Are we the Pharisees of today?

The Pharisees caught a woman in the very act of adultery and brought her to Jesus for judgment and His response was,

John 8:7

“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”

They of course did not throw any stones at her but left one by one. Then Jesus turned His attention to the woman and said,

John 8:10-11

“Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” [11] She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you.

John 3:17

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Do we not have a tendency to judge people based on what we see. The Pharisees saw sinners with disgust. Consequently, Jesus openly accepted sinners to sit with Him.

Matthew 9:11-12

And when the Pharisees saw that, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” [12] When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Repentance means turning to God for help, acknowledging that we are sick and sinful and that we need a Physician to heal us. The Apostle Paul spoke about his need for a Physician as he repented and turned to God through faith in Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Jesus’s name means, The LORD will save.

Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Seeing Him as the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world is seeing by believing. Not by sight, but through faith.

We are all sinners saved by grace. Let us stop judging others by what they do or don’t do. Good people don’t go to Heaven, forgiven people do.