Condemnation – The Clotting of the Kingdom Heart
- What are the two primary ways that “judging” is used in the New Testament? How do they differ? What does each look like in practice?
- Have you ever been condemned by another? What did it feel like? Have you ever condemned another? Why?
- How are you condemning towards others? What individuals or groups do you struggle not having a “condemning attitude toward?
- Why is condemning another wrong? What does it say about the one doing the condemning? Describe the kind of person he or she is. Why are appraising ideas and appraising actions vitally necessary to life?
- Why is condemnation in the home so destructive? Do you agree with C.S. Lewis’ quote when he says that he has “been far more impressed by the bad manners of parents to children than by those of children to parent?”
- Read through Galatians 6:1-5. How should a brother or sister in sin be dealt with? What principles of restoration do you glean from this text? How does the approach Paul suggests here differ from an attitude of condemnation?
- Read Matthew 10:11-16. Discuss the implications of Matthew 7:6 and the final point of the message in light of Mt. 10:11-16. How would we apply Mt. 7:6?
- Pray for each other and yourself to become the kind of person that is an appraiser of ideas and actions not a condemner of people.
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