SHOWING CONTEMPT

SHOWING CONTEMPT I. DISRESPECT FOR A JUDGE OR COURTROOM PROCEEDING IS NOT TOLERATED. A. ROMANS 2:3-4 B. WEBSTER DEFINES “CONTEMPT” - “THE ACT OF DESPISING; LACK OF RESPECT OR REVERENCE FOR SOMETHING.” II. CHRISTIANS MUST BE VERY CAREFUL “NOT” TO PASS JUDGMENT ON OTHERS! A. CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL FOR GOD’S KINDNESS AND PATIENCE. B. LUKE 9:52-56 KJV III. JESUS WAS VERY CLEAR IN HIS MISSION. A. JOHN 3:17 B. TRUTH: EASIER FOR JESUS TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, RATHER THAN “SAVE” THE WORLD. C. JESUS’ STATEMENT DEMANDS AN ANSWER: “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YOU ARE OF.” IV. JESUS WAS CONTINUALLY TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES ON “NOT JUDGING.” A. MATTHEW 7:1-5 B. JESUS NEVER SAID: DON’T HELP YOUR BROTHER WITH HIS SPECK. FIRST REMOVE THE PLANK IN YOUR EYE. V. LESSON #2. “STOP JUDGING BY MERE APPEARANCES AND MAKE RIGHT JUDGMENT.” (JOHN 7:24) A. APOSTLE PAUL REMINDS US THAT: “GOD’S KINDNESS LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.” B. ROMANS 13:8 C. AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, RECIPIENTS OF “HIS” KINDNESS AND PATIENCE, WE ARE INDEBTED TO “HIS” AMAZING GRACE.