Throw the First Stone

Any Without Sin Throw the First Stone—R Fritz

It is easy to start talking about people we see as not right to us. We look at things from our point of view without knowing all the facts. We are trying to look at what we see from our fleshly eyes instead of our spiritual eyes. We choose to look at what we see without processing what we see spiritually through the Holy Spirit that lives in us and prayer. We have done the same thing as it is time to change instead of talking about people but to pray and ask for answers from the Holy Spirit. We have no right to look at somebody before we look at ourselves because we are not perfect either and need to straighten our life first. John 8:4-5,7-11 says with Jesus speaking They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? So, when they continued asking him, he lifted himself, and said unto them, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone after her.” And again, he stooped down and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted himself and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, “Woman, where are those thine accusers? Haith no man condemned thee?” She said, no man, Lord. and Jesus said unto her, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”  When we see somebody, we think of doing something we believe is wrong, we need to ask the Holy Spirit what we should do. It might not be that day or time we are supposed to respond for us to tell the truth to this person and not judge or have an attitude of judgement.

People have an opinion on what people do if it does not fit into their opinion of their belief. That opinion becomes their truth not knowing the truth just what somebody told them mixed with what they hear and see. What I have learned is those thoughts should be kept to ourselves. In other words, we do not know the facts, we think we know the truth and run with our truth, an opinion. Our opinion comes from our thoughts which come from Satan as well as God. We are not judging our own thoughts and accept our thoughts without judging what we think without the Holy Spirit having the final say what is godly and according to God’s principals. Matthew 7:1-5 says, and this is Jesus speaking “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete (dole out), it will be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”  We need to be careful when we speak about people because Jesus calls us hypocrites when we speak of their issues we see when we have similar issues ourselves that need attention first, so we can see the other person’s issues clearly.When I have some facts, it is time to pray and wait for our prayer to be answered with what to do with all the information the Holy Spirit has given us. What I have learned was we move when the time is right, when the Holy Spirit says to move. Too many people move when they choose to speak. It is their belief that they know what is best where the Holy Spirit has not had its hand in what they have decided to do. We are in a spiritual battle where we have taken the battle in the flesh, a losing proposition. When are we going to learn to fight our battles or use the wisdom of the Holy Spirit?

We do not know the Holy Spirit or God, we think we do. It might be what people have told us, or it might be what we have read as we have not studied what the Bible says. In God’s world, there is one place to understand who God is and what he stands for, it is the Bible. What I did over a year ago was open the Bible and ask God to show me who he was. I dare anybody to do the same thing I did to show us who God is, expecting God would show us. God will show you; I guarantee it if you keep opening the Bible after you have asked. Beginning to know God or the Holy Spirit will give the understanding from God to understand him. The problem is we do not know that, without the Holy Spirit, as we operate on our understanding, which is why we have so many different interpretations of the Bible. People are trying to get more understanding wherever we can. We must be willing to go out of our way to want wisdom or understanding. Proverbs 4:5-9 says, “Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. She shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.” Wisdom and understanding go together; they are our tools given by God to be used accordingly. God will give us what we need when we need it. We need to understand what wisdom and understanding are, it is important to know and how to act. We need to not forsake her, exalt her, embrace her, and the years of our life shall be many; that is a promise.

When we start to know God, we find there is no gray area, everything is black or white. It is love or hate, good or evil. God sees one or the other; that is his world. God is love, grace, mercy, and holy. Our sins are forgiven and then forgotten, so why do we think we need to bring them up or comment on them? That should not be our goal it should be to pray for God to change what we see spiritually. Our prayers change what we see, and the timing of what the Holy Spirit gives us to speak to somebody is best in any situation. Let God be the one to decide somebody’s fate without our comments. Trust God as we learn how He uses his love, grace, and mercy tools. God Bless.