Christ's silence to our sin, is a sign that He does not care about our faults, mistakes or even choices, all He is after is our salvation. When Christ heard what the accusers of the adulterous woman said, He turned away from them and began to write on the ground as if to give a silent rebuke. The people expected Christ would condemn her for what she had done, after all she was caught in the art, it was not just rumors.
He lifted up His head looking at them, He did not say one word to the woman, instead He said a searching word to those round her, he said something her accusers never expected to hear at that moment, it was a statement that not only touched the woman but also her accusers.
John 8:7 KJV
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
When He looked up the second time, her accusers had all disappeared. Then He said to the woman, probably the woman must have felt He made that statement just to get raid of her accusers so He could condemn her directly, but instead He said something she would have never guessed, it was a statement that brought peace to her instead of worry, it was a statement that gave her hope instead of anguish. A statement so short and simple but very pure.
" neither do i condemn thee"
John 8:11 KJV
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Jesus Christ did what no one expected, He did not reject her, He accepted her when others did not, He acted as a sin-bearer at that moment taking her sins for Himself. He was casting her sins into the depths of the sea, in exchange for the power to sin no more. It was not because her sin was small, it was not because He had the ability to do so at that moment so He felt like it, neither was it because He wanted to disgrace her accusers. it was because of His endless love.
When you take your sins to Him, He will not rebuke you, He we not scold you, He will never cast you out. He is the only one that would not judge you based on your past neither would be bring it up.
OUR LIVES TODAY
Most times we may feel God does not notice our sin because of His silence, other times we assume we are not worthy to pray because of our past choices or we do not deserve His love. When we are in sin, Christ is silent not because He has forsaken us in our sin rather He is only giving you time for repentance.
TO BE CONTINUED...