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Judge & Be Judged

other without us having any idea of what said, tempting him, that they might have
is going on. You have judged the male to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down,
party on something he has done in the and with his finger wrote on the ground, as
past. With this one, are you aware of all though he heard them not. So when they
of the facts or is it just gossip? secondly, continued asking him, he lifted up himself,
are you any better than he is? Have you and said unto them, He that is without sin
lead a clean and blameless life in order for among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
you to qualify to make such a comment?
I think not. Such an important lesson here. Jesus
basically told the crowd, none of you are
Consider the crowds and the woman in in a position to punish this woman as all
John 8. I think all of us have been in the of you are as guilty of sin as she is.
crowd and I’m pretty sure most of us have
been in the same place as the woman. One of our failings is to compare the
severity of sins and judge accordingly.
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And Of course, in our Law courts, this is
early in the morning he came again into something which is practiced daily to
the temple, and all the people came unto punish justly within our society but
him; and he sat down, and taught them. Jesus said that each sin is measured the
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto same severity and is forgiven in the same
him a woman taken in adultery; and when manner. This is something which man
they had set her in the midst, They say cannot do I fear.
unto him, Master, this woman was taken
in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in In our own lives, all I can say is to think
the law commanded us, that such should before you consider judging anyone. Can
be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they you cast the first stone?

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