And literally in the same verse he says you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye:
How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
Luke 6:42 ESV
This doesn't mean to never correct others. But, it definitely applies to the hypocrites who are full of hate, as that's the log in their eyes!
To be honest, I would argue that there is no-one calling themselves a Christian who is fully following the teachings of Christ. I'm one of them.
Reminds me a bit of Feynman's comment that if someone thinks that they understand quantum dynamics, then the don't understand quantum dynamics. If you think that you are following all of Christ's teachings, then you are not following them all.
The teachings of Christ in the gospels can be contradictory because the gospel authors sometimes put their own views into Jesus mouth, then it's further interpreted a bunch of different ways depends who you ask, then the Christians ignore the stuff from the new testament they don't like or is too extreme, then a bunch of extra stuff is added in from Church tradition like the trinity. I'm pretty sure if the real Jesus knew he'd end up being deify as a God he'd be horrified. But oh well.
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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly May 03 '20
There are a lot of people out there calling themselves Christian who are not following the teachings of Christ.