not
me
that said
that,
that's
not you
that
said that,
and I
can lie
to you
and tell
you that
that's
not true,
but
that's
what
the
Bible says.
That
the
unbeliever,
before
I ever
knocked
on his door.
Before I
even
open the
Bible,
try to
show him
the truth.
He's
already
condemned
before
I
got
there.
I'm
not
there
to
condemn.
I'm
there
to
get
him
saved.
I'm
not
out
solely
to
condemn.
I'm
there
to
save
him.
I'm
there
just
pointing
him
to
the
Savior.
And
so
he's
saying
here,
the
one
who's
going
to
accuse
you
is
Moses
in
whom
you
trust.
For
had
you
believed
not
his
writings.
How
should
you
believe
my
words?
I
was
talking
to
a
young man
recently
and he
wanted
to
become
a
missionary
to
Israel.
He
wanted
to
go
to
Israel
and
preach
the
gospel.
You
know,
which
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
that.
I mean,
hey,
they
need to
get
saved.
They
need to
hear
the
gospel.
Great.
Go
hey.
But I
was talking
to him
and he
said,
you
know,
he
said to
me,
he
said,
well,
the
Jews,
he
said,
they
believe
the
Old
Testament,
but they
don't
believe
the
New
Testament.
So
he
said,
you
know,
when
you're
given
the
gospel,
you
got to
show
him
from
the
Old
Testament.
I
said,
wait
a
minute.
I
said,
you
know,
I
used to
think
the
same
thing
as
you.
I told
I said,
but
that's
not
true.
I
and
I
showed
him
this
scripture.
I
said,
they
don't
believe
the
Old
Testament.
So
why
would
you
limit
yourself
by
just
trying
to
use
the
Old
Testament
only.
They
don't
believe
it.
They
don't
believe
it
if
you
show
them
from
Psalms.
They
don't
believe
it
when
you
show
them
from
Isaiah.
They
don't
believe
it
when
you
show
them
from
Deuteronomy.
I
said,
why
don't
you
just
open
the
Bible
to
Romans 3
23
and say
for
all
of
sin
and
come
short
of
the
glory
of
God.
Why
don't
you
open
your
Bible
to
John
3
16
and
say
for
God
so
loved
the
world
that
he
gave
his
only
begotten
son
that
whosoever
believeth
in
him
should
not
perish
but
have
ever
like
that.
He
said,
well
they
don't
believe
that.
I
know.
That's
why
they're
not
saved
and
you're
trying
to
get
them
saved.
And
in
order
to
get
saved
they're
gonna
have
to
believe
that.
So
show
it
to
them.
Show
them
what
they
need
to
believe.
I'm
not
saying
somebody
can't
get
saved
from
the
Old
Testament.
Sure
they
can't.
But
you
know
what?
Why
would
you
limit
yourself
and say
well
I'm
only
gonna
use
the
part
they
believe.
Well
if
you're
only
gonna
use
the
part
they
believe
then
okay
it's
in
my
hand
what
they
believe
of
the
Bible.
Right
and
that's
on
the
authority
of
Jesus
Christ.
That's
not
my
opinion.
That's
what
he
said.
Let
me
ask
you
this
if
the
Jews
believe
the
Bible
where's
the
where's
the
lamb
that
they're
sacrificing.
Where's
the
blood
sacrifice?
Did
the
Jews
bring
a
ram
to
the
altar
for
a
trespass
offering?
That's
what
that's
what
their
Old
Testament
tells
them
to
do.
We
you know
we
have
our
sacrifice
Jesus
Christ
slain
once
for
all.
Where's
their
sacrifice?
They
don't
even
they
don't
follow
any
of it
okay.
They
follow
the
rabbi.
They
follow
the
Talmud.
They
follow
their
own
religious
teachings.
They
do not
believe
in
the
Bible.
They
are not
don't
call
me
Judeo
Christian.
Just
Christian
will be
fine
okay.
Because
Judeo
Christian
is a
term that's
trying
to
basically
break
down
the
walls
between
Judaism
and
Christianity.
Two
dramatically
different
religions
okay.
And
they
have
no part
with
true
Christianity.
They
will not
inherit
the
kingdom of
God
unless
they
believe
on
Christ.
