DO WE WANT TO TELL OTHERS WHAT IS WRONG?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
INTRODUCTION:
I line several chairs one behind the other. I have enlisted a man to be the engineer, and a
conductor to take our tickets and control the others riding the train. The conductor says:
ALL ABOARD WE ARE DEPARTING THE STATION. I am a passenger. I scream we will
never make it, the engine can not pull this weight. It starts jerking. I scream we are all
going to die? The conductor tries to calm me. We go through a dark tunnel, (have them
turn off the lights.) I scream: WE BETTER JUMP OUT THE WINDOW?
I see a river ahead, we are going to crash. The conductor tells me: There is a bridge.
He tries to assure me, we do this every day. The tracks are sure.
I start scream once we are going real fast. They will never stop this thing.
THE LESSON IS TRUST THE ENGINEER, TRUST THE TRAIN...
WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
I. TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG?
HERE IS PAPER WRITE DOWN 5 THINGS THAT ARE WRONG IN YOUR FAMILY?
Matthew 7:3 (KJV) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out
the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
A. YOU HAVE CERTAIN TENDANCIES AND PATTERNS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE.
1. You tend to see others faults more than your own?
2. You will remember and point out others mistakes more often than owning yours?
3. This tendency hinders real growth...
4. You can not fix or change other people's problems...
5. Why not OWN and confront YOUR PEPRSONAL PROBLEMS?
Matthew 7:3 NIV "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no
attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the
speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first
take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from
your brother's eye.
B. TAKE A HINT?
WHO MADE YOU JUDGE? POLICEMAN? JURY?
1. Jesus gives WHITE ROBES?
2. Judges wear BLACK ROBES?
Matthew 7:3 (NLT) “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in
your own? 4 How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck
in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?
5 Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with
the speck in your friend’s eye.
Matthew 7:3 (MSG) It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the
ugly sneer on your own. 4 Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your you,' when
your own face is distorted by contempt? 5 It's this whole traveling road-show mentality all over
again,playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off
your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
II. THERE IS POWER IN REPETITION!
TELL IT TWICE IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD?
NOW TELL ME FIVE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH YOU?
Luke 6:41 (KJV) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let
me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in
thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou
see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
A. Is it easier to tell what is wrong with others than to tell what is wrong with you?
Luke 6:41 (MSG) "It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly
sneer on your own. 42 Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your face for you,' when your own
face is distorted by contempt? It's this I-know-better-than-you mentality again, playing a holier-than-thou
part instead of just living your own part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face and you might be fit to
offer a washcloth to your neighbor. 43 "You don't get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples
off a diseased tree.
B. I can tell you I ask people to write down 15 things wrong with other people?
They can instantly do this?
They write down 2 things wrong with them?
III. TELL ME WHAT IS RIGHT? THE THERMOMETER VS THE THERMOSTAT?
I HAVE A GALILEO THERMOMETER... IT DEFINES THE TEMPERATURE BY THE LOWEST
FLOATING BALL?
( They are cheap at Walmart- or Parent Teacher Store)
I also have a thermomether and a old therostat the a heating man gave me...
A. You have been designed for a reason, a purpose!
GOD HAS A PLAN.
Psalm 118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
B. After holding up the Galileo Thermometer, I hold up a regular oral thermometer and we
discuss what it can do?
C. Then I hold up a THERMOSTAT and we discuss the difference...
The thermostat does more than measures...
It can control the temps.
IV. DEFINE SOME?
HAVE YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE?
A. My dear friend, be warned there are many forces "out there" that will hinder your growth.
B. Do not except great cheerleaders to spur you on...
Jude 1:22 (KJV) And of some have compassion, making a difference:
C. SOME: a little, unknown, undetermined, part, piece,
D. WILL YOU BE PART OF THE "SOME" THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
V. THEY MADE ME? I CAN'T HELP IT?
YOUR EARS AND YOUR MIND ARE NOT A GARBAGE CAN WHERE YOU ACCEPT ALL
EVERYBODY ESLES JUNK AND NEGATIVITIY...
A. You define the MOOD you are functioning in...
B. YOU HAVE SET YOUR THINKING PATTERNS?
DO YOU CARE HOW YOU LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE?
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13 (NLT) No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on
this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through
Christ Jesus, is calling us.
C. GOD IS CALLING US TO QUIT LOOKING BACKWARDS...
I FORGET WHAT IS BEHIND...
D. I am not just REACTING TO SITUATIONS, I am called to ACT BY FAITH...
I must focus on the goals before me.
E. I AM NOT JUST RUNNING, I MUST FINISH
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy 4:7 (NLT) I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained
faithful.
VI. DOES APATHY RULE? WHO CARES?
WE MUST CHANGE OUR THINKING? WE ARE CREATURES OF HABIT...
WE ESTABLISH THINKING PATTERNS... THESE THINKING PATTERNS CAN BECOME
RUTS... A RUT IS AN OPEN ENDED GRAVE.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
A. We must change the WAY WE THINK...
Change the way you think and you WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU TALK.
Change the way you think and talk... CHANGE THE WORLD...
B. GOD DEMANDS FERVENT PRAYER AND ACTION!
EFFORT IS DEMANDED...
1. A CUP OF COLD WATER, NOT JUST WATER.
Had to be fresh.
Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold
water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Conclusion:
The young lad lived in the ALPS. It was beautiful.
Often he would stand on the porch and yell: HELLO!
The ECHOES BEGAN TO ROLL BACK: HELLO! HELLO! HELLO!
The boy would yell: I LOVE YOU!
The echo would yell back: I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!
The boy got in trouble and in anger he ran out to the porch and yelled:
I HATE YOU!
The echoes returned: I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!
He ran into tell his dad how cruel the world had grown...
It is a spiritual law, you reap what you sow.
WHAT YOU SPEAK RETURNS TO YOU!
LIFE HAS A MIRROR EFFECT!
TENNYSON SAID:
"OUR ECHOES ROLL FROM SOUL TO SOUL AND GROW FOREVER AND FOREVER!"
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
