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Post by shiloh on Feb 28, 2014 2:20:09 GMT
I was thinking about this today while going about my business. Too hard to explain how I got there, but what do any of you think the Lord wrote in the sand? Did He write everyone's sins? Did He write, "he who is without sin cast the first stone"? If so, what if someone was of the mind that they had no sin/s and thought they were perfect like the Pharisees thought they were? Surely, they would have cast a stone. Whatever it was that the Lord wrote, it stunned all of them and they dropped their stones.
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Post by elizabeth on Feb 28, 2014 2:24:22 GMT
Shiloh, you are talking about when the woman was taken in adultery, I take it.
I heard a minister say this one time. He said he thought what Christ wrote in the sand, was the names of the girls friends of the Pharisees. When they saw the Christ knew about their affairs, they then walked away.
I thought that was the best answer I had heard to that question.
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Post by Becka on Feb 28, 2014 2:51:13 GMT
I love Liz's explanation. I had always assumed He wrote their sins in the sand. It was obviously something that impacted them enough to drop their stones and walk away. I think He did read their minds; they probably thought someone had told Him. I wonder how many of them slept with that very woman themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 3:14:40 GMT
I agree, the explanation that Jesus wrote their sins in the sand makes the most sense to me. I also heard a pastor say that Jesus could have written the 10 commandments in the sand, also, to remind others of God's laws they have broken themselves.
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Post by LS on Feb 28, 2014 3:15:31 GMT
I just found the following in the comment section of an article on this topic:
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Post by morningstar on Feb 28, 2014 3:17:59 GMT
I really like that explanation Liz, it would certainly fit the sin they were accusing her of...they were probably gone before the stones hit the floor...lol... And probably very angry at the Lord too for finding them out.....
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Post by shiloh on Feb 28, 2014 3:19:40 GMT
Hey, those are all great answers. It's just something I've always wondered about. But your answers make a lot of sense.
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Post by MyWhiteStone on Feb 28, 2014 6:32:11 GMT
I suspect it seriously deepened the religious "leaders" resentment and fear of Jesus in any case, regardless of what He wrote. I also suspect the Holy Spirit was burning deeply within them all. He is an effective convictor of both truth and sin.
I wonder if any of the saints who have gone on ahead of us have ever thought to ask Jesus what He actually wrote. I suspect Jesus could tell them. Maybe some day we'll know, and when we find out we'll probably be blown away by the amazing wisdom He demonstrated.
Maybe we'll even get to ask that woman how she was feeling...
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Post by Benjamin on Mar 1, 2014 1:10:33 GMT
I love Liz's explanation. I had always assumed He wrote their sins in the sand. It was obviously something that impacted them enough to drop their stones and walk away. I think He did read their minds; they probably thought someone had told Him. I wonder how many of them slept with that very woman themselves. ...I wonder, perhaps He wrote the names of all the pharisees who had slept with her. That would certainly introduce some strife and confusion to the situation. It would also bring a little more bite to the phrase "let he who is without sin cast the first stone".
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Post by shiloh on Mar 1, 2014 2:06:55 GMT
I have to agree with that and all of the above. Confusion and strife seems fitting for whatever it was that He wrote. I also thought of that verse, "let he who is without sin cast the fist stone". Everyone had (and has) their own sin/s. But it seemed to be straight to the point, whatever it was that Jesus wrote. I also think of the verse, "remove the log from your own eye....."
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Post by eben on Mar 1, 2014 5:56:42 GMT
Great explanation, I like it. I also heard that the writing on the sand is connected to the writing on the wall that declared judgment on Belshazzar.
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