Any
Jew
wants
to
today
can
decide
that
you know
what
I'm
gonna
believe
on
Jesus
Christ
and
they
won't
be
saved
unless
they
do
so.
Here's
an
interesting
scripture
in
the
book
of
Jude
where
he
says
in
verse
14
and
Enoch
also
the
seventh
from
Adam
prophesied
of
these
saints.
Behold
the
Lord
cometh
with
ten
thousand
of
his
saints
to
execute
judgment
upon
all.
And
then
in
first
Thessalonians
chapter
three
he
said
that
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with
all
his
saints.
So
God
and
Jesus
Christ
are
one
of
the
saints.
He
says
God
is
coming
with
his
saints
to
judge
the
world.
Jesus
is
coming
with
all
the
saints
in
first
Thessalonians
three
to
pass
judgment
upon
the
whole
world.
Now
look
at
Romans
chapter
16.
You're
in
John
just go
a few
pages
to the
right of
your
Bible.
John
acts
Romans.
So
Jesus
said
some
things
to the
Pharisees
said
some
things
right
when
he's
calling
them
serpents
vipers
telling
them
that
they're
damned
and
everything
it
sounded
like
he
was
condemning
them.
It
sounded
like
he's
judging
them
but
wait
a
minute
they
were
already
condemned
he
was
just
announcing
that
to
them.
He
didn't
come
to
condemn.
He
came
to
say
they
were
already
condemned.
They
would
have
been
condemned
just
by
Moses
law
he
said.
but
here
in
Romans
16
here's a
message to
us as
Christians
and
especially
as
preachers
Romans
16
17
now I
beseech
you
brethren
mark
them
which
cause
divisions
and
offenses
contrary
to
the
doctrine
which
you've
learned
and
avoid
them.
So
when
someone
is
preaching
another
doctrine
contrary
to
the
doctrine
that
we've
learned
from
God's
word.
When
some
preacher
is
getting
up and
preaching
heresy
and
mark
them
and
avoid
them
right
turn
to
Philippians
chapter
3
mark
them
and
avoid
them
now
a lot
of
people
today
they
don't
like
this
they
don't
like
it
when
you
mark
and
point
out
the
false
teacher
and
the
false
problem
call
his
name
you
say
well
I
don't
believe
you
should
name
the
names
okay
well
look
throughout
the
Bible
Paul
pointed
out
the
false
teachers
of
his day
by
a
name
he
preached
against
by
name
Alexander
Hymenaeus
Phygelus
Hermogenes
all
these
different
men
and
more
than
that
you
know
what
was
the
other
guy's
name
diotrophy
he
went
through
and
preached
against
these
guys
you
say
well
why
was
he
judging
them
how
can
he
judge
and
say
and
he
said
he
said
about
some
of them
they're
going
to
hell
I
mean
flat
out
came
out
said
that
he
said
that
they're
damnation
you
know
slumber
not
he
he's
basically
saying
you
know
that
they
he's
delivered
them
up
to
satan
alexander
and
hymenaeus
okay
these
guys
he's
condemning
them
but
wait
a
minute
was
he
condemning
them
now
this
happened
already
but
watch
this
is
interesting
because
a lot
of
you
might
don't
even
mention
them
don't
even
name
and
yet
paul
i
listed
a list
of guys
that
he
named
but
look
at
philippians
317
it
says
brother
to be
followers
together
of me
and
look
at
this
word
and
mark
same
word
right
and
mark
them
which
walk
so
as
you
have
us
for an
example
for
many
walk
of
whom
i
have
told
you
often
and
now
tell
you
even
weeping
that
they
are
the
enemies
of
the
cross
of
christ
now
did
he
just
every
once
in
a
while
mention
that
someone
was
preaching
another
doctrine
it
says
look
i
have
warned
you
often
he
said
i've
told
you
often
of
those
whose
end
is
destruction
verse
19
whose
god
is
their
belly
and whose
glory
is
in
their
shame
who
minded
earthly
things
he
said
for
many
walk
in
verse 18
of
whom
i
told
you
often
and now
tell
you
even
weeping
that
they
are
the
enemies
of
the
cross
of
christ
paul pointed
out
the
enemies
of
the
cross
of
christ
people
today
would
say
oh
you're
judging
you're
judgmental
paul
said
no
they're
condemned
already
but
i'm
going
to
mark
them
so
that
you
can
avoid
them
you
see
it's
one
thing
if
i
can
mark
them
and
avoid
them
but
if
you
come
to
church
i'll mark
them
out
for
you
i'll
tell
you
often
of
them
even
weeping
saying
they
are
the
enemies
of
the
cross
of
the
rice
because
he's
saying
you
need
to
mark
those
which
walk
correctly
so
you
can
have
them
for
an
example
you
don't
need
john
hagey
as
an
example
you
need
pastor
anderson
to get
up
and
warn
you
of
a
wolf
and
sheeps
clothing
i knew
a
godly
christian
lady
who was
watching
john
hagey
and
being
sucked
in
by
and
she
was
saying
she's
a
believer
and
you
know
she'd
only
heard
a
few
sermons
and
what
she
heard
sounded
pretty
good
and
she
was
like
oh
wow
you
know
do
you
know
about
this
guy
and
i just
said
well
i don't
want
to
judge
no
i told
her
look
this
guy
is
believing
that
you
can
lose
your
salvation
this
guy
believes
that
the
jews
are
going
to
heaven
even
if
they
don't
believe
on
christ
you
know
and
i
marked
i
marked
him
for
avoidance
okay
you
know
avoid
john
hagey
okay
and
you
can
go
down
the
list
now
let's
stop
and
think
for a
minute
what
did
it say
back
in
james
chapter 4
when he said
there is
one
lawgiver
who is
able
to
save
