The time they could have spent searching for right, they wasted looking for wrong, because they believed that condemning the Just, they'd be justifying themselves. So, if you're afraid of judgment, you should not follow Him. Be the "friend" they expect you to be, speak the lies they want to hear. But, in the end, when you're judged wicked by the One you should have feared, what will you say to Him?
The just respects the just; the wicked respects the wicked.
It's an unbreakable rule.
