A Christian Sacrifice
By Mark Flippo
The stoning of Steven was a terrible thing. Steven was a righteous man. This was one time a man was murdered because of being a Christian. The Old Testament was harsh. Sadly a lot of the people that were doing the stoning were guilty of worse secret sins! Self righteousness has always been a problem with mankind! You still see it today. People in church with their nose so high up when it rains they drown!! Jesus had compassion on those that sinned and repented. The woman taken in adultery would have died that day had it not been for Jesus pointing out to others their sins! One thing about that lesson that has confused me a little. Why was the woman taken and not the man. It takes two! I'm just saying. I know they had their reasons. In part they wanted Jesus to make a mistake and He did not! Why are people so quick to judge others when they themselves have a mote in their own eye! Forgive me for not understanding everything in scripture! I do know that repentance now a days is a whole lot easier. Let us get to repenting now before the law changes back!!
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By Mark Flippo
The stoning of Steven was a terrible thing. Steven was a righteous man. This was one time a man was murdered because of being a Christian. The Old Testament was harsh. Sadly a lot of the people that were doing the stoning were guilty of worse secret sins! Self righteousness has always been a problem with mankind! You still see it today. People in church with their nose so high up when it rains they drown!! Jesus had compassion on those that sinned and repented. The woman taken in adultery would have died that day had it not been for Jesus pointing out to others their sins! One thing about that lesson that has confused me a little. Why was the woman taken and not the man. It takes two! I'm just saying. I know they had their reasons. In part they wanted Jesus to make a mistake and He did not! Why are people so quick to judge others when they themselves have a mote in their own eye! Forgive me for not understanding everything in scripture! I do know that repentance now a days is a whole lot easier. Let us get to repenting now before the law changes back!!
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com