In the church we are told to forgive one another. But when we look at how God deals with us we see him reacting in different ways with different people in what seems like the same sin. Any of us who are parents will admit that we do not always deal with each of our children in an identical way. Crime investigators and computer game creators spend a lot of time trying to figure out the best approach to each situation in order to get the desired results. In this sermon Paul Rowe shows us how God expects us to judge situations and that God gives us guidelines on using judgment and mercy to resolve issues when they arise between us and other brethren,.