* Vs 1 - God is the judge - our job is not to judge but to simply agree with the judge.

* Vs 2 - You judge others in two ways:

* 1) Hold them to God’s standard with no desire for mercy.

* This is born out of pride.

* 2) Remove God from His seat and make your own rules.

* You’ll be measured by that same standard.

* But Jesus gives us the key:

* Vs 3-5 - We don't go sit in the seat of a judge like a judge in court - that's God's job.

* We stand at the surgeons table as a surgeon with a scalpel.

* Now that God has rendered His judgment, telling us what the rules are, we have a job to do.

* What’s that? To be surgeons for Christ!

* Our goal is to restore the person just like the doctor restores a patient.

* For that to happen, we need to make sure we can see clearly - we’ve got to have our own junk handled.

* Vs 6 - To have this ability to make proper judgments and to help others who have specks in their eye is a “pearl” of a gift. It’s very valuable. 

* But you can’t use that gift on those who don’t know the value of it.

* Proverbs 9:8 - “Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.”

* You have to make a judgment on who is worthy of your rebuke.

* If it’s a wise person, they’ll recognize the value of what you did for them - you’ve helped put them on the right track.