Tuesday 8 January 2008

Cast The First Stone

The "Let him who is without sin, cast the first stone" incident is one of the most well-known lessons of the Bible. A woman, who had been caught in the act of adultery was brought to Jesus Christ by the scribes and Pharisees as a test to see if the Messiah was a liberal in matters of the Law of God. In response to their deceitful query, He didn't condemn the woman, not because He was a liberal, not because He condoned her sin, but because the men who brought the woman to Him were Hypocrites. He was the only person there that day who was free of sin, the only one who had the right to "cast the first stone." He didn't stone her (or her accusers), but instead forgave her and told her to "sin no more." Otherwise, the day is coming when she, if she didn't thereafter repent, won't be stoned, but will be burned - along with the hypocrites who brought her to Him that day, if they didn't thereafter repent of their sin:

"Blessed are they that do His Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without (outside) are dogs (that is an ancient word for those who practice homosexuality), and sorcerers (those who practice magic arts), and whoremongers (the sexually immoral), and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie (everyone who loves and practices falsehood - that is, those who pretend to be something they are not)." - Revelation 22:14-15 KJV

"We just witnessed live TV drama." - Quoted from Swen. XP

Let him who is without sin, cast the first stone!

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