[Romans 8:1]
Jesus POINTS your wrongs to CORRECT you into His ways and NEVER to condemn you. On the other hand, the Pharisees notices someone's wrongs and condemns them because they feel righteous.
They do not see the sin that is in themselves and points out others wrongs. That is a spontaneous reaction of the Pharisees.
Yet Jesus in His encounter with the woman who was caught in adultery, simply highlighted the TRUTH in the midst of the judgement of the Pharisees.
This is the TRUTH that He highlighted:
“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:7)
At that point their eyes were opened and none of them dared to throw the stone since ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
In our days as Christians, we must becareful not to take the positions of the Pharisees. The longer we have been a Christian, the more self righteous we are prone to become. Because we felt like we have lived blamelessly all these years. The fact that we tend to forget is that we too have been sinners and we too have been forgiven by the Grace of God.
The measure of sin is one, it deserves death. (For the wages of sin is death). Yet by the Grace of the Cross we have been made right with God by the Blood of Jesus.
Why are we pointing at someone's dirty laundry when we have or used to have our own? It is also not by our ability that we could be restored in right standing with Him but by the GRACE that we CANNOT EARN no matter how hard we have tried.
It is by the Grace & the Love of God that we could become more and more like Him.
Before you throw a stone of condemnation at someone, think of how you came into this relationship with God in the first place. Is it through your perfect life ? Or was it in brokeness that He mended your heart to encounter Him & have your life to be restored in Him.
No one but Christ in His Judgement Seat at the Last Days has the right to condemn anybody. Because at the end of the day, we are all sinners who have been forgiven by the grace of God.
If you have misjudge your friend or condemn them in any way, approach them and apologize. Lets reconcile & restore His truth back in our relationships/ friendships.
During this Good Friday, lets take an opportunity to reflect on and put to death every wrong perceptions, every wrong thinking and every wrong ways upon His Cross. That it is FINISHED.
Lets LIVE a RESURRECTED LIFE as a New Creation in Christ defeating the ways of the world & be raised up together with Christ (Col 3:1).
[To be RAISED UP in Christ is to be ELEVATED in our ways of thinking & living, to conform to His TRUTH.]
Happy Good Friday everyone :)! JBU
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