"Drop The Stones!"

"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they 

know not what they do. And they parted

 his raiment, and cast lots."

(Luke 23:34)

It's something we're not good at; we humans say, "I forgive you, or I forgive them;" then, one day we remember again, or satan brings it to our minds, and it rises up in us all over again.  So, what can we do?  We do what Jesus Christ did, we say, "Father forgive them" for me!  Why didn't Jesus just look down on His torturers and say, "I forgive you?"  He was not yet risen; in His flesh, He did the only thing He could do, He said, "Father, forgive them," and when we, within ourselves can't seem to get our healing, can't seem to get the victory, we need to fall back on The Word, and remember that our Lord does what we cannot do, and we pray and say with sincere hearts exactly what our Lord Jesus Christ said, and then we are released to receive from our Lord, when all unforgiveness is erased!

"Be not overcome of evil, 

but overcome evil with good."

(Romans 12:21)

She was caught in the very act of adultery, and they were ready to stone her, but Jesus Christ knelt down and began to write on the ground.  What was he writing?  He was writing the sins of those holding the stones, and suddenly they were moved to do what they had never done before in this situation  ...  they were shown their own guilt, their own sins, and so they could do nothing else but "Drop The Stones!"

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”  Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”  Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test."

           

The devil knows the Word of God!  It's imperative that we, Christians, know the Word of God.  How else will we be able to "overcome evil with good," if we do not know the GOOD?  The "Good" is the Word of God, which we must hide in our hearts that we might not sin against Him, Jesus Christ our Lord. We overcome evil by the Name of Jesus, the Word of Jesus, and the Blood of Jesus.  The Bible gives us instructions "from Romans to Jude" about how to overcome evil with good.  The Holy fire of the Holy Ghost, with the evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance, and the Word within us will guide us to know when we are being tempted, to know when it's not Almighty God speaking to us, to know how to rebuke satan and resist him, to overcome evil with good.  

All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and if we have been forgiven of our sins, how can we not forgive others?  It's time to "drop the stones."  You say, "But you don't know what he did, or she did."  How do you know he or she has not repented of what they did?  If they asked the Lord to forgive them, He did.  If we carry around unforgiveness in our hearts, it hurts us, not them.  You say, "But what if they didn't repent?"  We are still admonished to forgive, to leave our gift at the altar and go and make it right if someone has something against us.  It's tough, this life of Christianity; it's not easy standing for what is right when the whole world is parading Sin in the streets; it's hard to pray for someone and bless them when they have despitefully used you; it's a difficult command to forgive seventy times seven  ... 

Hey, if we're gonna' walk the walk, we've gotta' talk the talk; if we're "Goin' up Yonder," we've gotta' secure our ticket; if we have faith, we've gotta' learn the song "Hallelujah Anyhow;" if we're gonna' be like Jesus, we've gotta' become a "Willow In The Wind;" if we've experienced His power, we know "He IS Jehovah;" if we've learned anything at all, we know "Our Arms Are Too Short To Box With God;" if we're legitimate soldiers, we'll "Sing the Sermon, Preach the Song;" if we've got any umph in the Holy Ghost, we'll shout "Everybody Get Up;" and if we've lived through some trials, we know "There's A Little Bit 'O' Mornin' Outside!" 

What's this all about?  It's about "overcoming evil with good," giving asking nothing in return, being kind when it's not deserved, forgiving when the grudge is strong, speaking the Word to defeat the enemy in his plot of destruction, walkin' in the light when darkness surrounds, warring in the Spirit when sleep calls our names, standing in the gap and holding up the arms of those with "beautiful feet"  ...  and learning to "Drop The Stones!"

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