Jesus Does Not Throw Stones!

Jesus was not a stone thrower. In his ministry on earth He reached out to the outcast adn the downtrodden, always reaching out to the human being in need. He was criticized for associating with sinners, but He did it anyway. He knew that when you point at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you.

Yet some off kilter Christians are so judgmental that they forget the great truth: "There, but for the grace of God, go I." They forget the great lesson that Jesus taught in John 8th Chapter, where He stands up for the woman caught in adultery.

We find that Jesus had gone across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them.

The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, "Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?" They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him.

Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, "The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone." Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.

Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest. The woman was left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her, "Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?"

"No one, Master."

"Neither do I, " said Jesus. "Go and sin no more."

[No matter what our failures, Jesus does not condemn us. He lovingly tells the guilty woman (and to each of us) to "go and sin no more". You can read this passage in John 8: 1-11] Jesus, the only one without sin, the one who could have thrown the stone at the woman, chose not to toss the rock. Jesus does not condone sin. But He is big on mercy and repentance.

All of us should be thankful for that fact. We all deserve hell, but Jesus makes heaven possible. AMEN!