Anyone truly interested in spiritual growth should spend some time reading and soaking up the words of Jesus. One of the names of Jesus is the wisdom of God; I think this is very apparent in the incident where they caught the woman in adultery. It is so easy to be self-righteous and say; “I am glad I am not a sinner like that person!
What a profound statement Jesus made to these self-righteous, religious people; “You without sin cast the first stone”! It seems like we are always so eager to cast stones. We don’t like it so well when we are the ones being stoned.
“Give, and it will be given to you. They will ?pour ?into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
What a remarkable thing Jesus did for the woman and for the people that were going to throw the stones. This woman had to be stoned for her sin of adultery; these people had to stone this woman to fulfill the law. Jesus had grace for all of them. Jesus said to the woman; “Go and sin no more!” He said to the people that were going to stone her; “You without sin cast the first stone!” I expect some of these people were relieved when they could drop their stones and walk away.
The point I want to bring out, we are both the sinner and the folks holding the stones. We are to stop sinning and drop all our stones. Sin destroys us and the letter of the law kills us. You will know the truth and it will set you free.
For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.