Treating a fellow believer with a critical spirit in the present is the kind of behaviour that is expected of hypocrites, and not the behaviour of children who know and love the Father. As such, those who persist in such unmerciful behaviour (Matthew 6:14–15; Matthew 18:21–35) thereby indicate that they do not know God’s mercy. As such, they are standing under divine judgment and will face God’s wrath on the day of judgment.
2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.