This Week’s Blog…
How Should We Respond to Conspiracy Theories?
I love eating breakfast, don’t you? I especially love having smoothies for breakfast. What is your favorite breakfast food? Now image that you get to sit down and eat breakfast with the one person you love and admire most in the world. It can be a family member, friend, a famous person; it doesn’t matter. Now imagine that the last time you were with them you publicly disrespected them and denied knowing who they were with cursing. Now how do you feel?
Now Jesus is left alone with the woman standing in the midst. Now watch what happens in verse 10… When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you…”
It was a very turbulent time in the ministry of Jesus. Controversy filled the air as to who this Rabbi from Galilee might be. Many were being drawn to Christ and starting to believe that He might be the long awaited for Messiah, while the Scribes and the Pharisees insisted that He was a demon-possessed deceiver.
