Jesus says that we should not judge another. If we do judge another, we also will be judged. On top of that, the measure we used to judge another will be the same measure used to judge us.
Then Jesus gives an interesting illustration. He says why are you judging the speck of sawdust in another’s eye when you have a plank in your own? He says that in order to help remove the speck of sawdust from someone else’s eye, www must first remove the plank from our own.
To me, this is something we do far too often. We dress nice, we post only the good stuff on social media, and we make sure everyone see’s our best. The problem is when we do this, we overlook the sin issues in our life. When we do this, we are so quick to judge another because we are comfortable in believing that everyone else is seeing our best. But God sees the great big sin issue…and He says to take care of it. He says stop judging, and start repenting. Maybe we all could do better at not looking around with “judging eyes.”
Jesus finishes up this section by saying don’t give a dog what is sacred or a pig your pearls. They will trample them under foot and then tear you to pieces as well.
What is Jesus talking about here? He is warning His disciples to be cautious before presenting the truth to someone. Understand who it is you’re speaking to. Speak the truth about the speck of sawdust in love and understand who it is you’re speaking to. Not everyone will respond the same way. We must earn the right to speak truth in love. WOW!
A Journey With Jesus 