Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 26, Day 7, Saturday, 3 July, 2021 TOPIC: OUR GOD FORGIVES AND FORGETS

“3 Then the scribes and  Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in  the very act.

5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?”

6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. 

7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 

8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 

9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by  their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the  oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 When Jesus had  raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of  yours? Has no one condemned you?” 

11 She said, “No one, Lord  And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

Romans 3:23

“23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”

A sinner calling someone a sinner. An armed robber accusing someone for stealing, who is the worst? If God should open every believers secret we will be astonish all. David said in Psalm 103:3,

“3 If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?”

When we keep placing mark on others, calling them names, have we searched out ourselves to know our sins? Have we sat down to weigh our sins compare to theirs? Jesus said, “He who is without sin among you, let him cast a stone at her first.”, meaning, the only judge here is the one who has never sinned in his life, and everybody began to think of their sinful ways which might be worst than the woman’s sins. They knew Jesus could reveal their secret sins,so they all disappear one after the other. Jesus said, if none of your accusers condemned you, I can’t condemn you either, go and sin no more. Christianity is where we see a falling soldier and kill him instead of helping him. Brethren, paradventure God has forgiven those people you focused on as sinners. He has moved on to protect and guide the same people. Just as God has forgiven your wrongs,  He has done to others also. Stop castigating someone. Our God forgives and forget sins, as long as we call on Him, confess our sins and repent of it. He is too faithful to still see us as a sinner.

Can we go to Him this morning and make known our shortcomings to Him? Let speak to Him to forgive and forget our sins in order to live a pleasing life to Him.