To Live in a Glass House

John 7:19
¹⁹ Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

Did you know that living in a glass house is dangerous? Jesus taught during the feast and the Jews didn't understand how someone who had not studied under a Rabbi (teacher) could possess so much knowledge. It was customary for a man to study under a Rabbi before becoming a teacher himself. Jesus pointed out an essential difference between one who acts upon the will of God and one who acts upon his own accord. Most teachers derived their own theories but Jesus taught based on the will of God. The Pharisees operated on their own accord. The Jews were amazed at his ability to perform a miracle but turned their focus to fact that he did it on Sabbath. According to mosaic law it is prohibited for one to work on the Sabbath for it is a day of rest. Unfortunately, the Jews failed to see that they had already broken the law themselves because they often circumcised an infant on the Sabbath which was considered doing work. Though they didn't keep the law they taunted Jesus for healing a man because it was considered work. Does that make sense to you?

Unfortunately, we often operate like the Jews. We stand in a glass house and throw stones but don't expect our glass to shatter when stones are thrown back. We constantly point out what we think are the mistakes of others but yet can easily be shown the same actions in our behavior or in our lives. What is one to do? We must examine our life and actions before "putting our mouths" onto someone else's circumstances. Like the Jews, we may not understand the "whole story" behind what is done. For God always sees from all angles not just the end result. Be careful when living in a glass house because God will allow stones to break through.