Judges 16 & 17, John 7: 45-53, John 8: 1-11, Psalm 74: 10-17
John 8: 7 (ESV)
“And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to
them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at
her.”
Verse 7 from John 8 is one of my favorite verses in the
Bible. I’ve always liked this verse because for me it means that we shouldn’t
look at the sins of other people unless we’ve looked at how we’ve sinned. Many
bible commentaries have pointed out Jesus was exposing the common sin of a desire
to punish the sins of others while ignoring our own sin. It’s not that we can’t
expose people who have sinned, but we must do it only when we recognize that we
ourselves are forgiven sinners. If we own our sinful nature, we can point out
the sins in other people with a generous and forgiving heart. We only accuse
other people of sins because our heart has been broken, so we need to make sure
we are doing it for the right motives and not out of anger or a desire to punish.
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