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9 months ago
in Jesus Drives a Ford. on BeDeviant.com | THINK DIFFERENTLY
John 4:16-18 [NLT]
“Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.
“I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!”
cont... John 4:27-29 [NLT]
Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?”
This woman was thrilled to be told what she did. Jesus called this woman out on the carpet about what she was doing, and He explained to her that she was indeed unmarried, yet had five husbands and a man at home to whom she was unmarried.
The reason the person in the Escape has it wrong is primarily, IMO, the smaller text under JESUS. It says: "JESUS will fogive, only if you stop. You have been warned..."
This is actually inaccurate. The truth is that Jesus will forgive you if you believe on Him. Jesus did not come into the world that He might condemn the world, but that through Him the we might be saved. Fornication is a sin, and sin does lead to death--I find this to be a helpful reminder. I would conclude that "Jesus is the answer, in Him there is no death, but all who believe on Him will have eternal life."
IMO, the point that the person w/ this Escape went wrong was when they tried to resolve the matter with works. What works? Well, the works of stopping of course... "Jesus will only forgive you if you stop what you are doing right now." What we need to tell people is that Jesus has forgiven them already, if they would only trust Him. In doing so, when a person trusts Him, naturally their behavior will change.
Again, the woman at the well was not condemn the woman who was accused of adultery. Rather, Jesus asked here where her accusers had gone, and told her that neither did He condemn her, and that she should go her way and sin no more. I ask this, "Does the person in the Escape have the same message?" No, they do not. The person in the Escape says, "Sin no more, otherwise Jesus will condemn you."
They've got it wrong. Jesus has forgiven them already, if they would only trust Him. What we sow in the flesh we will reap in the flesh, and what we sow in the spirit we will reap of the spirit. There are consequence for our sin, but if we have at any time trusted Christ, none of those consequences involves forfeiting of eternal life. We are saved by grace, through faith; not of works lest any man boast.
I'm all for bumper stickers that are accurate, and true all the time. I have one that says "Don't let the car fool you, my treasure is in heaven." I have it on the back window of my two-seater pickup, and the sticker is helping to hold my shattered back window together :).
“Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.
“I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!”
cont... John 4:27-29 [NLT]
Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?”
This woman was thrilled to be told what she did. Jesus called this woman out on the carpet about what she was doing, and He explained to her that she was indeed unmarried, yet had five husbands and a man at home to whom she was unmarried.
The reason the person in the Escape has it wrong is primarily, IMO, the smaller text under JESUS. It says: "JESUS will fogive, only if you stop. You have been warned..."
This is actually inaccurate. The truth is that Jesus will forgive you if you believe on Him. Jesus did not come into the world that He might condemn the world, but that through Him the we might be saved. Fornication is a sin, and sin does lead to death--I find this to be a helpful reminder. I would conclude that "Jesus is the answer, in Him there is no death, but all who believe on Him will have eternal life."
IMO, the point that the person w/ this Escape went wrong was when they tried to resolve the matter with works. What works? Well, the works of stopping of course... "Jesus will only forgive you if you stop what you are doing right now." What we need to tell people is that Jesus has forgiven them already, if they would only trust Him. In doing so, when a person trusts Him, naturally their behavior will change.
Again, the woman at the well was not condemn the woman who was accused of adultery. Rather, Jesus asked here where her accusers had gone, and told her that neither did He condemn her, and that she should go her way and sin no more. I ask this, "Does the person in the Escape have the same message?" No, they do not. The person in the Escape says, "Sin no more, otherwise Jesus will condemn you."
They've got it wrong. Jesus has forgiven them already, if they would only trust Him. What we sow in the flesh we will reap in the flesh, and what we sow in the spirit we will reap of the spirit. There are consequence for our sin, but if we have at any time trusted Christ, none of those consequences involves forfeiting of eternal life. We are saved by grace, through faith; not of works lest any man boast.
I'm all for bumper stickers that are accurate, and true all the time. I have one that says "Don't let the car fool you, my treasure is in heaven." I have it on the back window of my two-seater pickup, and the sticker is helping to hold my shattered back window together :).
