I would like to use another song I wrote, this one three years
ago, called, “A
Stone’s Throw”. The
words are as
follows:
At the feet of Jesus
lay the woman in red
Her accusers
condemned her and
wanted her dead
They caught her in
sin said put her to
death
Throw stones at her
till she breathes
her last breath
Some people are vile
and wretched within
Just failures and
losers all lost in
their sin
Oh show them no
mercy for breaking
God’s Law
Just a hard throw
with a stone to the
jaw
If Jesus forgave as
we forgive others
We’d not be in His
family as sisters
and brothers
Instead there would
be stones coming our
way
A hard reckoning
when we go astray
CHORUS:
We all live in glass
houses and should
never throw stones
But some of us look
down from our
thrones
Only Jesus can judge
then grace steps in
For those who seek
forgiveness from sin
I believe the Lord
laid this song on my
heart in thinking
about those who are
so quick to condemn
others, but also to
remind us that while
people may not
forgive, Jesus is
always willing to do
so. The heart of the
song is taken from
John 8:1-11. I’m
going to include the
full passage below,
since some may not
be in a position to
look it up while
reading this
article:
“Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came
again into the
temple, and all the
people came unto
him; and he sat
down, and taught
them. And the
scribes and
Pharisees brought
unto him a woman
taken in adultery;
and when they had
set her in the
midst, 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? This
they said, tempting
him, that they might
have to accuse him.
But Jesus stooped
down, and with his
finger wrote on the
ground, as though he
heard them not. So
when they continued
asking him, he
lifted up himself,
and said unto them,
He that is without
sin among you, let
him first cast a
stone at 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 up
himself, and saw
none but the woman,
he said unto her,
Woman, where are
those thine
accusers? hath no
man condemned thee?
She said, No man,
Lord. And Jesus said
unto her, Neither do
I condemn thee: go,
and sin no more.”
(John 8:1-11)
Do you need
forgiveness? I
certainly do …
daily.
We now live in a
society where pretty
much anything goes.
But even in this
vile world we live
in today, there are
some actions that
are still
unforgivable by some
we know. Sin is not
pretty, any way you
look at it. All sin
is an abomination
against a Holy God,
and we have all come
short of His glory.
Many of us have
learned to come to
our Lord for
forgiveness when we
trespass against
Him, partly because
it is miserable
being out of
fellowship with our
Heavenly Father, and
fantastic to have
that load of guilt
removed. As
Christians, we do
not want to sin
against God. We
struggle not to, but
being in the flesh,
we will. It is so
refreshing to know
that He forgives an
earnest, sincere and
broken heart.
However, I believe
there are many among
us who do not feel
“worthy” to be
forgiven. Listen
closely; none of us
are worthy to be
forgiven. If we
were, we would not
need forgiveness. We
would be God.
Sometimes Christians
may not be at peace
within themselves,
simply because there
is sin in their
life, and they need
to seek forgiveness.
Their fellowship
(not salvation)
needs to be
restored. What does
this mean? As an
example, if you are
“on the outs” with
your parents due to
an argument, you are
out of fellowship.
They will always be
your parents and you
will always be their
child, but your
fellowship is
broken. That
fellowship needs to
be restored.
What is sin? Who
better to ask than
God Himself? He
informs us quite
eloquently in Exodus
20:3-17. We call
this passage The Ten
Commandments. Sin is
actually anything
that is contrary to
the will of God. I
am convinced that
many people do not
know what sin is,
basically because of
the acceptance of
society’s influence
in our lives.
“Everybody’s doing
it, so it must be
okay”.
I wonder how many
people, who do not
know Jesus as their
Savior but would
like to, feel they
cannot be forgiven.
Have you ever heard
someone say
something like, “God
could never forgive
me”? Often He will
not, for one reason.
They do not ask. In
the latter part of
James 4:2, the Lord
says through James,
“…You have not
because you ask
not”. This can be
applied to the
Christian or
non-Christian. If
you are without
Christ, but want to
be saved by Him and
forgiven, it won’t
happen until you
ask.
Notice also what
Jesus said to the
woman caught in
adultery in the
beginning passage. “ … And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no
more.” When He
forgives us, He
expects us to run in
the opposite
direction of the sin
in our life. If you
have no intention of
forsaking your sin,
then you are not
being honest in your
request to Him, and
forgiveness will not
be forthcoming. If
you have truly
placed your trust in
Him, and are now His
child, will you sin
again? I repeat, you
will not want to,
you will struggle
not to, but you will
because you still
live in the flesh.
As His child, when
you do sin (notice I
did not say “if”)
call out for
forgiveness and
forsake it. Keep
doing that and keep
trusting Him. We are
told in 1
Corinthians 10:13, “There
hath no temptation
taken you but such
as is common to man:
but God is faithful,
who will not suffer
you to be tempted
above that ye are
able; but will with
the temptation also
make a way to
escape, that ye may
be able to bear it.”
Remember this. You
have never committed
a sin that God
cannot forgive. Oh,
you may think you’re
the lowest form of
humanity on the face
of the earth because
of what you have
said, thought or
done in your life.
But He died for you.
He will forgive you
and live in you, if
you let Him, but you
must ask.
Grant Phillips
grantphillips@windstream.net
Pre-Rapture
Commentary
http://grant-phillips.blogspot.com
