Matt 7:1-29

The MDB remark on this passage is encouraging to me.
It seems I have family and friends who are so ready to take verse one alone. But the text does not leave us room to say Jesus says: Don't criticize. My adversaries would win the day at the outset if it wasn't for verse two and beyond... When the Lord says "For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and your standard of measure, it will be measured to you." Here lies the power of the teaching. It is the child or the rebel in us that we want outside judgment to be impossible, meaningless, or uncalled for. Rather discernment is key to progress in the world and judgment proper is our only hope of dealing with unchecked evil. No, when Jesus says what He does he is condemning the pitiful condition that modern parents get into. aka 'I love you so much I will not correct/punish you.' Its worth mentioning that where people are quick to anounce "your judging me." This remark comes as readily in responce to warnings as it does to prejudice. But that is exactly the problem, If I don't warn you I'm the bad guy.

Further in the reading the Lord gives good reason to trust God and to mistrust human understanding/interpretation/authority... These chapters are so profound it grieves me not to be doing more development, for now this is what I have.