2009-09-18T13:16:39-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/plank/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:3&version=NIV 2009-09-18T13:16:39-05:00 Jesus uses a deliberately extreme image in this passage--that of a plank in somebody's eye--to make a point about the human impulse to judge others while ignoring our own faults. Tend to your own flaws, Jesus teaches, before you get too upset about others'. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:1-3&version=NIV 2009-07-24T13:03:49-05:00 Jesus' famous reprimand for those who spend lots of time judging others, while ignoring their own faults. We certainly wouldn't want to be judged in the same way we judge others--so leave the judging to God, and focus on correcting your own weaknesses instead. http://sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=21138&forum=34&1 2008-01-03T12:20:58-05:00 Is your eye clear is the question paul washer asks in this very important sermon.