There is a direct opposite in attitudes between judging people’s sinful actions with an adverse attitude toward them, AND, asking God to forgive sins and open the eyes of the blind toward Him. This is called intercession and it means to intercede on the behalf of others with an abhorrence of sin, but a desire for the sinner to come to full knowledge of Jesus. The word intercede actually means to: go-between. When we pray for others when we observe that they are not obeying God’s Word, we are “going-between” God and them, and asking God to: 1. forgive them, and 2. for Him to open their eyes to the truth and give them the strength to change direction. Moses interceded for the Israelites, and kept them from being destroyed, (Exodus 32). 2 Chronicles 7:14 is an answer from God himself to Solomon’s prayer on dedication of the temple he had built, and so well defines intercession: “If my people, which are called by My Name [Christians], will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from THEIR wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (KJV, capitals and brackets mine). An intercessor must first cleanse themselves, come before God in all humility, acknowledging that He is the LORD God, pray, and then wait for God’s answer. This very important job receives no pay, no accolades, and is done usually in complete secret, or in small groups. Intercession is a decision of the human will to pray instead of judge. The rewards are beyond comprehension when you see lives changed for eternity.