1. Ask WWJD
2. Listen
3. Go Safely
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You have probably seen those elastic wrist bands that have the
initials WWJD on them. This is designed to remind us that
whatever situation we find ourselves in we can say; “What would
Jesus do?” (WWJD) They really do make you stop and think and
keep you on the narrow road if you ask the question and of course
take the answer on board. Its as easy as that... isn’t it?
Let’s look at just a couple of instances that Jesus did differently to
probably what we would do.
In John chapter 8 there was a woman caught in adultery. The law of
Moses demanded that she should be stoned to death. Wow! The law
demanded that this should happen as she was caught in the very act. It
was not gossip. The crowd seemed to enjoy the fact that she would get
what she deserved and just like in the French Revolution I bet some
took their knitting. Jesus came among the angry crowd, that wanted
justice and of course they felt more superior to her (since their sins
were not on show). He just stooped there, writing in the dust while they
raged, zealous to fulfill the LAW. Jesus then just spoke, one sentence
that changed the whole course of events; “Let him without sin cast the
first stone”. One by one they dropped their stones that they were going
to throw at her as their own sin came to mind. Due to the conviction
of their own sin they could not throw any stones, they calmed down,
dispersed and she was free to go and sin no more.
Who do you know has been or is in this situation and behind closed
doors you are ‘throwing stones’ at them instead of throwing them a
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