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Making fun of Elisha, was not a good thing - if you ask the forty two boys, who felt the brunt of the curse of Elisha and was mauled by two bears - 2Kings:2:23-25
No matter what! Ridiculing an elder or a minister of God is not right. Or judging them. This is my view point. I don't know whether you can agree. But I'm convinced. I might have failed. I seek forgiveness.
It is between them and God. Who am I to? If you can take a leaf out of their lives and course correct yours, rather than pointing fingers.
As a matter of fact who are we to judge any one? Jesus says - First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friends eye. He infact starts by saying - Do not judge others.
The truth is, the log in your eye and the speck in their eye is made of the same material. You are seeing the speck only because there is a huge log in your eye.

If it is pride that you see - it is pride that you struggle with. Repent.
If it is sexual sin that you point finger at, in another's life, it is the very same thing that you have an issue with. Repent.
If it is anger, so are you. Repent.
If it's financial mismanagement that you see so obviously and ridicule them, then you have that same issue. Repent.

Jesus says - For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. Matt:7:2

You who do it secretly, is even guilty.
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  1. Mathews Philip3 May 2022 at 07:00

    🙏

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  2. Philip Thomas3 May 2022 at 07:18

    God chooses the same yardstick that we choose to judge others that we ourselves use

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  3. Anonymous3 May 2022 at 07:42

    Taking a leaf out of David...said he will not raise a finger against Saul since he was 'anointed of the lord' So too, when dealing with servants of God, let us be wary of our comments and acts against them!! Leave those in His hands

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    1. the halfbaked bard3 May 2022 at 07:44

      Amen. Saul was fully wrong and David was fully innocent. Yet David did not raise his hands against the Lord's anointed. Truly a man after God's own heart

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  4. the halfbaked bard3 May 2022 at 07:42

    True achachan. I was shattered to know this truth. Humbling myself as i stand at the chamber when i am actually standing at the dock.

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  5. Anonymous12 May 2022 at 20:56

    Achacha,John 7:24 NASB says
    Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."how to understand this?is that verse asking us to judge rightly.. more than anything most scrupulously our faults

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    1. the halfbaked bard13 May 2022 at 10:45

      Who has the right to judge rightly. The one who is right I believe. So first we have to set ourselves right before the righteous judge..

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