“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
I cannot stand the misapplication of scripture.
The occasion was the application of the death penalty for Adultery by a totally unjust effort by the Pharisees to entrap Jesus into diminishing who He was and asserting their authority over Him as judges, juries and executioners under the Law. They did not bring out the man who as copulating with the woman (also an adulterer) - just the woman. And at the end Jesus told her to go and sin no more. Meaning, if the next day she got caught doing the same thing and Jesus was not there - the sentence would be carried out.
Sin was still sin. Do it no more.
The effort to use that verse to SILENCE anyone calling out sin and those who promote its use is one of the greatest tools Satan has employed in this country.
First of all, this is the same verse used to get society to accept what was once considered evil and an abomination. Because we all sin and fall short of the Glory, Alinsky used that truth to instruct those in the ways of Lucifer to demand that their opposition live up to perfection- which we clearly cannot. Only One was Perfect. This technique has been used to define deviancy down, to eliminate sin and evil and force the faithful to look the other way as the leavening of sin took over the culture and rotted the foundations.
So I sin and fall short - it is not a lifestyle with me. I do not therefore embrace sin as an acceptable practice and lifestyle simply because I fall short myself. I'm striving to overcome my sins and become more like Him who Saved me.
Just because we all sin does not mean we therefore should give a pass to those elected to high office, who use sinfulness to their advantage and teach society that sin is good, and right and the means to the end.
