Inclusion!

For Tuesday, January 7, 2025:

John 8:7b NLT, Jesus speaking: “Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”

The Pharisees taught the law of Moses but did not abide by it themselves. Jesus said we should listen to them, but not imitate them! Pharisees had assumed the role of religious police, searching for someone doing something wrong, and then punishing them for the offense.

Jesus had another idea, that we should actually do what the Lord commanded, and loving one another topped his agenda. This was forward thinking in his day.

Since we’ve all sinned – no one of us is better than the other – the question becomes, “What should we do NOW? Given our current set of circumstances, what’s the best way to proceed?”

Jesus counsels us to be kind, to be helpful and to do the next right thing. Be forgiving. and make reconciliation your goal: IN-clusion, not EX-clusion!

Pharisees aren’t worthless – they can always serve as a bad example!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship