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By: Curtis Baker

At the end of our discussion last week, we raised the question of how we can affect change in others who do things that we know to be wrong.  In the first six verses of Matthew 7, Jesus has already instructed us that being judgmental will not do the trick.  Being judgmental towards others only brings their judgment back upon you, and few of us live such good lives that there couldn’t be some point of counter attack.  So judgment will not work.  Along with that, using the allusion of throwing pearls before swine, Jesus also instructs us to see that forcing our unwanted “helpful pieces of advice” also are usually not very affective in changing behavior.  So if both of these common means are ruled out in our dealing with others, how can we bring change where we know change needs to come?

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