Have you ever took a piss or shit in the woods?
Nicely done!
Anon knows what's up. "…at the same time…", even.
>One is legit, one isn't.
According to the law, sure. But you know who spoke out against the law and lawyers the most, right? Now why do you suppose he defended her? We are all God's children, and when Christ was sent it was for the lost sheep of the House of Israel. He came with a message, and two additional commandments. Those two commandments are supposed to wither the law away in your heart - for Love and Legalism cannot occupy the same space. That's why the greatest gift is Love, and those without it are without the kingdom.
Everyone is legit.
Most every relationship is legit (few exceptions).
You don't own anyone else, and nobody else owns you.
The concepts of legal ownership are the problem.
Traditions built on law are systems of control.
Right now, you are under control of your perceptions.
Be free.
Anon ain't gettin' a Batman logo tattooed over their tattoo, Dan.
Not happenin'.
Done 'splaint the tattoo thing already.
Maybe the douche anon was referring to was anon's self.
LOL.
What a dick move.
who da fella in da hat?
You were told there would be false "profits". Why do you think they killed him?
Has nothing to do with race:
>Legalism
People often wonder why he took the woman's side in what should've been a slam dunk case against a "worthless whore". Besides, all that "sexual immorality" is what's wrong with the world, right?
LOL.
What did he write in the dirt? What he wrote conveyed a message to the woman's accusers. The message was never really explained, but the story gives us an allusion. It was something akin to "hypocrites". How do we know this?
Jesus didn't care about sin she committed because he understood human nature, and he also understood the circumstance behind why they brought her there. They brought her to Jesus because they had carnal knowledge of the "sin" she committed. They entrapped her in order to entrap Jesus. Jesus knew the games they played, and he knew that their accusations were truthful - she really did commit adultery, but it was with her accusers who forced her to do so. This is how they abuse the law, and this is how they still abuse the law to this day.
The purpose of the law was always intended to help people diagnose issues we have as humans. Everyone has at least one flaw that would keep them from heavenly glory. Everyone falls short of the glory of God because no man or woman could fulfill the requirements of the law in order to "enter heaven".
The entire ministry of Christ was through Grace from God. Can you forgive yourself? Good. Now, can you forgive your brother/sister? Good. Now, go forth and "sin no more" (with a wink and a smile, of course). You will continue to stumble. Can you forgive yourself? You will continue to react to your brother and sister. Can you forgive them? Slow to anger, quick to love.
It's by grace we "enter into the kingdom" (state of mind), and the kingdom is within (this is a literal Truth of an allegorical concept). The Kingdom was always within, just as the Word was always with God in the beginning; meaning the answer to the world's problems has always been love, and those that came to their fellow man with the law presented it as the path to God, and rejected the Truth of love. As people believed the law instead of grace, they subjected themselves to the authority of others.
And as soon as you forgive and love yourself, you can forgive and love others, too. Hence the 2 commandments upon which all the others hang:
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied:“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
People have to learn to forgive themselves and others; that's the lesson of the plank and spec. What the Pharisees did was try to entrap Jesus with the adulteress. The law was explicit without concern for nuance to circumstance, and that means the law isn't flawless. How can we submit ourselves to an imperfect authority? Insistence on abiding by the law is precisely where the flaw in man's understanding of the kingdom is, and anyone using the law to satisfy visions of perfection in others are spiritually bankrupt.
The Pharisees took this belief system so far they used it to subjugate others and kill the very person sent to save them.
What lessons are we learning about the law with the current situations unfolding in front of everyone?