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Be Doers of the Word, Not Hearers OnlyThe Watchtower—1990 | October 1
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Here is one that seems simple, but it condemns one of the most difficult tendencies to get rid of: “Stop judging that you may not be judged;
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Be Doers of the Word, Not Hearers OnlyThe Watchtower—1990 | October 1
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5. Why is it so much easier to see the flaws in others than those in ourselves?
5 During the first century C.E., because of oral traditions, the Pharisees in general tended to judge others harshly. Any of Jesus’ listeners who were in the habit of doing that were to stop it.
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Be Doers of the Word, Not Hearers OnlyThe Watchtower—1990 | October 1
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We must squelch the human tendency to be judgmental. In doing this, we should persistently pray for Jehovah’s help: “Keep on asking, and it will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you. For everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking it will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7, 8) Even Jesus said: “I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative; just as I hear, I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.”—John 5:30.
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