This is

the Bible Project podcast and this year we're reading through the Sermon on the Mount.

I'm John Collins and with me as co-host Michelle

Hi Michelle.

Hi Michelle. Hi, John. So we're in the part of the

sermon on the mount where Jesus has been teaching us how to deal with

relational complexity. Like what do you do when there's relational drama? What if you

don't like the way someone's been acting?

What if you see a problem in somebody's life?

There have been three teachings so far.

First one is like a baseline.

Don't judge.

And practically that can't mean that you never evaluate someone's behavior.

That'll happen all the time, consciously and unconsciously.

But even when you evaluate, don't judge. In other words, don't make a final

declaration of the motives and value of another person. A great word to use here is

don't condemn.

The second teaching is a parable about how to evaluate someone's behavior.

When you see a speck in someone's eye, you jump in and remove it for him?

No, actually, take that moment of evaluating others

as an opportunity to first evaluate yourself.

We are really good at being generous and patient with ourselves extend that same posture to others.

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