and
to
destroy
who
are
doubt
that
judges
another
do we
have the
right
to
pass
our
own
judgments
outside
the
word
god
now
stop
and
think
about
this
look
let
me
show
you
really
quickly
look
at
isaiah
43
because
this
is
this
important
now
i
was
going
to just
explain
this
but
i
really
want
to
show
this
to you
in
the
bible
so
that
you
can
see
it
for
yourself
it's
such
a
great
look
at
isaiah
43
because
you
got
to
keep
that
in
mind
and
all
that
was
kind
of
introduction
to
say
this
we
don't
have
the
right
to
just
make
our
own
opinion
and
our
own
judgment
and
condemn
people
okay
the
bible
says
look
they're
either
condemned
by
me
already
or
they're
not
there's
only
one judge
god's
the
true
judge
god's
the
only
judge
if
you're
pronouncing
what
he's
already
judged
you're
not
even
the
one
judging
anyway
you know
don't
be a
hypocrite
and
condemn
people
for
things
that
you're
guilty
of
yourself
but
it
is
our
job
as
the
saints
as
believers
to
judge
he's
saying
we
have to
judge
between
brethren
we
got
to
judge
what's
right
i
mean
every
day
we
judge
we
hear
something
and
we
i
mean
you're
right
now
right
now
as
i'm
preaching
if
you're
smart
you're
sitting
there
judging
everything
i'm
saying
right
now
think
about it
i
mean
unless
you
just
come
to
church
like
you know
yes
pats
rainer
saying
you know
whatever
you say
if
you're
smart
if
you're
spiritual
okay
you're
coming in
here
and you're
sitting
down
in
every
sentence
that comes
out of my
mouth
every
scripture
i'm
showing you
you are
judging it
by
what
standard
you
should
be
judging
it
by
the
standard
of
mine
the
bible
says
that
those
that
the
believers
that
were
in
Berea
were
nor
more
noble
than
those
of
Thessalonika
in
that
they
search
the
scriptures
daily
whether
these
things
were
so
whether
what
things
are
so
the
things
that
paul
was
preaching
paul preached
it
and then
they
said
okay
i'm
going
to
search
the
stricter
and
see
if
what
he's
preaching
is
right
and
that's
what
you
ought
to be
doing
yeah
i
love
for
you
i
don't
want
you
to
just
blind
well
why
do
you
believe
it
well
that's
what
pastor
anderson
said
you
know
no
you
need
to
be
judging
it
judge
first
current
him
there's
so
much
to say
about
this
but
we'll
stay
in isaiah
43
i
gotta
read
you
this
this is
in
first
14
you don't have to turn there but i'm just going to turn there and just read you this one scripture
this just popped into my mind and i gotta i gotta point this out to you
if i can find it listen to this verse 29 of first trent he's 14
let the prophets speak two or three and let the other judge did you hear that when
preaching is going on when the prophet is standing up and prophesying we use the word
preach but it's the same word when i'm up here prophesying you're supposed to sit there and
judge the bible says in first trent he's 14 29 prove all things hold fast that which is good
so you're judging if you're a spiritual christian you're judging me right now
how dare you but in isaiah 43 10 the bible says this it says you're my witnesses saith
the lord and my servant whom i have chosen that you may know and believe me and understand
that i am before me there was no god formed neither shall there be after me i even i am the
lord and watch it and beside me there is no savior right that's a pretty clear statement
he said i am he there's none else he said no other god no other savior that's what he
meant by that phrase i am he well guess what jesus said in the book of john he said if you
do not believe that i am he referring back to that scripture you shall die in your sins
if you do not believe that i'm he he said then should you know that i'm he
and if you do not believe that i'm he you'll die in your sins so according to the bible
anybody who doesn't believe that will die in their sins right anyone who doesn't believe that
he's the only god that there's only one god one savior jesus christ will die in their sins okay
well then bill our buddy billy baleham comes along i'm sorry billy graham comes along
and billy baleham comes along and says oh i believe that there are people who've never
even heard the name of jesus and they're going to heaven you know and it's so documented i
mean there's probably five million videos on youtube about this everybody's heard him
say it everybody when i was a teenager i sat and watched it on tv live on larry
king or whatever you know we all heard it we've all seen billy graham get up and say
oh the muslims you know they're following the light that they have and i believe they're
saved he said you know oh the jews you know they're saved now wait a minute you say whatever
you want but wait a minute doesn't the bible say anybody who believes that there's another
savior that there's another way to be safe outside of jesus hey neither is there salvation
in any other the bible says for there is none other name under heaven given among men
