{"id":767,"date":"2026-03-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=767&2026"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:00:11","slug":"measuring-our-attitude-luke-6-37-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/measuring-our-attitude-luke-6-37-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Our Attitude: Luke 6:37-42"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 6:37-42 (NIV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p><sup>37\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cDo not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. <sup>38\u00a0<\/sup>Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>39\u00a0<\/sup>He also told them this parable: \u201cCan the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? <sup>40\u00a0<\/sup>The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.<\/p> <p><sup>41\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhy do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother\u2019s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? <sup>42\u00a0<\/sup>How can you say to your brother, \u2018Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,\u2019 when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother\u2019s eye.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke 6:37-42&amp;version=niv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 6:37-42<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>One of the most widely circulated verses in the \u201cprosperity gospel\u201d crowd can be found during one of Jesus\u2019 famous sermons. While it is hinted at in Matthew\u2019s gospels\u2019 famous \u201cSermon on the Mount\u201d, Luke describes it in greater detail in the sermon called the \u201cSermon on the Plain\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>But like what often happens in our sound-bite culture, only half the truth is shared \u2013 and in this case, while each verse in Jesus\u2019 key point can stand alone, when put together, we see a clearer theme communicated.<\/p>\r\n<p>Luke tells us Jesus preached, \u201c<strong>Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 37-38)<\/p>\r\n<p>Too often, we are tempted to focus on the giving and receiving section of this verse, but Jesus is really describing a principle that relates more towards our attitude than our wealth. The key statement in these two verses is the last one: \u201c<strong>For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 38c)<\/p>\r\n<p>This idea describes not only the giving side of the topic, but the whole attitude focus of both verses. The principle here is that <em>we will get from the world what we give into it<\/em>. How we look at the world will eventually become the way the world (i.e. others) look at us.<\/p>\r\n<p>But it isn\u2019t an equal ratio \u2013 this principle is intentionally unfair. Linked closer to the final phrase than the one before it, the second last statement speaks to the unfair nature of this principle: \u201c<strong>A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 38b)<\/p>\r\n<p>Both statements use the word \u201cmeasure\u201d, but the unfair statement describes how we actually get a more concentrated result than we give. If we chose to extend a little grace on a regular basis, we may find ourselves receiving grace in a much greater, more concentrated forms.<\/p>\r\n<p>This truth is relevant in all areas of our attitude, but I believe Jesus draws our attention onto these four (judging, condemning, forgiving, and giving) because He knows these have the greatest power over the quality of our lives. A welcoming, friendly, forgiving, generous person is much more pleasant to spend time with than a judgmental, condemning, grudge-keeping, stingy person. Those who follow and apply Jesus\u2019 words will simply have better relationships. These better relationships may translate into more material wealth, but not necessarily.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Nothing in this passage says that the repayment will happen using the same currency or even that it will happen in the same place in history. Jesus\u2019 words are simply a promise that it will happen \u2013 and if it doesn\u2019t happen in this life, then God has promised to make it so in the life to come.<\/strong> <strong><em>When we don\u2019t judge, perhaps God chooses not to judge us; when we don\u2019t condemn, perhaps God chooses to not condemn us; when we forgive, perhaps God then forgives us; and when we give, perhaps that becomes an open invitation for God to bless us. It may not happen in the present; God may be saving it for His kingdom that is to come!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--767\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '767');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most widely circulated verses in the \u201cprosperity gospel\u201d crowd can be found during one of Jesus\u2019 famous sermons. 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