Romans 2:1 // Judge Not

Based on Romans 2:1

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

The favourite part of the Bible to many people is Matthew 7:1-5 where Jesus is quoted saying "Judge not, that ye be not judged..." but why is this a favourite to so many? Because they don't like being judged for their sins. I've been written off as judgmental often enough when I pointed something out as wrong, you probably have too. I consider sodomy wrong, so am I a sodomite? I'll help you with that one, the answer is no. Never even been slightly inclined in that direction, nor do I find it particularly bothers me, I don't know much about it at all. But I don't want to know, the Bible says it's wrong, so I know it's wrong. So is the Bible wrong in saying that those who are judgmental are guilty of the same sin? What does the Bible mean in Romans 2:1? How does it relate to Jesus' admonition on judging? What about John 7:24 where Jesus commands us to judge; "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."?

Look closer at Matthew 7:1-5; verse 2 reads "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Jesus is talking about how to judge, in this verse; judge in the way you want to be judged. So there is a kind of judgment that is ok, but it's different to the kind in verse 1. Also in verse 5 "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." Jesus commands his followers to clear up their own sin before rebuking another. So the kind of judgment that involves rebuking is good when it is done without hypocrisy.
The wrong kind of judging is writing someone off and treating them horribly as if they are already condemned. They may deserve this, and so do you, but God has offered both of you forgiveness and a part of accepting that requires you to extend forgiveness to others. "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6:15. Don't judge people this way, because you wouldn't want to be judged that way, I suppose we would call this prejudice.
The right kind of judging is comparing an action to God's law and judging if it is right. Then making known to people when they are breaking God's law by their actions and showing them how they can change. Doing this will almost certainly get you written off as judgmental, but those who label you this way are themselves breaking the command to "judge not".
What about Romans 2:1? Romans 1:29-32 lists every kind of sin you can imagine, and Romans 2:1 states: "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things." We all do the things in this list, not all of them, but some of them. If I write off someone who does one of these things I am implying I should be written off by God for doing another one of them.
Interestingly this passage follows closely the most famous Biblical condemnation of sodomy, and it so happens that of all sins, sodomy is the most often connected to the "judge not" passage. We need to practice judgment in condemning the sin and keeping people safe from the sinner, but we also need to faithfully show the sinner the way to salvation in as kind a way as possible.
With sodomy becoming a very contentious issue in society and the church pray for the wisdom and the charity to be an instrument in the hands of the Holy Spirit to do your part to rescue sodomites from the pit they have dug themselves into.