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I said the only people Jesus condemned were the legalistic, self-righteous Pharisees. As usual, you and your ilk get the facts mixed up. You also mix up your personal preference and personal opinion with sound Scriptural doctrine.

I also said Joel has a John 4 ministry as a friend of sinners, like Jesus.

What's your ministry Catherine?

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them Luke 15:1-2.

And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him Mark 3:2.

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him Luke 6:7.

Any of this sound familiar Catherine? It didn't matter to the Pharisees that Jesus was blessing and healing people and it doesn't matter to you modern-day Pharisees either. Jesus broke their law, just like Joel breaks yours. That's all that mattered to them and all that matters to you.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity… And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore you be witnesses unto yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill you up then the measure of your fathers Matt 23:27-28,30-32.

Have you not read, rather,

speak evil of no man Titus 3:2.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life Titus 3:3-7.

Catherine, I exhort you to stop accusing, attacking, and condemning not just any man, but especially those of the household of faith.

Speak evil of no man (Titus 3:2) AND touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm (1 Chron 16:22; Ps 105:15).

Hope you're listening. Over and out.