Spiritual Eye Surgery Part 2 Luke 6:42-45

Luke 6:42 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. What constitutes a log or a speck?

Identifying Logs and Specks Galatians 5:19-21 Works of the flesh Colossians 3:5-11 Practices of old self 1 Corinthians 13 Unloving deeds and attitudes “I can’t change until my circumstances change.”

Luke 6:43-44 43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

Ok, but why do “Christians” still produce thorns? How do you change? Luke 6:43-44 43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. Must be grafted into the vine. Jn 15 and Rom 11 Must be born again receive new nature. Jn 3 Ok, but why do “Christians” still produce thorns?

Luke 6:45 45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Fruit Thorns Jesus Idols Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self control Anger Wrath Malice Slander Bitterness Unlove Sexual Immorality Addictions Anxiety Etc… Jesus Idols

What does your heart treasure? Luke 6:45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.