Monday Morning With Christ Daily Manna

MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023

TEXT: John 8:1-11

1. but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives.

2. Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The people came to him, and he sat down and started teaching them.

3. The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses brought in a woman who had been caught in bed with a man who wasn’t her husband. They made her stand in the middle of the crowd.

4. Then they said, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn’t her husband.

5. The Law of Moses teaches that a woman like this should be stoned to death! What do you say?”

6. They asked Jesus this question, because they wanted to test him and bring some charge against him. But Jesus simply bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.

7. They kept on asking Jesus about the woman. Finally, he stood up and said, “If any of you have never sinned, then go ahead and throw the first stone at her!”

8. Once again he bent over and began writing on the ground.

9. The people left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally, Jesus and the woman were there alone.

10. Jesus stood up and asked her, “Where is everyone? Isn’t there anyone left to accuse you?”

11. “No sir,” the woman answered. Then Jesus told her, “I am not going to accuse you either. You may go now, but don’t sin anymore.”

(Contemporary English Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: FAULT-FINDERS IN THE CHURCH

Teachers of the Law (Scribes) and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus, expecting to use His response to trap Him. When He told them that anyone without sin should be the first to stone her, guilt overcame them and they all disappeared.

Some Christians are always eager to find faults in their fellow brethren and, instead of helping them, resort to condemning them. When you are all out to find fault in others, do you know that you could be the next victim?

QUESTION: What can you do to eradicate or reduce the number of accusers or fault-finders in your fellowship?

PRAYER: Oh Lord, please strengthen me to help those who go astray. Amen.

 

Remain Blessed

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