John 8:1-11 – Jesus at the Mount of Olives.
- “Darkness and Light – a warning to leaders! part 2”
- We can learn a similar lesson today to that of yesterdays.
- Jesus’ enemies try to trap him.
- They bring a woman caught in adultery and essentially give Jesus two options.
- First; agree with the law that she should be stoned. This would get him in trouble with the Roman authorizes because they did not allow the Jews to carry out the death sentence.
- Secondly; disagree that she should be stoned and thereby appear to be breaking God’s law.
- Jesus, as per usual points to a third way.
- But the lesson I learn from today is that not only can we as leaders lie by hiding the full truth in order to promote our particular angle on things and do it in the guise of protecting the flock [see yesterdays blog] but…
- We can lie by hiding the full facts of a situation we are presiding over.
- The law actually stated that stoning was only commissioned if the woman was a betrothed virgin and both parties had to be stoned – the man and the woman.
- For some reason the man and therefore his story were not presented.
- When dealing with sensitive issues there are of course times when we should not share all the facts at it might damage people for no reason and restrict restoration.
- BUT
- Sometimes we do it for political reasons. We are tempted to hide the fullness of what we did or they did in order to present our case.
- Again – faith in Jesus means we should become more transparent in our actions.
- As we are candid we allow God to deal with us more fully.
- A simple reminder today that God is a God of light not darkness.
- Praying I will allow God to shine a light on my life and truth Him with the consequences of that.
Hi,
ReplyDeletewhere in the bible does it state the following:
"The law actually stated that stoning was only commissioned if the woman was a betrothed virgin and both parties had to be stoned – the man and the woman."
How do you know?
Thanks!