whereby you must be saved and doesn't the bible say that if you don't believe that you'll
die in your sin you believe it if jesus didn't say well i'm i'm one of the ways to heaven
i'm a way a truth a life some people come to the father by me okay that's not what he says
no he said i'm the way the truth the life no man cometh unto the father by me
and so wait a minute you're in the people still tell me billy graham is saved
billy graham saved billy graham is a true prophet of god
how dare you judge billy graham people write me an email and say don't judge billy graham
he's a great man of god no they're the one judging him because god said he's condemned
and they're stepping in and overturning god's judgment and saying well i'm gonna give him a
pass in the head because i like him something about that i mean what what if i sat in the courtroom
and you know judge yolanda torac you know the judge who's hearing my case right now this week
you know it changes every week what if she came in and said you know
i pronounced stephen anderson you know which isn't gonna happen but let's say she said
stephen l anderson is guilty as charged right and then what if you just walked in
you're not a judge you're not you know you're not wearing the funny robe or anything
and you just walk in and you just say this is uh you know i'm chris here okay and uh
i'm overruling judge yolanda's judgment and i'm saying that he's innocent
okay do you think that that was bought
okay cool thanks because he doesn't have the authority to judge that okay so when the bible
is telling us here look anyone who believes that there's another way to heaven is not safe
do you think that you have the right to overturn that and just step in and say well
i think he is fake oh well based on what show me in the bible where somebody who believes
in other ways to heaven is saved because i just showed you where they're not so who's the one
who's judging the one who's judging is the one who says john hickey is a great preacher billy
graham is a great preacher we love him he's a no you're judging because he's condemned already
and i'm just standing up here and preaching and pronouncing god's justice that he already
said god doesn't play favorites god's not a respecter of persons there's one rule for
everybody and you must believe that jesus christ is the only savior in order to be saved
it doesn't matter what race you are it doesn't matter what religion you're born into what
continent you're on it's the same for everybody it doesn't matter how good you are or how many
times you preached you don't get a free pass into heaven many will say to him in that day
remember where we started matthew seven lord lord have we not prophesied in thy name
and in thy name have cast out devils you know it's gonna be benny him he's gonna be god
i cast out all these devils and in thy name have done many wonderful works and jesus
had all professed under them i never knew you what kind of person would stand before god has
faith god look at all my works you mean you're not going to let me in does that sound
like somebody who's saved no that's somebody who's trusting their works it's not going to be that
you're going to get there and you didn't pray just right you know like mario presets are
on doubting your salvation oh you didn't believe hard enough no the people are going to be cast
out of the one thing oh god look at all the good works we did he's going to say it wasn't
about your works it was about my blood on the cross it's a gift of god eternal life
through jesus christ our lord and so many people billy graham is going to be standing
outside the gate to heaven saying god what about the crusades what about the christian rock band
concert you know in phoenix what about in korea when i preach that people have to repent of their
sins and give their life to jesus to be saved you say oh billy graham used to preach right
i have a video clip from 1947 where he's saying that salvation is through giving turn
your whole life around give your life to jesus and repent from all your sins hey i still have
to repent from my sins billy i'm still a sinner who in this room has turned from all your
sins and yet that's billy's plan of salvation the gospel according to saint billy you know turn
from your sin give your life to christ hey i don't have to give my life to christ christ gave
his life for me that's the opposite of the gospel it's not we gave we so loved god that
we gave that's what people turn the gospel into they say oh in order to be saved you have
to love god they'll take a verse in first john saying if you don't love god if you don't
keep his commandments that's true you don't love god if you keep your back but thank god
you don't have to love him and give him no he loved you so that he gave you if you believe
so it's not i so loved god that i gave him my life and now i'm not going to perish but
