Wednesday Reading: John 8:1-11
Key Verse: John 8:11
11 And she said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her, neither do I give judgment. Go, and sin no more.
Key Verse: John 8:11
11 And she said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her, neither do I give judgment. Go, and sin no more.
Devotion:
Personally, I think that our biggest problem with out double standards is the way that we then treat others because of those standards. We like to think that the law is laid out specifically and that all should follow it; but when we get caught out transgressing that same law we want it to bend to give us leniency. The sad fact is that when we see someone else breaking those same laws, we tend to blame them square and fair for what they have done.
Personally, I think that our biggest problem with out double standards is the way that we then treat others because of those standards. We like to think that the law is laid out specifically and that all should follow it; but when we get caught out transgressing that same law we want it to bend to give us leniency. The sad fact is that when we see someone else breaking those same laws, we tend to blame them square and fair for what they have done.
Right from the beginning God has told us that we do not have the right to judge one another because of this very fact. We break the laws so we should not be the ones that judge others for breaking those laws. However, if nobody upheld the laws, we would all be in great trouble because we would have chaos in everything. We therefore have to follow the standards as laid down by God in the beginning. The basic law that He gave to Moses still stands today. The reason for it is not to throw everyone in jail that breaks the law, but for us to see that we are breaking the law and encourage us to stop breaking it. If there were no punishments for breaking the law, we would simply go out and break them. But because there are punishments, we shy away from getting caught breaking the law.
One thing we always forget… God is watching us break every law that we do break. There is nothing that can be hidden from Him because He can see it all. There is no sin that can be hidden from Him and there is no sin that He has done. That fact alone gives Him the right to judge us righteously. If we want someone to be able to show us when we go wrong, the only one that can do that justly is Christ. That does not mean that we should ignore people who are breaking the law because they may not know that they are breaking the law. If they are then able to see that they have broken God’s law, God will be the one to judge them accordingly. Thank goodness we have a loving God who is willing to forgive us when we admit to our faults!
Points to Ponder:
Do you like people telling you that you have done wrong?
Can you stand up to God and say that you have done nothing wrong?
Do you like people telling you that you have done wrong?
Can you stand up to God and say that you have done nothing wrong?