Nothing but the sense of the presence of God can keep us in self-judgment; we may be ever so sincere, but self is not judged except in the presence of God.
We may not be always conscious of it, while seeking to do the right thing; but let something turn up, and we find flesh is still alive!
But when the presence of God is realized, the practical state of the soul is totally different; there is then a sense of dependence, and of lowliness, and of nothingness which we learn only in God's presence.
A matter comes before a man in his service as a Christian, and he sets about to judge it; he seeks to do this thoroughly according to God's mind; but self gets set in motion, and then it is detected whether he has been with God about it.