DCFC Online 5th December - YOUR ATTITUDE of JUDGEMENT - Ps Murray Tomlinson

3, MATTHEW 7:1-5, FIRST. Release Others from
YOUR ATTITUDE of JUDGEMENT, 
1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 
3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 
4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 
5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. 
FIRST…. Remove the Plank, the Mote, Speck, or Beam, (Your CALLOUS JUDGEMENTAL  ATTITUDE) from Your Own HEART or EYE, And Your Pride That IS BLINDING YOU from Seeing Clearly to Help the Other Person, (Having FIRST Seen how Bad you are Yourself) 
THIS IS THE LAW OF TOLERANCE or Giving BREATHING ROOM to Others.
OUR Pride is Like turning On the Interior Light in Our Cars at Night. It turns all Our WINDOWS INTO MIRRORS. We Can no longer See Outside Clearly. It’s about us.
HEY….. GOD IS JUDGE and NOT US.
TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT YOURSELF FIRST. (Song Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man…… Take a look at Yourself and you will look at Others Differently)

STORY…. The Fridge and the Bridge.
1979, The Govt. was renewing the Road in the Fayantina Valley. THE AUST Road Foreman, would Drop in for a Cuppa from time to time. He eventually purchased our Deep Freeze for $150, but within a couple of weeks accused us of selling him a dud. I told him to get it RE-Gassed. The next time I saw Him, He tried to Punch Me Out at the Steamships Hardware Store, in Front of the Customers. When I arrived back at the Mission latter that Day He had Already used a Big Grader to Pull Out a Bridge with a massive Chain, on the road into our Mission, making it Impassable.
I was SO, SO, ANGRY !!! All Kinds of REVENGE THOUGHTS were Running through My head. I was Fuming. I Had Not Long Before Rebuilt IT. 
I was a bit like the Guy in ISAIAH 65:5, (New Living Trans) 
5 Yet they say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away. 
I WAS the Missionary, and He was an Uncouth Road Foreman. That Night I Lay In bed Fuming, & thinking Revenge thoughts…. Till almost Midnight.
Then GOD SPOKE… saying ….. 
Which One of You is the Christian ???
I responded, Hey… I Beg Your Pardon, Can’t you see that I’m Your Servant, a Christian and a Missionary, and this Other Guy is a Heathen.  GOD ……… REPLIED….. Well from where I’m sitting …. BOTH OF YOUR HEARTS are Full Up  With Hatred for Each other. They Both Look the Same to ME.   WHAM ! ! !
A BOLT of Conviction went through ME and I Fell Out Over the Side of My BED onto My Knees and Was Sobbing My Heart Out, Down Beside My BED. 
ASTRID Woke Up with the Noise and Said WHAT ARE YOU DOING. ???
I replied… I’m Getting Right with GOD!
MATTHEW 7:5,   Says 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. 
Forgiveness is when we release people from Our Own Judgement. It’ Clearing Their Record with US, and transferring the responsibility for any Punishment to GOD. (Let God Judge them if He wishes, It’s Not Our Role to Judge.
Unfortunately , when you’re Angry, Discernment goes “out the window” I couldn’t Discern. I only Judged….. with No desire to Restore the Fellowship, only a Desire for retribution, or to Get Even.
God, Spoke to Me, Saying Give the Man His $150 back, and Leave it with ME.
I drove the next day to His house Hoping he would not be there and gave the money to His wife. 
He rebuilt Me a Brand New Bridge, of a Much Superior Quality than the One I hand Built earlier.
Whenever I would Meet Him In Goroka, after this He would LOUDLY announce to everyone, that I was a Real Christian  and a True Man of God. 
IF We Want to TURN Our Bitterness into Forgiveness and Restoration, We Need to Release Our Judgement From Them, AND to Voluntarily Invest into the Life of the Person we are Bitter Towards. Our Offender. Scripture Tells us in 
MATTHEW 6:21, where you Put Your Treasure, There will Your Heart be also.
STORY OF TWO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.