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"The INVISIBLE Stone..."

7/16/2013

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John 8:3 – …The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women…”
          While we don’t physically stone people to death in our modern world anymore (THANK GOD), we do cast an invisible stone that is perhaps more deadly than any jagged stone thrown with the most brute force.  This stone is condemnation.  So many times we witness men and women fall, as the Bible tells us that we will in Proverbs 24:16, but instead of having the personal integrity to love our neighbor through the down, we smile, we give lip service, and right there in that moment in our hearts we decide that this is no longer a person whom we can associate with or respect.  Perhaps we don’t cut him completely out of our circle; we just treat them ‘different’ than we use to.  And while this stone varies in the facets it takes on according to personality/character, its effects are COLOSSAL. 
         I have to believe that if a person truly is seeking to be righteous (having a connection/relationship w/ God), whatever is causing or has caused her/him to fall is weighing on their conscious heavier than it is on my own. And if this belief is wrong, I know for a fact that this fall DID NOT catch God by surprise.  He saw it coming, purposed it in his plan for that person, and knows how to handle it.  Thus it becomes my job not to condemn, but to forgive, to perhaps console, to counsel, to offer a loving attempt to reconnect the person who fell with the God that can restore the ‘fall’.  I know from personal experience that there are not many things worse than to be shunned, looked at differently, or treated differently due to an error that I made by the people who should lovingly point me back to God. 
         One way to check for condemnation within ourselves is if we cannot separate the fall from the fallen. If we cannot do this, then we too have fallen.  We are commanded to love the sinner and abhor the sin. The righteous falls seven times but rises back up again. The wicked remains fallen in mischief. Proverbs 24:17 goes on to warn us to not even be glad when our enemy stumbles… Let he who is without sin cast the first invisible stone. “…neither do I condemn you, Jesus said.  Go and sin no more.”   Are we the accusers or the encouragers? Do we see the separation, or are we throwing the sinner out with the sin? Are we casting invisible stones with our looks, our actions our motives, or casting light on the part of the scripture that says ‘but he rises back up again’? “Where are your accusers,” Jesus asked.  Today, I choose to drop my rocks and ENCOURAGE!
       Go ahead, you cast the first stone…

19 Comments
Sanchia
7/16/2013 12:56:53 am

Wow! Very powerful inspiration this morning. My mother preached her trial sermon on this subject as well. I really needed this today. As a Christian, I sometimes find myself being judgmental of others on the inside but smiling on the outside and this is wrong. Who am I to judge? This is very inspiring and really makes you think! Thank you

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CLBeam
7/16/2013 01:18:07 am

Sanchia, it is a truth that is often ignored for the sake of keeping our old habits and remaining comfort. While Jesus does command us to take account of a person's fruit, he never told us to be judges of their sin...THANK YOU so much for visiting the sight. I post daily so come back and enjoy...BLESSINGS!!!!!

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Terri
7/16/2013 01:17:52 am

Great!! I've often wonder when I read this scripture where the man was, the woman couldn't be caught in adultery by herself. I realize that we often pick and chose who we will condemn by the sin that's been committed, forgetting that tbere's no big or little sin, it's all one in the same. Thank you for this amazingdevotional..as Chritians we must remember tbat God loved and loves us through all of our wrongs, we are required to do the same. Boulders versus specks....

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Clbeam
7/16/2013 01:21:25 am

Terri, that is a great question. Perhaps the "religious" leaders let him go b/c he was in the good ole boy network...??? God does love us through it all and His desire is to RESTORE us back to HEALTH, but often times I wonder if our CONDEMNATION of others slows down this process...Thanks for posting! Blessings!

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Sherri
7/16/2013 02:06:02 am

Amazing devotional. Thank you. I think we as christians are all to ready and willing to cast the first stone(judge) without considering we have sinned too. The only difference is that ours haven't come to light yet. There's no such thing as a little sin nor a big sin. Sin is sin! God and only God can and will judge! When our fellow brother/sister fall we should be there to help pick them up and dust them off and love them back to God! Thank you again for the amazing word. Be blessed!

