Jesus chose not to minister all by Himself while He was here, or even after leaving. He chose to share His ministry with others, and with us.

Jesus did these things publicly, for all to see, or at least hear about, so they would know who He was. And some did see, while others chose not to see.

Jesus was making available a joyous, saving relationship with the Son of God, who not only had power over disease, nature, evil, and sin... but death itself.

This morning Matthew gives us a glimpse of Jesus’ power over sin itself.

And that power, power to even forgive sin, is verified in an undeniable way.

Matthew proceeds to illustrate Jesus’ power over nature... and evil.

Jesus has power, and in the next two chapters, Matthew demonstrates that power.

The event we celebrate this morning took place in a garden, probably less than a hundred feet from where Jesus was crucified.

As we studied Matthew 7:1-6, we discovered that we are, in fact, instructed to judge.

Not to pass judgment on someone’s eternal destiny, not to condemn anyone, but to make moral judgments regarding the rightness or wrongness of behavior.

Now, to do this correctly, we must use the right standard.

“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”

How many times have you had that biblical quote thrown back in your face?

It merely introduces Christ’s teaching on judgment... if we read further, we discover that He goes on to make it clear that we are in fact supposed to judge.

Anxiety, for a child of God, is unnecessary, it's unworthy, and it's unfruitful.