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A young man has a father-in-law that he just can’t ever impress or please. They both like hunting, so one day the man takes his father in law out duck hunting. The young man spent a fortune on his dog for hunting and he knows for sure that it will impress his father in law. Finally one of them shoots a duck and the dog jumps out of the boat and WALKS ON WATER TO THE DUCK… brings it back and sets it in the boat. The father in law looks at his son in law and says “well look at that, you spent all that money on a dog that can’t even swim”. 

 

 

 

Matthew 12 is an interesting chapter in the bible. WE don’t have time to read the whole chapter… but it is one where the Pharisees are so jealous, hateful and spiteful they just can’t see any good in Jesus.

 

All this falls on the sabbath (a day of rest)

Jesus and his disciples are out in the fields and his disciples eat some grain on the sabbath…

First off- what are the Pharisees doing out of the city??? Just simply trying to catch Jesus doing something wrong.

 

Then in the temple is a man with a shriveled hand and the Pharisees are trying to get him to heal the man so they can arrest him for working on the sabbath - Really? Jesus jukes them out of their socks with a series of questions and makes them look utterly foolish and heals the man. 

The Pharisees are ticked… wanting to kill Jesus. 

 

Then Jesus casts out a demon from a man. The Pharisees say it is because Jesus is filled with satan that he can drive out satan. Jesus again calls them on their stupidity and makes them look like a bunch of idiots. 

 

Matthew 12:33-37

33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

 

v. 36 empty word = GK = Blameworthy and not seeking to find the good. 

 

You might call them: "detractor". "Disparager", "vilifier", "belittler", "deprecator", "discreditor", "nay-sayer" 

The psychologist will tell you they have a poor value of themselves… not just low self esteem, but they value themselves below others so they must devalue others to increase their value. We call this construals… the lens by which we see the world. 

When you don’t see yourself through Gods eyes you create your own lens… which let’s just say is extremely lacking. 

SO YOU ALSO BEGIN TO DEVALUE OTHERS TO TRY TO BOLSTER YOUR GRADING SYSTEM FOR YOURSELF. 

 

 

You don’t have to be a blamer, a condemner or a whiner, or negative, hateful etc… to have a heart mouth problem. If you are unwilling to find the good in people and their actions to you probably don’t see yourself the way God sees you. 

 

 

My superior in a construction company that I worked for used to belittle me. The good was that I used to teach him how to talk to me and used it as a chance to always thank him for the criticism and tell him how much I love him for caring about my job. 

 

Your kids are always playing video games and not doing their homework. The good is they are home, not out vandalizing the neighborhood. They know how to be committed to something and you gotta love their desire to master something. 

 

Your boss is always overlooking you for promotions. You can understand that he wants the best fit for his company… you wouldn’t want to work for a company where the boss didn’t care…

 

Look there is always good in something… your job is to find it. Even satan has his good points… he’s consistent, devoted and knows how to build a team. 

 

Don’t be a Pharisee- look for the good!