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HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS | DAY FIVE | WHO'S THE JUDGE?

Ever been tempted to judge another person? Or maybe even yourself?

It’s easy to judge isn’t it?

Whether its people-watching in a crowded place drawing conclusions about what people wear, or shaming others for behaviour or opinions that we don’t agree with.

The problem is, when we judge without understanding and compassion, it’s damaging.

Jesus seemed to have the ability to discern and call people into right standing with love, knowing that rarely does anyone act out for no reason. Acting out isn’t usually about the bad behaviour itself but also the unmet needs behind it.

John 8:1-11 says:

Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning He was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and He sat down and taught them. As He was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.

“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”

They were trying to trap Him into saying something they could use against Him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. They kept demanding an answer, so He stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.

When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. Then Jesus stood up again

and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” “No, Lord,” she said.

And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”

Here’s the thing...Jesus was the only one who was without sin and had the right to stone her, but He didn’t. Instead, He had compassion, and still dealt with her sin.

Jesus did not condone it, but he did not condemn her as person either, because where there is true repentance there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.