‘THIS MAN HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG’
Lura, Pokhara, Nepal
“The religious rulers were sneering at Jesus…The soldiers also mocked Him…One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him…. But the other rebuking him said, ‘This man has done nothing wrong’ ”(Luke 23:35 – 42).
There are two ways to preach about victory over sin. One is the way Jesus preached it, without throwing stones at people. The other is the way the Pharisees preached it, by condemning people. The gentleness of Christ is missing in the words of many that preach on victory over sin. They tell others not to sin, but they also criticize them, accuse them and refer to them by hard names. The Pharisees were like that.
Jesus on the other hand, preached a much higher standard of righteousness than the Pharisees ever did. But He never called any sinner by bad names. He loved them and won them to a Godly life, through his gentleness.
Hungry souls will travel hundreds of miles if they can find a man of God somewhere, who has the touch of heaven on his ministry and who is worth listening to – even as the multitudes traveled to the wilderness of Judea to hear John the Baptist. And as they traveled from all over Israel to hear Jesus, and as the crowds in many cities traveled long distances to hear the apostle Paul.
The Pharisee were so bold to come to Jesus with the woman caught in adultery. But they came into Jesus’ presence His light exposed that very same sin in their own hearts. The Pharisees don’t understand such grace, and so they become hard and unforgiving. Thus they destroyed themselves. We remembered that, at the end of parable (Luke 15: 25- 30) The elder son who was so working hard and lived with his father is outside the father’s house – having lost his salvation because of an unmerciful attitude towards his younger brother. That is the ultimate end of all that despise others.
If, when the Pharisees, who brought the woman caught in adultery to Jesus, had started stoning that poor woman, Jesus have stood in front of that woman and received the stones Himself and said, “Kill me first”. That is what he did for us on Calvary. He stood in front of us and received the “stone” that we should have received. The spirit of Christ is the spirit of the new covenant, and it is the exact opposite of the spirit of the Pharisee.
Why did the Pharisees were shrink away from the presence of the Lord? Because Jesus told them that the first person to begin throwing stones should be the one who has no sin in him.
Many believers are so sharp-eyed that they pass judgment on even the smallest words and actions of others.
The women caught in adultery realized that while Pharisee had come only to point out her sin and to accuse her and expose her, Jesus wanted to save her. And she must certainly have been saved and become one of Jesus’ disciples, after that encounter with Him.
The entire range of bishops, priests and Bible School Scholars in Israel were there at the foot of the cross that day accusing Jesus of one thing and another (Matt 27: 40-44). Many of the chief citizens of the nations also, who were passing by, were abusing Jesus mercilessly and accusing Him.
But, one of the thieves who were hanged at the cross on the right side of Jesus said concerning Jesus, “This man has not committed a single sin.” (Luke 23: 41)
How did he know that? How did he discern that Jesus was the Messiah that he claimed to be? How did he reject all the accusations of the people as false – at a time when no one took up for Jesus?
After all “ there can not be a smoke without fire”, can there? Going by the worldly wisdom of the proverb, the thief could have thought that there must be some grounds, however small, in Jesus, for all these hundreds of people to accuse him. Yet the thief said that Jesus did NOTHING WRONG! Because he heard Jesus saying, “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23: 34).
The thief saw the unrest, the agitation, the bitterness and the hatred of those Bible Scholars and on the other hand, he saw the forgiving spirit, the total absence of a complaining spirit and of any self – justification, and the rest that there was in Jesus. Thus he discerned who was right and who was wrong.
“ But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, who waves cast up mire and mud. ‘There is no peace’ says my God, ‘for the wicked’ ” (Isaiah 57: 20).
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April 22nd, 2011 at 12:23 am
An schedule rei char char bawka, chhiar chhin ang hmiang.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 12:27 am
We’re Saved !!!! Halleluijah ..!!!
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April 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 am
Kan sual tlan nan kan aiawhin a thi, min hmangaih vang ani.A lawmawm tia tawp lovin hmangaih let ve dan ngaihtuah ila – Engtin?? Midangte tan Lal Isua hmangaihna kan chan hi semchhuak ve thei ila.
Pathian hian hman duh loh a nei lo – Mosia tualthat, Davida mi-nu uire, Saula Xtian tihduhdahtu te pawh a hman nasat ber te an ni. Pathian hman theih hian kan awm thei(available) em le? tih hi tun Good Friday hian in zawt let ila.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 am
i rawn sawi lut kual tha hle mai.
“Thih chilh nun hmangaihna,
Krista’n mi zawng chhuak ta.
Tu vanga nunna pe nge?
Kei misual vang a ni,”
While we ever yet sinners, God says,”after all, I love them”.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 12:48 am
It seems we’re a bit judgmental in our christian lives towards our brothers and sisters who are still learners all along… in spite of what Christ had done for us ! Good sermon ! Blessings to everyone !
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April 22nd, 2011 at 1:21 am
via dolorosa…i love it..
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April 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 am
AS for me every friday is good friday.
Every friday i fry fish.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 1:43 am
A ropui e
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April 22nd, 2011 at 2:21 am
@mzvision #3 “Pathian hian hman duh loh a nei lo”
I va han sawi dik tak em!
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April 22nd, 2011 at 2:41 am
Dik khawp mai..Pathian rawngbawl dan chihnih khi…pakhatna chuan ‘mihring fa chhandam loh anih a hlauh vang’ ani a, chidang leh chuan ‘mihring fa a sual zia hriattir’ a tum thung..a pahnihna ang hi pharisai..ka tha a, ka fel a, ka lang mawi bawk tite tih awm tawk ani tho mai..
Pathian rawngbawl hi ka chak hauh lo, a peih pawh ka peih lo, ka thianghlimna in a tlin bawk lo!
Mahse posttu ziah ang hi chu ka hrethiam ve deuh!!
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April 22nd, 2011 at 3:34 am
Kan hna rinawm tak a kan thawh te hian Pathian kan chawimawi a ni zel. Hmui ringawt a Pathian lam ri, a taka engah mah ngai silo te hian an mahni an inbum mai a ni e.
Pathian kan hmangaih let theihna chu kan nitin nuna rinawmna, kan tih tur ngei tih kan tum tlatna te hi bul tanna tha tak a ni. Sawi mai a nilo.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 7:57 am
Edit theih thin loh hi pawi chang a awm.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 11:33 am
Tha hle mai a… zoram biak in tin ah sermon ah sawi chhuak tu awm se ka van ti em!!
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April 22nd, 2011 at 11:38 am
Edit theih/edit theih loh = mood a off thei dawn mai thin.
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April 22nd, 2011 at 11:39 am
Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that You’re my God
You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in Heaven above
Humbly You came to the earth You created
All for love’s sake became poor
I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross (repeat again & again)
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April 22nd, 2011 at 11:41 am
He hla hi ka rawn thawh ve ang e:
Thank you Lord for your blessings on me:
https://youtu.be/ZMv05fWJRzE
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April 22nd, 2011 at 11:41 am
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mzvision # I rawn tuihnih tha hle mai..
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April 22nd, 2011 at 3:42 pm
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a mawi hle mai..Pathian malsawmna hi a va han thuk tak em.. a chhiar thiamte tan chuan 
Pu Hva # Thanks
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April 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 am
Amen. I zar ah Pathian thu thatak ka nunna in a dawng leh ta.
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April 11th, 2012 at 2:23 am
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