The beam here is sin, the only one who can remove it is Christ. So, before we judge our brothers and sisters, we turn to Christ and recognize our sins, our shortfalls, our total incapacity to live the charity he calls us to. When we do, we are forgiven, we are healed, and our sight is restored.
It is then that we begin to judge rightly and confidently because we judge with the judgment by which we are judged; we judge with forgiving hearts. As Christians we do not name the evil of the world for what it is out of superiority but to warn those around us it will never bring joy. We don’t judge the actions of others in condescension, but in hopes they will turn to to God for the same joyful forgiveness we have received.
