teresaq Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 caught in adultery? Quote facebook. /teresa.quintero.790 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 God is a God of Love not Wrath. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 23, 2012 Members Share Posted July 23, 2012 Jesus came to show us what the Father was like. A God of forgiveness not comdemnation. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 ....because the woman, after this point in history, was lost to us....She found healing and purpose and wholeness....and shared it with others....if she didn't, we would have heard about her and her 'antics' or abnormal behaviors....disturbing the masses...as it was, we don't hear about her anymore...except that she was healed.... people who love, give to others, and we don't hear anything about them anymore...except on the personal level..best friends, BFFs, friends, not lovers[although they love in a way that only friends can love one another]...... ....just my thoughts.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted August 1, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 1, 2012 Could it be that Jesus recognised that the woman was being framed? That whole scenario was sketchy. Who was on hand to catch them? What happened to the MAN caught in adultery with her? How did they get the woman to agree to put herself in such a position with a man? Jesus provided mercy and then freedom for the woman. I believe that when He told her to sin no more, His command contained a promise of mind and power to help her overcome. After all, he didn't tell her to "Sin no more by the skin of your teeth through what little strength you have in this weakness of yours." If she was the same woman from whom seven devils were cast out, her healing may not have come all at once. But even the number of demons was ONLY seven. Jesus is in the healing and deliverance business. Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted August 1, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 1, 2012 How about mercy? Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresaq Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 I think all are saying what struck me, that Jesus said he without sin was to cast the first stone. Jesus was the only One standing there without sin. He had every right to stone the woman regardless of the ensuing consequences which He could easily have circumvented, I think. Quote facebook. /teresa.quintero.790 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nich Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 The answer is found in Luke 9:56: Read Luke 9:51-56 for the context that led to the verse Luke 9:56 Quote Trust and obey, Happy in Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windsor Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Was the law of Moses (which came from Jesus) which demanded her stoning no longer in effect or was it simply that as God, He can pardon whoever He chooses whenever He wants? Quote Remember Adventists Online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Oplinger Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Because Jesus was asked to judge her according to the Law. We want to think it is a story of Christ's great mercy and forgiveness. It is not, in my opinion. It is an illustration of Christ, being backed into a corner by Satan's mob to justify the sinful (and thus achieve an out for himself and the rest of his rebels), demonstrated God is both utterly merciful AND utterly just at the same time. Jesus, having the role of Judge thrust upon Him, judged the situation by the Book. The Law stipulated it was the grieved party (ie, betrothed/husband, or dishonored father) who must bring the charge of adultery. The proper party did not lodge the charge. There was no wronged betrothed/husband, nor any dishonored father/brother, speaking out against this adulteress. Jesus stoops to write in the sand/dust. The silence is deafening. Jesus noted this. Continuing this drama, Jesus goes to the next point in His mind: the Law further states the charge had to be substantiated by two or three witnesses, at a minimum. He stands up and says let those who were without sin come forward to condemn - cast the first stone...and stoops back down to continue to write in the sand/dust. Unfortunately for the mob, it appears the only witnesses to the charge available were those participating in the charged crime - to speak out against her invited their own condemnation. They dropped their stones, and left. Jesus noted the lack of witnesses. With no proper charging, and no witnesses to substantiate the charge, there was only one thing Jesus as Judge could do - release the woman uncondemned. He did not say she was innocent - He said that He could not condemn her - that is a substantial difference. Even as God and knowing the whole matter of her case, even He could not, and would not, condemn her outside how the Law says one must be condemned. That He knew the truth of her matter is indicated by His words - "Go, and sin no more". I think Christ knew she was just a toy in Satan's ploy, finding herself in that position by her own weaknesses. In effect, Christ gave her hope by telling her she no longer needed to remain that toy. At the same time, He foiled Satan's attempt to declare God unjust by condemning him and his followers, yet allowing this guilty woman to go innocent. Dramas within dramas.... Blessings, Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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