Matthew 7:1–6: Planks, Specks and God’s grace (11-1-26)
“Judge not.” It might be the most quoted verse in the Bible, and one of the most misunderstood.
Does Jesus forbid all judgment? Should Christians never point out sin? In Matthew 7:1–6, Jesus draws a clear line between discerning actions and condemning people. Then he gives one of his most vivid (and funny) pictures: a man with a plank in his eye trying to remove a speck of sawdust from someone else’s.
In this message, Pastor Brad Vos walks through what Jesus actually meant:
Why “do not judge” isn’t a ban on discernment
Why we excuse ourselves and indict others, and how the plank blinds us
How God’s grace frees us to look honestly at our own sin
How to restore others gently, receive correction ourselves, and know when to hold our “pearls”
25 Oct 2026
Matthew 6:25–34: Stop Focusing on Tomorrow (10-25-26)
What’s keeping you up at 2 a.m.? Money, your kids, your health, a relationship hanging by a thread? Underneath every worry is one question: Who’s going to take care of me?
In Matthew 6:25–34, Jesus doesn’t just tell us to “stop worrying.” He shows us why worry misleads us, who actually holds our future, and where to fix our eyes instead. Using the picture of a slackliner frozen high above the ground, Pastor Brad Vos walks through Jesus’ teaching from the Sermon on the Mount:
✔️ How worry reveals what we’re really trusting
✔️ Why our heavenly Father already knows what we need
✔️ What it means to “seek first his kingdom”
✔️ How to live one day at a time
✔️ One simple practice to try this week, the “2 a.m. card”
Because our heavenly Father holds our future, we can stop staring at tomorrow and fix our eyes on his kingdom today.
18 Oct 2026
Matthew 6:19–24: Shelf Life (10-18-26)
Everything we own has an expiration date. Phones, trucks, retirement accounts, all of it. In Matthew 6:19–24, Jesus asks us a hard question: what’s our investment plan? Pastor Brad Vos walks through three questions from Jesus’ teaching on money in the Sermon on the Mount:
What do we store up? (treasure on earth vs. treasure in heaven)
What do we see? (what Jesus meant by a “healthy” and “unhealthy” eye)
Whom do we serve? (why we can’t serve both God and money)
You’ll hear why we can be ruled by money, how stinginess creeps in without our noticing, and how Jesus, who “became poor so that you through his poverty might become rich,” frees us to live with open hands.
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