So What Do You Say?
They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" John 8:4-5 Jesus and the adulteress - Rembrandt The accusers fall back into the shadows when the light is shone upon them. Their sins are no less than the ones they chose to judge against. The law of the Lord seeks repentance and forgiveness. The law of guilty men seeks condemnation. There are no stones to hurl into the air. No blood is shed in payment. Every accuser who drags the sinner into the street has cowered from the gaze of light. What words are written in the sand, hypocritical slander, abuses of God's offered direction? Do not claim righteousness if you would consider casting a stone. Do not claim the words of your maker if you would judge her sin as greater than your own. Do not listen to the words of salvation if you have no inclination to take them into your h...