This is something that I read this week ABOUT this verse that should stop us in our tracks.
“God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them…”
2 Corinthians 5:19
Not counting.
Yet many of us write, speak, and post as though He is. Including me.
And we think as if we are supposed to sit and “expose” things.
Racist sin, gender sin, immigration sin,
SIN!
We tally.
We categorize.
We prosecute.
But are we proclaiming reconciliation?
Dragging Sinners into the Court of Public Opinion
In John 8, a mob drags a woman caught in adultery into the temple courts.
“She’s guilty!” they hiss.
“Do something about it!”
They are not concerned about her healing.
They want judgment.
They are focused on the crime.
Jesus is focused on the cure.
He does not deny her guilt.
He does not excuse her sin.
But He exposes the accusers first.
“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”
One by one, they leave.
The only sinless One stands before her — and He does not throw a stone.
He says:
“Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more.”
He identifies Himself as her freedom, not her incarceration.
Where Is Your Focus?
Is your cure only available once people “do the right thing”?
Or is your Cure offered before that — to people doing the wrong thing?
Jesus didn’t say:
“Fix yourself, then come back.”
He said:
“I am your freedom. Now walk in it.”
After encountering Him, she was incompatible with what had enslaved her.
Transformation followed from connection.
Not condemnation.
What Do People Experience From You?
When people interact with you — online or in person — what do they feel?
Do they hear:
“I’m not here to condemn you. I’m here to tell you about Jesus.”
Or do they brace themselves, expecting a stone with their name on it?
We often act like moral prosecutors.
But Scripture calls us ambassadors:
“We are ambassadors for Christ… God making His appeal through us.” (2 Corinthians 5:20)
An ambassador carries a message of reconciliation.
Not rage.
Not accusation.
Not constant public shaming.
God Knows People Are a Mess
Here’s something obvious:
People without Jesus act like people without Jesus.
Shocking.
Telling someone who doesn’t know Christ to behave like they do is like telling a crippled man to run.
“Pull yourself together.”
“Be better.”
“Act right.”
That is not the gospel.
The gospel is:
“Come to the One who makes you whole.”
Connection produces transformation.
Life flows from union.
Behavior follows belonging.
Social Media Courts and Public Prosecutions
We live in an era where sinners are dragged daily into social media courts.
Trials are swift.
Verdicts are loud.
Stones are digital.
But where are those who offer the cure?
Where are those who say:
“Yes, sin is real.
Yes, brokenness is obvious.
But Jesus is greater.”
If anything is clear in our time, it is this:
We are in desperate need of Jesus.
Not more accusation.
Not more outrage.
Not more calculators tallying failures.
If You Were a Billboard…
What does your life advertise?
If you were a billboard, how would people read you?
“Condemnation available here.”
Or:
“Reconciliation offered here.”
Would people say your message sounds like:
“You’re wrong.”
Or:
“There is a Cure.”
Because 2 Corinthians 5:19 does not say God sent us to count.
It says He sent us to reconcile.
Sin Sickness Is Everywhere
Sin sickness is rampant.
So let’s get among the sick.
Not as accusers.
Not as moral accountants.
But as those who know the Physician.
The world does not need more prosecutors.
It needs witnesses to grace.
Offer the cure.
His name is Jesus.
And He is not counting.
He is calling.
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