"People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling" (Job 12:5).
The plight of the sinner as the object of persecution by the self-righteous: Here are the self-righteous and prideful at their worst. When God has blessed men with such common grace that they rarely suffer loss, only occasionally face temptation, do not struggle with besetting sins, and are never made subject to live under the weight of spiritual depression, they sometimes mistakenly take their ease of life to be the standard for all Christians; and, with a sinful pride, they hold their state to be much higher than it really is, consequently oppressing rather than helping those that are not presently receiving such benefits from the Lord.
It is sad that when Christians are in trouble they many times become the object of ridicule and scorn; and this not only from outside of the church but namely from within! When they need help they are instead despised, set up as an obstacle of derision, and are looked down upon from the sharp, steep, long. narrow, pointy, noses of the "righteous." Rather than being received they are rejected being pushed further into despair, shame, and guilt by the very ones that should be understanding, sympathetic, loving and most of all helping them through their trials!
A warning: "Let those that think they stand take heed lest they fall!" (1 Cor. !0:12).
The mature Christian's attitude: "Brethren if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:1,2)
Why is it so hard to get the point across that Jesus receives sinners!?
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