Job 19:1-12, 21-27 - Job holds God accountable for the tragedy he is experiencing. Here's a difficult question that probably won't yield a satisfactory answer: Is it more faithful to blame God and cry out to Him, or believe God is not involved?
John 8:1-20 - Is Jesus just ignoring the law when he allows the woman to go unpunished? Notice that Jesus doesn't argue the point about the law, but instead places the question on the accusers. Who is righteous enough to judge another? Only Jesus. His choice in the case of this woman is to forgive. In many ways we are still like the scribes and Pharisees in this text, not just in condemning people, but in judging for ourselves in all ways. Certainly we judge and consider some unworthy of forgiveness, but we also judge and decide for ourselves what isn't sin. We either stand in judgment of others, or in judgment of God's word. Thanks be to God that Jesus' words to the woman are also meant for us, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."
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