For adult study: "Judge Not"
The story summary and questions were written in a way that makes it possible to use a New Testament reference in place of the Urantia reference. A selected chapter from a 1932 book, titled Treasure-House of the Living Religions, supports a spiritual theme that is found within the story. Children will use a one page handout that includes a coloring picture.Paper 140:3.17
The Urantia Book
First take the beam out of your own eye
Students may read Paper 140:3.17
Jesus knew his disciples might be tempted to judge people. But that was not what they were called to do. He said, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” Jesus also said, “Why do you see the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam that is in your own eye?” “First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the mote out of your brother’s eye.” This teaching is part of what became known as the Sermon on the Mount.
Discussion Questions
Jesus wanted his apostles to be merciful rather than judgmental toward people. What was Jesus saying when he spoke about the mote and beam? A mote is a speck of dust, and a beam is a log. Why is it important to see ourselves clearly?
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Procedure for using the PDF handouts with a class of children, ages 8 thru 12.
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Additional reading:
Read the remainder of the Ordination Sermon. Consider how these paragraphs expand upon the concept of judgment.
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Re: Judgment
140:8.12 ... Jesus had a firm sense of justice, but it was always tempered with mercy. ...
140:8.12 ... The nearest he came to making sociological pronouncements was to say, “Judge not, that you be not judged.”
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New Testament reference
Revised Common Lectionary
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Chapter 21—Self-examintion and Self-control—p.108
A brother who warns another should consider:
"Am I pure in the conduct of my body ?
Am I pure in the conduct of my speech,
Pure therein without a flaw, without a fleck? (Buddhism)
The disease of men is this:
That they neglect their own fields,
And go to weed the fields of others; (Confucianism)
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