Good morning. Now
what did Jesus do when the scribes and Pharisees asked Him about stoning the
woman caught in adultery? He stooped down and with His finger wrote on the
ground. There has been much speculation about what He wrote, but no one knows
for sure. Whatever it was, it was not sufficient to make them stop because they
persisted in asking Him. He who is without sin among you, let him be the first
to throw a stone at her. He again stooped down and wrote on the ground. When
they heard what He said, they begin to go out beginning with the older ones,
and He was left alone with the woman. Where are they? Did no one condemn you?
No one, Lord. Neither do I. Go and sin no more. The next verse shows why that
episode seems out of place. Then Jesus again spoke to them… To whom was He
speaking – they had all left? He had been talking to the people about the
rivers of living water. The officers had returned and reported to the scribes
and Pharisees. So what follows seems to be back again with Jesus talking to the
people. He goes from talking about the living water to – I am the Light of the
world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light
of life. Jesus used many metaphors to refer to Himself. Just like you can use
your cell phone to download an app that will mimic a Flashlight to show you
where you’re going, Jesus will shine a light on your path to show you where you
are going. Father thank You that Jesus is the Light, not just of the world in
general, but to us specifically. Shine Your Light on the reader’s path to show him/her
the way he/she should go.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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