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WITHIN A STONEĀ“S THROW Read: John 7:53ā8:11 Bible in a Year: Isaiah 7ā8; Ephesians 2 Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. John 8.7 As a group of religious leaders herded an adulterous woman toward Jesus, they couldnāt know they were carrying her within a stoneās throw of grace. Their hope was to discredit Him. If He told them to let the woman go, they could claim He was breaking Mosaic law. But if He condemned her to death, the crowds following Him would have dismissed His words of mercy and grace. But Jesus turned the tables on the accusers. Scripture says that rather than answering them directly, He started writing on the ground. When the leaders continued to question Him, He invited any of them who had never sinned to throw the first stone, and then He started writing on the ground again. The next time He looked up, all the accusers were gone. Let me taste Your mercy and then help me to live a changed life.ļ Now the only person who could have thrown a stoneāthe only sinless oneālooked at the woman and gave her mercy. ā āThen neither do I condemn you,ā Jesus declared. āGo now and leave your life of sinā ā (John 8.11). Whether today finds you needing forgiveness for judging others or desiring assurance that no sin is beyond His grace, be encouraged by this: No one is throwing stones today; go and be changed by Godās mercy. Father, cleanse me of my judging nature and free me from the bonds of sin. Let me taste Your mercy and then help me to live a changed life. We serve a Savior who is eager to forgive. |
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