First Remove the Log from Your Own Eye

LENT GATHERING

First Remove the Plank from your own Eye
Brandon Berg

MESSAGE SCRIPTURE:

Main Scripture
Matthew 7:3-5 (CEB) "Why do you see the splinter that’s in your brother’s or sister’s eye, but don’t notice the log in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother or sister, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ when there’s a log in your eye?  You deceive yourself! First take the log out of your eye, and then you’ll see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s or sister’s eye."

Parallel Text
Romans 8:10 (CEB) "If Christ is in you, the Spirit is your life because of God’s righteousness, but the body is dead because of sin."

GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Do you find yourself judging others and wanting to “fix” them?

2. Is there anyone in your life you find yourself constantly judging, calling out faults, sins, and/or things you feel they need to change?

3. What is it like for you when you sense someone else attempting to pull a “speck” out of your eye when they have their own issues to deal with?

4. Do you sense the Lord identifying a particular portion of your “body of sin” that you need to work on? If so, would anyone care to share what that is?

5. Further, do you sense the Lord directing you to a particular spiritual discipline to help you grow, change, and overcome this particular portion of your “body of sin”?