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Clbeam
7/16/2013 02:24:52 am

Sherri, you are so right! How can we ever get people saved, or lead them back to Christ, if we readily condemn them. I said this in regard to an earlier post, but it bears repeating. God does encourage us to be fruit inspectors; however, he has never command us to be judges. Thanks for reading, for posting, and I pray you will visit the site daily. Blessings!!!!

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Quentin aka tman aka babybron
7/16/2013 02:45:49 am

Goes to the saying if a tree falls in the forest n no one is around does it make a sound? Yes it does !!!but no one hears it ,so in spritual if a sin is done and nobody see it knows it ....is it still a sin?? Yes!!!! Because god see it and knows it u can't hide nothing from that guy see everything not even an invisible stone

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CLBeam
7/16/2013 02:52:51 am

He knows all and sees all. We are at our best when we confess our sins to Him and allow Him to forgive us and help us heal, and grow stronger after learning from the mistake. However, as brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, we must resist the temptation to condemn and love each other back to Christ! Thanks for commenting! I hope you visit the site daily!

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Susan link
7/16/2013 03:39:42 am

Wonderful inspiration so often it is overlooked by the human eye how many times of the day we as sinners feel the need to pass judgement form opinions and convict one another of things and situations when we have not right it just happens due to habit . And to know that we truly as CHRISTIANS are commanded to uplift , love and judge not our fellow brothers and sisters in CHRIST .To be reminded to allow our hearts to override our habits of casting stones is a wonderful daily inspiration Thank You my friend and BLESSINGS to you .

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Clbeam
7/16/2013 03:48:34 am

"To be reminded to allow our hearts to override our habits..." Susan, I LOVE this! I hope this message finds you a PRODUCT of you past for yet another day! I am so GRATEFUL for you visiting the site and sharing your comments as a result of your reading. Blessings and continue to visit...

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Salazar
7/17/2013 12:03:36 am

This is such a good word, Beam. Encouraging and helping our brothers and sisters reconnect to the Father is exactly what Christ did while he walked this earth, and we should do the same as his followers and recipients of that same mercy and grace. Sometimes I think we pick up stones because it's much easier to cast a stone than to take the time to invest in the lives of others and love them as Christ did. It challenges our human nature to love even when people don't seem loveable or reach out even when they aren't reaching toward us or toward Christ. I also think we tend to forget the times in our past when we've fallen and failed. When we remember how much grace has been lavished on us, we take our eyes off our brother's shortcomings and begin to extend that same grace to him.

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CLBeam
7/17/2013 02:37:17 am

Good Morning Coach Sal, and thank you for your response to the blog. Wow, you hit the nail on the head. Taking the time to find the kinks in our own character that prevent us from being the arms of Chris is by far harder than throwing stones...I'm sure of that one. Have a Great Day and blessings to you!!!!

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NLWilliams
7/17/2013 04:33:34 am

I have been watching a movie called "Under the Dome". In one episode an outraged officer decided to fire a shot at the doom which has trapped many of the town in. The bullet hit the doom and ricochet back killing his partner. If we think about the fact that we live in a doom called earth, we would not be so quick to cast the stone. It may hit the wrong person or even you. What goes around comes around, usually when your not looking!

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Clbeam
7/17/2013 05:35:46 am

Sis, good analogy; did you enjoy the movie? I normally enjoy the ones with great hidden meanings embedded in the story lines. The truth hidden in this analogy is a great one. Thanks for sharing and for visiting the site...BLESSINGS...Love Given!

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Ana
7/18/2013 02:04:20 am

This is so true! I have learned in my walk that sometimes it's better not to judge because I may be in a worse situation then the person I'm judging.

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CLBeam
7/18/2013 03:03:01 am

Ana, that is perhaps one of the best lessons any of us can learn!!!!!Thanks for visiting the site and sharing your comment! Blessings and please visit OFTEN!!!!

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Ana
7/18/2013 07:26:25 am

Mom taught me that one. She always said it's important to be humble because to God there are no exceptions therefore I should not judge unless I want to be judged the same way.

Clbeam
7/18/2013 08:51:06 am

I love your momma! She is a sweetie; Train up a child in the ways they should go and when they are old, they won't depart from them.

Ana
7/18/2013 09:26:03 am

Awww thank you!!! I will have to let her know you said that!

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