In Discourse 10 on the Sermon on the Mount, John Wesley looks at some of the "hindrances to holiness" that prevent us from living the kind of "real Christianity" outlined by Jesus thus far. One of the most glaring obstacles to holiness is our tendency to judge others in ways that we ourselves would not want to be judged. Wesley says that Jesus' teaching on judging others in Matthew 7:1-12 is a "plain and equitable rule whereby God permits you to determine for yourselves in what manner he shall deal with you in the judgment of the great day.” Wesley links Jesus' teaching on profaning the holy, asking in prayer, and living the "Golden Rule" to this important statement about judgment. It's a lesson that's especially relevant for Christians today in a culture where social media tends to lead us to snap judgments of others. 

Read Upon Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount: Discourse, the Tenth

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