Joseph Prince was telling the story from John chapter 8 about the women caught in the act of adultery. I must have heard this story a hundred different times and preached from as many view points, but Joseph Price brought out something I never saw before.
When the "teachers of the law" brought the women to Jesus to accuse her it was an attempt to trip him up on His interpretation of the law. Should she be stoned or released, how Jesus answered would effect His reputation with is followers. The Gospel writer tell us Jesus simply bent down and began writing in the ground. Not really thinking about the make up of the temple I always assumed He was writing in the dirt, but there was no dirt there. Jesus was writing in the stone walk.
The point Joseph Prince made was that this was something He had done once before. When God gave the law to Moses the Bible says God wrote the law with His finger in the stone. That day in the temple Jesus showed the "teachers of the law" that He was the writer of the law. Then by dying on the cross Jesus took our punishment on Himself for us not obeying the law.
Who is it that condemns you? No one.
1 comments:
I never looked at the "writing in the ground" like this before. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
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