How do you define presumption? How does presumptive judging of others and planning for the future show pride and arrogance? How does presumption judge and reject God? What is the difference between constructive criticism, slander and condemnation? What is our attitude toward God and His law when we speak against a brother or sister in Christ? What warning did James give to those who presumptively plan for the future? How does presumptive planning show pride and arrogance? How do you define sin? How does James define sin? (4:17) How is his definition different from yours?

2. Presumption made of a Pretzel Vendor

3. 1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who
thinks (presumes) he stands take heed
lest he fall.

4. Webster’s 1913 Dictionary
“Presumption”
1. The act of presuming or believing upon probable
evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted;
belief upon incomplete proof.
2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not
conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition;
as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is
supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence
that is probable but not conclusive.
4. The act of venturing beyond due bounds; and over-
stepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or
courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion
or conduct.

8. 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who
speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother,
speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you
judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a
judge. 12 There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save
and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
“speak evil” (katalaléo) = malign or disparage;
defame; slander
1 Peter 2:12 having your conduct honorable among
the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as
evildoers, they may, by your good works which they
observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. (cf. 3:16)

9. Leviticus 19:16 You shall not go about as a tale-
bearer among your people; nor shall you take a
stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the
LORD.
Psalm 15:3 He who does not backbite with his
tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does
he take up a reproach against his friend;
Matthew 15:19–20 For out of the heart proceed
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are
the things which defile a man, but to eat with
unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
Slander in the Bible

10. Amy Cuddy, a Harvard Business School
psychologist, professor and researcher
wrote Presence (2018) stating that people
judge you based on 2 criteria when they
first meet you.
In 2012 2nd most
popular TED Talk
presentation
First Impressions
2 most important criteria
Ø Warmth
Ø Competency

11. 1 Corinthians 2:15 But he who is spiritual judges all
things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

12. 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who
speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother,
speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you
judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a
judge. 12 There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save
and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
“judge” (krinō) = pass judgment, approve or
disapprove; evaluate, criticize
(hypokritēs) = an actor

13. “Hypocrisy is always
presumptuous, and
we are by nature
hypocrites, fondly
exalting ourselves by
calumniating others.”
John Calvin

15. 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who
speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother,
speaks evil of the law and judges the law.
Ø of a brother
Ø of the law
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge against the children of your
people, but you shall love your neighbor as
yourself: I am the LORD.

16. 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who
speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother,
speaks evil of the law and judges the law. 12 There is
one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy.
Who are you to judge another?
Ø of a brother
Ø of the law
Ø of God
Self-Righteous
Judge

17. 12 There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy. Who are you to judge another?
John 8:7 So when
they continued
asking Him, He raised
Himself up and said
to them, “He who is
without sin among
you, let him throw a
stone at her first.”

18. 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we
will go to such and such a city, spend a year there,
buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do
not know what will happen tomorrow.
Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

19. 14b For what is your life? It is even a vapor that
appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Job 7:6 “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle…”
Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a
passing shadow.
1 Peter 1:24 “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of
man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and
its flower falls away,

20. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we
shall live and do this or that.”
Acts 18:21 “I must by all means keep this
coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return
again to you, God willing.” And he sailed from
Ephesus.

21. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we
shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast
in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
1 Corinthians 1:31 “He who glories, let him glory in
the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind;
love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is
not puffed up;

22. 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and
does not do it, to him it is sin.

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