A Nugget from New Life Network
(by Chris Musgrove of Future Now)
Scripture for the Day – May 20, 2020
James 1:19; So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Jesus said that He only speaks what the Father speaks. Then James said to be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath or anger.
John 12:49: For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
In the following passage Jesus does just that. Jesus stooped down and was slow to speak until He heard from the Father.
John 8:3-11: Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 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; go and sin no more.
Jesus stooped down twice and heard a Word from the Father, for the accusers and the accused.
Take time to stoop before you speak!!
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