Meeting guide · command 28

Be a Logger

Remove the log from your own eye before trying to correct the speck in another person’s eye.

Read

Read the complete passage aloud.

Primary passage

Luke 6:41–42

41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? 42 Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.

World English Bible

Jesus uses exaggerated imagery to expose the absurdity of correcting another person without honest self-examination.

Discuss

Listen carefully to what Jesus says.

  1. What does Jesus command?
  2. What does this passage reveal about Him?
  3. Where do we resist this command?
  4. What is difficult or unclear?
  5. Why does unexamined sin distort our ability to help another person, even when we see a real problem?

Practice

Choose one specific act of obedience.

Write down the fault you most want to correct in someone else. Ask where a related pattern exists in you, confess it, and seek change before speaking.

Return

Come back and discuss what happened.

What did you discover about yourself, and how did it change your desire or ability to correct the other person?

Close together

Pray. Then prepare to teach.

Pray

Jesus, show us the logs we overlook. Make our repentance sincere and any correction gentle, clear, and helpful.

Teach

Jesus does not end with ignoring the speck; He requires prior repentance so help can be offered with clear sight.