It made God’s top 10 commandments because He knew the pain and devastation it brings to marriages, and the family unit.
But I’m figuring you already know that.
For a closer look at what God thinks of you, and how to actually go about forgiving yourself,
let’s look at how Jesus dealt with a woman like us.
The woman was dragged out, caught in the very act,
to be presented before Jesus (and the crowd) for stoning.
She was obviously guilty- no one could deny that.
(Hmmm…no mention of the man in this scenario, which was always interesting to me).
The religious leaders were justified in stoning her, the law declared it so, and they were using this to test Jesus- how would he answer?
Could they trap him by speaking against God’s law?
How would he show compassion (as he seemed to be in the habit of doing with outcasts), without breaking God’s own law of punishment?
You likely know the story… he pretty much ignored their murmurings and demands for an answer as he wrote in the sand
(oh how I wish we knew what he wrote- could it have been “lusting after a woman in your heart”,
or maybe “stealing from innocent people”, “greed” “lying” we don’t know).
But then he stands next to the woman and declares “He who is without sin, cast the first stone.”
He knew she was guilty, nobody could deny that- and the woman certainly wasn’t denying it as she stood in complete shame and humiliation,
waiting for her demise.
But interesting enough- they dropped their stones and walked away; the oldest man to the youngest.
Persecution Live 