have everlasting life that's the gospel that's being preached by billy graham the joyce myer
the kenneth copeland the you know the john hagee whatever these you know people are i don't
know their true gospel is this god show love that he gave his life we don't give our life
he gave his life that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but ever less see billy
graham message hasn't changed he was a liar not in the 40s and the 50s and the 60s and
said i mean i've talked to preachers that were like in their 60s who said i worked at a
billy graham crusade in the 1950s one time and i realized it was the most phony thing i'd ever been
to he said they would have all the workers all the volunteers as soon as billy graham would
finish preaching would stand up and flood down the aisles to make it look like thousands were
receiving christ as savior and he said that thousands of people were instructed the workers
and they called it priming the pump they said this is how they justify it this is how they
justify the orders they said you're climbing the pump because when he when he finishes preaching
you all get up and flood down the aisles then if someone wants to get saved they'll feel more
comfortable flooding down the aisle beside you you know they want to be the only one the first
one which is dumb anyway who wants to come run down an aisle and get saved in front of a crowd
right why don't you get saved in the back why don't you get saved at your seat why
why doesn't somebody just get you saved at the door or out on the parking lot or whatever
so you have to you know
but you know what they said you're priming the pump but guess what the tv announcer says
look at all the people flooding down the aisle wow what a powerful speaker all these people
are getting saved when they're all employees or volunteers flooding the aisle the devil's a
deceiver my friend okay i mean there's a don't be fooled by the cunning side of it
look i ain't afraid billy benny hin is not real okay i know that's a shock to you
all right those people that get slapped on the forehead and fall over they're paid actors
all right okay you guys say who todd bentley i don't know who he is but i believe you he's bad
tattoos and the biker hey the bible says thou shall not print any marks upon that body
and yet you know these yeah i think yeah there's the sun i i don't know if it's that
guy there's the sun of some preacher that was like a fornicator jimmy swagger or whatever
or whatever his son like is covered in tattoos all his face and now he's like preaching the
word he can really connect with those kind of people you know stuff like that look the bible
says there are many antichrists there are many false prophets are gone out into the world
and i'm not judging them when i name them to point them out to you
they're already condemned you're judging when you try to tell me oh mother teresa was saved
mother teresa is a devout roman catholic that was working her way to heaven and guess what she
sinned and came short of the glory of god that's right just like i've sinned and come short
of the glory of god the difference is that i'm trusting christ to get me to heaven not my own works
and you can you can stand up and say all these positive things but there's one lawgiver who's
able to say yes but he's also able to destroy so who art thou to say that billy graham saved
who art thou to say that john hayden saved when the bible says that they're not
and so we got to stop and say am i judging after the appearance am i judging from my own heart
am i just coming up with my own opinions the bible says who's so trusted in his own heart
as a fool or am i judging the righteous judgment from the bible the bible's god's word
the bible stands i don't have to apologize for the bible i don't have to stand and prove
to you that the bible is true or apologize hey it's true believe it or not that's up to you
but but if you don't believe
you're damned if you do believe you're safe that's it and god's word stands as the rock
that will crush anything beneath it or the rock on which you can stand
the choice is up to you and so i hope that clears up about judging you know there's a lot of people
just don't judge don't judge judge not judge not when the bible says wait a minute remove the
beam out of your heart then you'll see clearly the judge study god's work be filled with the
spirit you'll be able to pass our righteous judgment not not to go around to them not to
go around and hurt somebody you know don't go up to somebody and say oh the way you're dressed
is wrong you know oh man i can't believe that you missed church that's that's ridiculous
what i'm saying is when we're pointing out billy graham it's not just for the point of like
billy graham the point is to help you to warn you so that you're not sucked in by
