Matthew 7:1-5"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will

be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to

the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take

the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from

your brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1-5"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will

be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to

the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take

the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from

your brother's eye.

Mark 2:15-17While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When

the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why

does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick .

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Mark 2:15-17While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When

the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why

does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick .

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

““Who needs a doctor: the healthy or Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting the sin-sick, the sick? I’m here inviting the sin-sick,

not the spiritually-fit.”not the spiritually-fit.”The MessageThe Message

Eugene PetersonEugene Peterson

“I’ll never forget the first time I realized she had a serious problem. Tanya was seventeen or eighteen

months old….I left her alone in her playpen for a while…I could hear her laughing and cooing. I smiled

to myself, wondering what new mischief she had gotten into.

A few minutes later I went into Tanya’s room and found her sitting on the floor of the playpen, finger-

painting red swirls on the white plastic sheet. I didn’t grasp the situation at first, but when I got closer I

screamed. It was horrible. The tip of Tanya’s finger was mangled and bleeding, and it was her own blood she was using to make those designs on the sheets.”

“I’ll never forget the first time I realized she had a serious problem. Tanya was seventeen or eighteen

months old….I left her alone in her playpen for a while…I could hear her laughing and cooing. I smiled

to myself, wondering what new mischief she had gotten into.

A few minutes later I went into Tanya’s room and found her sitting on the floor of the playpen, finger-

painting red swirls on the white plastic sheet. I didn’t grasp the situation at first, but when I got closer I

screamed. It was horrible. The tip of Tanya’s finger was mangled and bleeding, and it was her own blood she was using to make those designs on the sheets.”

“I yelled, ‘Tanya, what happened!’ She grinned at me, and that’s when I saw the streaks of blood on her

teeth. She had bitten off the tip of her finger and was playing in the blood.”

…Tanya certainly didn’t look like a monster. Apart from the sores on her feet and her shortened fingers she

looked like a healthy four-year-old child. I asked about her foot injuries. “They began as soon as she learned to walk, “ the mother replied. “She’d step on a nail or thumbtack and not bother to pull it out…. If she twists her ankle, she doesn’t limp, and so it twists again and

again. The orthopedic specialist told me she’s permanently damaged the joint….Once she ripped

open a plaster cast with her bare fingers.”

“I yelled, ‘Tanya, what happened!’ She grinned at me, and that’s when I saw the streaks of blood on her

teeth. She had bitten off the tip of her finger and was playing in the blood.”

…Tanya certainly didn’t look like a monster. Apart from the sores on her feet and her shortened fingers she

looked like a healthy four-year-old child. I asked about her foot injuries. “They began as soon as she learned to walk, “ the mother replied. “She’d step on a nail or thumbtack and not bother to pull it out…. If she twists her ankle, she doesn’t limp, and so it twists again and

again. The orthopedic specialist told me she’s permanently damaged the joint….Once she ripped

open a plaster cast with her bare fingers.”

Alas, I could offer little hope or comfort. I would do further tests, but it seemed apparent that Tanya

suffered from a rare genetic defect known informally as “congenital indifference to pain.” She was healthy

in every respect but one: she did not feel pain. Nerves in her hands and feet transmitted messages about

changes in pressure and temperature – she felt a kind of tingling when she burned herself or bit a finger – but these carried no hint of unpleasantness. Tanya

lacked any mental construct of pain. She rather enjoyed the tingling sensations, especially when they

produced such dramatic reactions in others.

Alas, I could offer little hope or comfort. I would do further tests, but it seemed apparent that Tanya

suffered from a rare genetic defect known informally as “congenital indifference to pain.” She was healthy

in every respect but one: she did not feel pain. Nerves in her hands and feet transmitted messages about

changes in pressure and temperature – she felt a kind of tingling when she burned herself or bit a finger – but these carried no hint of unpleasantness. Tanya

lacked any mental construct of pain. She rather enjoyed the tingling sensations, especially when they

produced such dramatic reactions in others.

Seven years later I received a telephone call from Tanya’s mother in St. Louis. Tanya, now eleven, was living a pathetic

existence in an institution. She had lost both legs to amputation; she had refused to wear proper shoes and that,

coupled with her failure to limp or to shift weight when standing (because she felt no discomfort), had eventually put intolerable pressure on her joints. Tanya had also lost

most of her fingers. Her elbows were constantly dislocated. She suffered the effects of chronic sepsis from ulcers on her

hands and amputation stumps. Her tongue was lacerated and badly scarred from her nervous habit of chewing it.

A monster, her father had called her. Tanya was no monster, only an extreme example – a human metaphor, really – of

life without pain.The Gift of Pain

Dr. Paul Brand & Philip Yancey

Seven years later I received a telephone call from Tanya’s mother in St. Louis. Tanya, now eleven, was living a pathetic

existence in an institution. She had lost both legs to amputation; she had refused to wear proper shoes and that,

coupled with her failure to limp or to shift weight when standing (because she felt no discomfort), had eventually put intolerable pressure on her joints. Tanya had also lost

most of her fingers. Her elbows were constantly dislocated. She suffered the effects of chronic sepsis from ulcers on her

hands and amputation stumps. Her tongue was lacerated and badly scarred from her nervous habit of chewing it.

A monster, her father had called her. Tanya was no monster, only an extreme example – a human metaphor, really – of

life without pain.The Gift of Pain

Dr. Paul Brand & Philip Yancey

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:23-27

Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be

revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

In Christ In Christ

In the same way, count yourselves dead to In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God sin but alive to God in Christ Jesusin Christ Jesus. .

- - Romans 6:11Romans 6:11Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son

whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesusmy way of life in Christ Jesus, ,

- - 1 Corinthians 4:16-171 Corinthians 4:16-17

Now it is God who makes both us and you Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm stand firm in Christin Christ . .

- - 2 Corinthians 1:212 Corinthians 1:21And you also were included And you also were included in Christin Christ when you when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.

- - Ephesians 1:13Ephesians 1:13

And the peace of God, which transcends all And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and understanding, will guard your hearts and

your minds your minds in Christ Jesusin Christ Jesus. . - - Philippians 4:7Philippians 4:7

To the holy and faithful brothers To the holy and faithful brothers in Christin Christ at Colosse:at Colosse:

- Colossians 1:2- Colossians 1:2

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.Romans 6:1-4Romans 6:1-4

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all

of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with

him through baptism into death in order that, just as him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the

Father, we too may live a new life. Father, we too may live a new life.

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.

When I was a child , I talked like a child , I thought like a child , I reasoned like a child . When I became a man, I put childish ways

behind me.- 1 Corinthians 13:11

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.

Galatians 3:26-27You are all sons of God through faith in

Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed

yourselves with Christ.