You will be written in the dust
John 8 & Jeremiah 17
John 8
7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones,
John 8
and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
What did Jesus write in the sand while saying “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her?”
This caused the men to change their mind about stoning this woman and go home instead.
Jeremiah
Romans 11 (backstory)
Romans 11
11 So I ask, did they (Jews) stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
Romans 11
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Romans 11
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you (gentiles, me), although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root (Jesus) that supports you.
Judah - God’s people, recipients of God’s Love, Mercy and Grace. His Love is offered in that same way to all His Children (Christians) No matter where they are born or who their Father is.
What did Jesus write in the sand while saying “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her?”
This caused the men to change their mind about stoning this woman and go home instead.
Jeremiah 17
13 Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.
Jeremiah 17
5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,� who draws strength from mere flesh� and whose heart turns away from the Lord.�
Jeremiah 17
6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;�they will not see prosperity when it comes.�They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
Jeremiah 17
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
Jeremiah 17
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
(So worry stops us from bearing fruit?)
Jeremiah 17
9 The “heart” is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17
10 “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
Jeremiah 17
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools.
Jeremiah 17
12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
is the place of our sanctuary.
Jeremiah 17
13 Lord, you are the hope of Israel;
all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.
John 8
and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”