Daily Verse: John 8:7

When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

 

The verse above is something that we should have close at hand each day. For it is far too easy to point out the transgressions of another and forget that we too have our own list of mistakes. As followers of Christ, we are to mirror the ways of Christ…we are to forgive as we are forgiven and love as we are loved. We should not judge one another for we have no right to the seat of judgment…that seat belongs to God alone…the only one worthy of placing any form of judgment. But surely our sins are not as “bad” as another’s, right? James 2:10 makes it pretty clear that there is no degree of sin…a sinner is a sinner and sin is sin…”For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it”.  The Christian faith is a faith of healing, redemption, and restoration. When we come to Christ in true repentance, we find true renewal through him. He doesn’t stand before us, shaking a disapproving finger, rubbing our faces in the piles of mistakes that we have accumulated. Rather he extends love and understanding, embraces the sinner and casts aside the sin. May we do the same in our own lives...embracing the sinner…embracing the person, the son, the daughter, the brother, the sister…and stand as a means of support as they cast aside the worthless sins that we all struggle with. To God be the glory!