Matthew 7: ¹Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you. ²God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them. ³You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye. ⁴How can you say, "My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye," when you don't see the log in your own eye? ⁵You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.
    ⁶Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them. (CEV)

1 Corinthians 11: ³¹If we carefully judge ourselves, we won't be punished. (CEV)
1. How can we avoid seeing all the little faults of others and be blind to our own bigger faults?

Romans 2: ¹Some of you accuse others of doing wrong. But there is no excuse for what you do. When you judge others, you condemn yourselves, because you are guilty of doing the very same things. ²We know that God is right to judge everyone who behaves in this way....(CEV)

Romans 14: ¹Welcome all the LORD'S followers, even those whose faith is weak. Don't criticize them for having beliefs that are different from yours.... ⁴What right do you have to criticize someone else's servants? Only their Lord can decide if they are doing right, and the Lord will make sure that they do right. (CEV)
2. What are some reasons that God wants us to stop criticizing and start loving others?

John 7: ²⁴Don't judge by appearances. Judge by what is right. (CEV)

James 2: ¹²Speak and act like people who will be judged by the law that sets us free. (CEV)
3. When we have to make decisions what are some ways to make them good ones?

John 5: ²²The Father doesn't judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of everyone... ²⁷And he has given his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.... ³⁰... The Father sent me, and he is the one who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness....(CEV)
4. Tell us how you think Jesus will judge each of us with mercy and fairness.

John 8: ¹⁵You judge in the same way that everyone else does, but I don't judge anyone. ¹⁶If I did judge, I would judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. (CEV)

John 12: ⁴⁷I am not the one who will judge those who refuse to obey my teachings. I came to save the people of this world, not to be their judge. ⁴⁸But everyone who rejects me and my teachings will be judged on the last day by what I have said. (CEV)
5. In what sense is Jesus not our judge, and in what sense is He our judge?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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