Example with Alcohol is quite a different scenario then showing some one their faults. So the mote in the eye is a weak example if that.
See the problem is every one is focused on I. What they did to me or how wrong that was against I.
Now that borders a selfish spirit. All about self.
Far to many times Mr or Mrs Christian get their little bitty feelings hurt and their emotions control their thoughts and they dig up go confront your brother .
That's hog wosh.
First...most of the time the person that Mr or Mrs is offended by does not even know what they did was a sin. God is not holding it against them because they have not the light yet to see.
Sin is something we know is wrong but do it any way.
So here goes Mr and Mrs to point out the others faults.......now judgment comes to Mr and mrs. Remember Don't judge lest yee be judged? That means you judge then you are going to be judged.
Guess who makes sure of this? Why of course the accuser of the brethren satan himself. he knows if he can get judgment on YOU he has now a LEGAL RIGHT into your affairs especially in that area. So now until you repent......satan has an open door all because Mr and Mrs were so petty and touchy feeling they just had to judge a brother and point out his fault.
But.....the problem is......Mr and Mrs are not perfect like God. So now they have given the devil the right to hold their faults against them. HENCE.....get the mote out of your eye first. .....meaning don't let any kind of sin be found in you if your gonna judge another.
Now if Mr and Mrs went to the brother and said, man we struggled with that for years but let me tell you how the Lord delivered us...
Now Mr and Mrs have given no place to the devil.
New Testament Commandment....
Love one another as I have Loved you.
Can one love as God Loved us and still be so selfish they must confront one another or petty stupid things? No !!
Now if it is going to cause harm to them or you or some one else then go in Love and minister unto them. Do Not Condemn their actions or you will be judged.
People think Matthew. Mark, Luke and John are the Gospels or New Covenant. They are not and should not even be in their as such.
Jesus came as a Jewish man and was anointed as a prophet. He spoke and talked from the Old Covenant ........watch this.....which spoke about Him the one to come. Every once in awhile Jesus hinted about what was to come.
The New Testament or New Covenant Did Not Manifest until after the cross.
The old covenant was based on one's performance. If they could be good enough. If they could perform good enough to get God's Blessings. Think.......if you do then God Will but if you don't do all these curses and bad things are going to kill you.
If you do this then God Will do this.
Not So any more. JESUS DID it for us. We who are in Christ do not have to perform to get God's Blessing but BELIEVE. There is more to that for sure.
That's the problem today......we have churches still teaching under the wrong Covenant and God Can Not Honor it.
There is way more to that....
Brother this is but a tip of the iceberg.
Think about this.....satan wants our light out. How can he do this? By getting us into our emotions. Emotions control thoughts and thoughts control attitude and actions.
Oh Mr and Mrs failed to control their emotions and got offended at a brother and had to go point it out and demand repent for hurting our pour itty bitty feelings......rotfl......another Christian allows satan to dim their light and pull them off course.
Paul said light aflictions to what? And believers just have to confront one another.
We Need to Know which Contract we are under and live by it.
Thanks for listening my brother and friend.
Have a very wonderfully blessed day.
FCJ