i have a perp there's a purpose for everything i preach i'm not just up here
just man i gotta get this off my chest about john hayden i'm sick of it it's me up here saying hey
beware of john hayden hey with a tear in the eye as paul said i'm telling you that there are
many false teachers out there i'm i've warned you of them often i don't want to get to heaven
and say well i warned him every once in a while paul's gonna be like what are you doing
steven anderson what were you i warned him often why were all your people going home and
watching john hayden and billy graham where were you at man i'm sorry you know i was trying to
be positive and so when i'm preaching against these people i'm not just trying to
take them down i mean you really think that you know the oh wow we noticed after pastor
preached this sermon on uh what's the date today august uh 15 16 whatever you know
we noticed a sharp decline in billy graham popularity i don't have that big of a following
hey i'm not trying to i'm gonna take down i'm gonna destroy billy graham's ministry
no i'm here to warn you because i love you i don't want to see you get caught up in this
i don't want to see you get caught up in in john hayden and like i said i've seen christians
get sucked in by these people and you have too the billy graham the john hayden hey they're
so smooth you know the joyce myer or whatever joel osteen thank you can i get away with this
and so look judgment is reserved for god god's going judge and i'll close with this point
i wanted to get in i don't have time to go to this like i wanted to but my last point was this
realize in your life that god's the only judge of your life
don't live a life that's about impressing other people the bible says for if i yet pleased men
then i should not be the servant of christ that's in galatian chapter one one of the last
person in the chat if i yet please man i should not be the servant of christ when i get up
and preach or when you live your life it shouldn't be about pleasing people it shouldn't
be about what my wife thinks of me or what my children even think of me or what my friends
or what my friends think of me or what my parents think now those things have a place
but you know what god is the only judge when it comes down to it at the end of the day
sometimes you'll look sometimes you have to look worse before man in order to be right
you're standing before god what if you're guilty of something you know you can lie about it
and say you're not guilty you'll look better before man but god knows and god's the only
true judge that really matters when i preach i need to preach a message that pleasing to god
it's not always going to please man sometimes people sometimes people like what i preach i mean
there's some service i preach that i don't think anybody could really be offended by it
there look you weren't there that week okay there are some sermons like that
and then there are other sermons that have fanned but you know what that's that that doesn't
matter to me i just want to preach the word the whole thing preach every concept every word
every verse every chapter and let the chips fall where they may and let god be the judge
when you when someone does you wrong you know you may always feel like you need to retaliate
or set the record straight or get your side of the story out there you know what god is the
only judge don't worry you know somebody lies about you on the job you don't have to just
fight to set the record straight you know what let god take care of it you know just believe
in god don't worry about it you know there are times when you need to stand up for yourself
but you know what other times it's best to just turn the other cheek let things go because
like there's a scoreboard in heaven and always reads the right school you know no matter what
the scoreboard down here says god is the judge god's the logger he's the one that
lifts up one and puts down another you don't have to worry about it god's the only judge
as far as that word prayer father please just help us to know your word dear god and
to know how to judge righteously your god help us not to to just go around and condemn people
and and tear people down your god that's not what we've been called to do we've been called
to follow your footsteps to to say not to condemn help us to preach the gospel to every
creature of your god and help us not to try to take some little mode out of somebody's
eye when we have a theme in our own eye help us to be spiritual and righteous that we can
judge right every time every sermon we listen to we can we can judge it on the basis of what
god's word says help us not to take your judgment into our own hands but to just resign
ourselves to what you've already condemned and justified in your word and we love you
in jesus name we pray amen