Help Your Brother In His Hour Of Need

"You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble.  You should not march through the gates of my people in the day of their disaster, nor look down on them in their calamity in the day of their disaster, nor seize their wealth in the day of their disaster ... 'The day of The Lord is near for all nations.  As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.' "  Obadiah 1:10-15 (NIV)

The prophet Obadiah had a vision from The Lord about Edom and Esau, Jacob's brother.  Because Esau stood by and watched, and did nothing, when his brother was being defeated and Jerusalem was being destroyed, he was going to suffer in the future.

We should all be aware of the fact that doing nothing does not make us innocent.  If our brother is being wronged and we stand by, watching, and do nothing to help him, then we are just as guilty as those who wronged him.  Also we are not to rejoice at the suffering of others.  Their misfortune should not be a cause for joy.  We should not take advantage of them because they are defenseless.  As we do to others, so it will be done unto us.  Be very careful how you treat people and who you choose not to help.  Judgement day is coming and we will have to give an account for all that we did and did not do.