You see believers today full of condemnation.

You wonder where they got it from

When did it become cool to act, think, talk, and imbibe the culture of the Pharisees so much that a follower of Jesus and Pharisees became the same?

 

A woman was caught in adultery.

A Christian says, “Put her out of the church; she is not worthy to be a part of our fellowship, she has betrayed the faith.”

A Pharisee says, “Put her to death, that is the law of Moses.”

Jesus says, “Neither do I condemn you, go and DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN.”

 

I know a woman who was dating a married man for many years.

When she was doing it, she found an excuse to justify herself.

She didn’t do it because she was broke, hungry, or lacking.

Her parents provided all that she needed, she had a job and she met the man in the course of her work.

She was also a believer, with a very good standing in the church.

 

After her thirtieth birthday, she decided she was ready to get married.

She began to fast and pray.

She went from this mountain to that, trusting God for a husband.

The first suitor arrived, and they began to talk.

The first thing she said was, “Cheating is a deal breaker for me.”

The man agreed, and they got married.

 

Years later, she reached out to me and said she suspected that the man was cheating on her.

I said, “Okay.”

She asked me to call him and talk to him because she could not tolerate cheating and would leave the marriage if the man persisted.

She also sent me the phone number of the other woman and asked me to call her and threaten her with God’s wrath and vengeance if she does not leave her husband alone.

 

I told her that I cannot call the woman, but I will have a conversation with her husband and find out if what she said was true.

It turned out that her husband was not cheating.

I called her and, with good evidence, showed her that her husband was not cheating.

She heaved a sigh of relief and began to scream, “I thought he was cheating, I would have done this, I would have done that, I would have burnt this down and destroyed that.”

I told her that she would have done nothing.

The worst she would have done would be to leave the marriage, and another woman would have taken a place within a month.

 

She was shocked.

“Ha, what are you saying, sir?”

“When I discovered you were sleeping with a married man some years ago, did I condemn you?” I asked

“No, sir,” she said

When you told me you wanted to move on from that relationship to become a wife to another man, did I judge you? I asked

“No, sir,” She replied

I have no bone of condemnation in me.

The same way I did not condemn you, I will not condemn your husband or any woman he might have gotten involved with if he had been cheating on you.

 

The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

 

I cannot show you the love of Christ to bring you out of an unprofitable lifestyle and then show others something else.

I am not a judge of relationships, I am not a condemner of people’s lifestyle and choices.

I have made my stand clear from the moment I met the Lord and chose to become an ambassador of Christ.

Christ is my message.

Christ and Christ alone.

 

I do not preach sin, judgment, or condemnation.

I do not preach demons, evil, fire, and brimstone.

I do not preach hell, death, and sickness.

I did not give my life to those things, and I do not represent that brand.

I represent Christ and the fullness of His life as revealed to all men, regardless of their situation, circumstances, choices, worldview, belief system, and way of life.

I am full of the Holy Spirit, and I am anointed to bring the divine life of Christ to the consciousness of the people that they may see that light and become as He is.

 

She looked at me and said, “Sir, permit me to say this, sir, respectfully, you are weird”.

 

“I know”. I replied.

 

As you grow in your walk with Christ, you will come to a conclusion that is beautiful and glorious.

If you stay on Christ alone as your message, regardless of how tempting it is to jump on the bandwagon of popular opinion and pressure from those around you who are hell-bent on legislating morality and preaching right and wrong…

You will have a glorious ministry backed by the Holy Spirit in such a manner that you will not be able to explain it.

You will also have peace and an understanding of the realities of God that you cannot get from any other source.

 

Christ is pure, and preaching Christ makes you pure in all your ways.

 

Neither do I condemn you!

 

-GSW-