Sermon
How to Be Convictional but Not Judgmental
Center Church
Speaker: Josh Miller
December 14, 2025 · 47 min
DiscipleshipGraceGod's SovereigntyChurch / EcclesiologyMatthew 7:1–6Matthew 7:13–142 Corinthians 5:10
Summary
Jesus teaches disciples in Matthew 7 to avoid being judgmental while remaining convictional—holding deep beliefs and living them out with grace. True discipleship requires removing our own spiritual blindness before helping others, grounded in the reality that all believers will stand before God's judgment.
Highlights
Jesus wants us to be convictional, but he does not want us to be judgmental. He wants us to be people to have a humble spirit, a gracious spirit that when we see behaviors and other people that we disagree with, we pause and we see the person.
The most important tool that you have in parenting is integrity. If you are a parent of integrity, you will have moral authority in the lives of your kids. If you're not a parent of integrity, you will not have it.
There is far more wrong with me than I currently know. God sees it all and he loves me anyway. And so when you come to me and you challenge me on my sin, I can humbly take my sin and take it to the cross of Jesus Christ.