You,
therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at
whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who
pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God’s
judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when
you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do
you think you will escape God’s judgment? Romans 2:1-3
If we look at someone’s life and condemn them for
committing a sin and then we do the same sin, yes, we are judging
ourselves. We must be careful and show
grace to others, knowing that we could easily fall into the same sin.
Now some sins seem impossible for a person to commit and
yet they fall into the same category of another sin, for example some sexual
sins. So if we judge someone for a
specific sin and yet we struggle with another sin in that category, we’re still
judging ourselves.
Sometimes we must warn others, which is not technically
judging them. We see dangerous behavior
and that could cause pain then call it out.
The world calls that judging.
Christians should call that compassion.