By your words you will be justified or condemned.
Matthew 12:37
Matthew 12:37
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A Language Mystery
Now very early in the morning,
The Lord came again into the temple,
and all the people came to Him.
He sat down, and taught them.
The scribes and the Pharisees
brought a woman taken in adultery.
Having set her in the midst,
they told Him,
“Teacher, we found this woman in adultery,
in the very act.
Now in our law,
Moses commanded us to stone such.
What then do You say about her?”
They said this testing Him,
that they might have something to accuse Him of.
But The Lord stooped down,
and wrote on the ground with His finger.
(John 8:6)
[First part of the only recorded instance of The Lord writing.]
But when they continued asking Him,
He looked up and said to them,
“He who is without sin among you,
let him throw the first stone at her.”
Again He stooped down,
and with His finger wrote on the ground.
(John 8:8)
[Second part of the only recorded instance of The Lord writing.]
They, when they heard it,
being convicted by their conscience,
went out one by one,
beginning from the oldest,
even to the last.
The Lord was left alone with the woman
where she was, in the middle.
The Lord, standing up, saw her and said,
“Woman, where are your accusers?
Did no one condemn you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
The Lord said,
“Neither do I condemn you.
Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
I love reading the Bible because I love the language of the Bible.
I also love reading about the great heroes from the stories of the Bible.
Here, the greatest hero wrote. He wrote.
What He wrote I know not.
He used His finger and the ground to write.
Did He write a Question?
"Where is the man or is he above your law?"
Did He continue writing an Answer?
"The same law forgot the man and thus forgave him."
What He wrote we know not.
St. John knew and wrote not.
Interestingly, some writings do not include the entire narrative mentioned above.
So what on earth did He write?
The Lord wrote that which cannot be described in words...
Inexpressible, ineffable words!
The Lord came again into the temple,
and all the people came to Him.
He sat down, and taught them.
The scribes and the Pharisees
brought a woman taken in adultery.
Having set her in the midst,
they told Him,
“Teacher, we found this woman in adultery,
in the very act.
Now in our law,
Moses commanded us to stone such.
What then do You say about her?”
They said this testing Him,
that they might have something to accuse Him of.
But The Lord stooped down,
and wrote on the ground with His finger.
(John 8:6)
[First part of the only recorded instance of The Lord writing.]
But when they continued asking Him,
He looked up and said to them,
“He who is without sin among you,
let him throw the first stone at her.”
Again He stooped down,
and with His finger wrote on the ground.
(John 8:8)
[Second part of the only recorded instance of The Lord writing.]
They, when they heard it,
being convicted by their conscience,
went out one by one,
beginning from the oldest,
even to the last.
The Lord was left alone with the woman
where she was, in the middle.
The Lord, standing up, saw her and said,
“Woman, where are your accusers?
Did no one condemn you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
The Lord said,
“Neither do I condemn you.
Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
I love reading the Bible because I love the language of the Bible.
I also love reading about the great heroes from the stories of the Bible.
Here, the greatest hero wrote. He wrote.
What He wrote I know not.
He used His finger and the ground to write.
Did He write a Question?
"Where is the man or is he above your law?"
Did He continue writing an Answer?
"The same law forgot the man and thus forgave him."
What He wrote we know not.
St. John knew and wrote not.
Interestingly, some writings do not include the entire narrative mentioned above.
So what on earth did He write?
The Lord wrote that which cannot be described in words...
Inexpressible, ineffable words!
Think about these Things
Finally, brothers and sisters,
whatever things are true,
whatever things are honorable,
whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely,
whatever things are of good report;
if there is any virtue,
and if there is any praise,
think about these things.
(Philippians 4:8)
whatever things are true,
whatever things are honorable,
whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely,
whatever things are of good report;
if there is any virtue,
and if there is any praise,
think about these things.
(Philippians 4:8)
Vessels of Honour
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?These verses show that we are not to dispute with our Maker, nor to reason with Him as to why He does not give as much grace to one as to another.
Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
(Romans 9:20-21)
Because the whole lump of our clay is vitiated by sin, it is owing to
- His goodness and mercy that He makes out of it a vessel of honour
- His justice that it be made into a vessel of dishonour in punishment of unrepented sin
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