Matthew 07 - Brandon's Public Commentary

# Matthew 07 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Matthew Overview]] [[Matthew 06]] [[Matthew 08]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) ### Do Not Judge **Title**: **Principle**: God is Just. He will let you judge, but do not sit in the seat of sentencing. See fruit, but do not cast final judgement. [[#Verse 01]] “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. [[#Verse 02]] For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. [[#Verse 03]] Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? [[#Verse 04]] Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own? [[#Verse 05]] You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. [[#Verse 01]] Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. ### Ask, Seek, Knock **Title**: **Principle**: Take the stance of son, not stranger. [[#Verse 07]] “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. [[#Verse 08]] For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. [[#Verse 09]] Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? [[#Verse 10]] Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? [[#Verse 11]] If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! [[#Verse 12]] In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. ### The Narrow Gate **Title**: **Principle**: Salvation’s byproduct is fruit. [[#Verse 13]] “Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. [[#Verse 14]] How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it! ### A Tree and Its Fruit **Title**: **Principle**: Fruit is noticeable. [[#Verse 15]] “Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. [[#Verse 16]] You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? [[#Verse 17]] In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. [[#Verse 18]] A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit. [[#Verse 19]] Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. [[#Verse 20]] So then, you will recognize them by their fruit. ### Judgment of Pretenders **Title**: **Principle**: God truly knows us. [[#Verse 21]] “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven—only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. [[#Verse 22]] On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ [[#Verse 23]] Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ### Hearing and Doing **Title**: **Principle**: Doing what God says is the only solid way to live. [[#Verse 24]] “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. [[#Verse 25]] The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock. [[#Verse 26]] Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. [[#Verse 27]] The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed—it was utterly destroyed!” [[#Verse 28]] When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching, [[#Verse 29]] because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law. # ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ##### Verse 01 ##### Verse 02 ##### Verse 03 ##### Verse 04 ##### Verse 05 ##### Verse 06 ##### Verse 07 ##### Verse 08 ##### Verse 09 ##### Verse 10 ##### Verse 11 ##### Verse 12 ##### Verse 13 ##### Verse 14 ##### Verse 15 ##### Verse 16 ##### Verse 17 ##### Verse 18 ##### Verse 19 ##### Verse 20 ##### Verse 21 ##### Verse 22 ##### Verse 23 ##### Verse 24 ##### Verse 25 ##### Verse 26 ##### Verse 27 ##### Verse 28 ##### Verse 29 ##### Verse 30 ##### Verse 31 ##### Verse 32 ##### Verse 33 ##### Verse 34 ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application **Today, I can apply this chapter by:** - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - Coming soon ## 🔗 Related Passages - coming soon ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon ##### 📂 Internal Links [GD to Narrow Road Main Session](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wXWdXBYqra07QVz7ZwI3nMDzASZxTev5?usp=drive_link)