2 Kings 3:14 KJV
And Elisha
said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not
that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
We know that God is no respecter
of persons. He sees
·
The rich the
same as the poor
·
The educated
the same as the uneducated
·
The powerful
the same as the weak
·
The king the
same as the subject
The Bible says the rain falls
alike on the just and the unjust. But here we find a biblical precedent
for regarding the true follower of the Lord above the one who is in rebellion
to God.
Jehoram was not as wicked as
was Ahab his father, but he was still in rebellion against God. The prophet,
though a citizen of Jehoram's reign, refused to help except that Jehoshaphat
was there too.
A preacher ought to care for
the souls of every man. But there is biblical warrant to refuse ministry to the
one whose design is to use (or rather abuse) that ministry while still
rejecting the truth the ministry represents.
I may regard the person of
the righteous over that of the rebellious.
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