I Do Not Condemn You

Oh God, what have I done? These men, mean to humiliate me, in front of the whole town

I’m caught in my own sin, it has me tormented and bound

There will be no mercy, no compassion found

For the law is clearly written and it is profound…

“Stone her!” This is the only thing they can do. So, I mustn’t make a sound.

No defense will be given for one such as I…

Today, dear God, they want me to die!

Ashamed and devastated in the dirt I lie.

Shouts of accusations are spewed forth from these men…

“What say you teacher? Shall we shout it again?”

Silence from the teacher as he bends down, writing on the ground.

Not a word does he speak.

Certain death will be my gain today…I’m ready, for whatever the teacher may say…

I’m sorry for my sin. What else could I have done…I’m just a poor, haggard, woman.

These are my thoughts as I crouch in the dirt…dirty and sweaty, not of much worth. Eyes bowed low. I’m numb, but I’m not afraid anymore…I’ve heard of this teacher, they say He’s the Lord!

I hear Him stand and then he speaks these words…

“Let the man who has never sinned, throw the first stone at her” …

He stoops again and writes in the dust…

One by one, they drop their stones,

knowing their own hearts are full of lusts…

Not one of them could throw a stone, hanging their heads they walk on…

“Dear woman? Where are those who condemned you?”

Looking around I’m left alone with only the teacher… “They’re all gone.”

“I do not condemn you either. Go and live your life free from sin.”

Standing there I’m elated and surprised, today I will not die. Today I have new life!

I will live my life for Him!!

I am not condemned!!

Condemnation is a lie from the enemy, we all fight it at some time. Satan will lie to us over and over and over again. That’s his job. But Jesus does not lie and He says, “Where are your accusers?” Look around you, they are gone! Jesus has set us free! He is the freedom giver! Don’t let the devil condemn you not for one instant. Because Jesus does not condemn you, but he does say, “Go, and sin no more!!!” Praise the Lord!! Who the son sets free is free indeed! Simply ask the Lord to forgive you for condemning yourself and then walk in that freedom!! We are in a constant battle, but you know what, we are not fighting it by ourselves…We have the Spirit of the Living God, His Holy Spirit, living right inside of us. Listen to Him and you will never go wrong, not ever!!!! The Spirit and the word bear witness to the truth!!! Live in Freedom!!! Amen!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill, August 31, 2020

John 3:17 TPT – “God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it!

John 8:1-11 The Passion Translation Jesus walked up the Mount of Olives near the city where he spent the night. Then at dawn Jesus appeared in the temple courts again, and soon all the people gathered around to listen to his words, so he sat down and taught them. Then in the middle of his teaching, the religious scholars and the Pharisees broke through the crowd and brought a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery and made her stand in the middle of everyone.

Then they said to Jesus, – “Teacher, we caught this woman in the very act of adultery. Doesn’t Moses’ law command us to stone to death a woman like this? Tell us, what do you say we should do with her?” They were only testing Jesus because they hoped to trap him with his own words and accuse him of breaking the laws of Moses.

But Jesus didn’t answer them. Instead he simply bent down and wrote in the dust with his finger. Angry, they kept insisting that he answer their question, so Jesus stood up and looked at them and said, “Let’s have the man who has never had a sinful desire throw the first stone at her.” And then he bent over again and wrote some more words in the dust.

Upon hearing that, her accusers slowly left the crowd one at a time, beginning with the oldest to the youngest, with a convicted conscience. Until finally, Jesus was left alone with the woman still standing there in front of him. So, he stood back up and said to her, “Dear woman, where are your accusers? Is there no one here to condemn you?”

Looking around, she replied, “I see no one, Lord.”

Jesus said, “Then I certainly don’t condemn you either. Go, and from now on, be free from a life of sin.”