Those that came down on Mary were the same ones sleeping with her, or doing with someone else other than their spouce!
Jesus did not tolerate that kind of "ganging up on behavior" and called them on it!
Jesus also forgave Mary and said go and sin no more!
I am sure when one receives the power of the Lord love it is much easier to not violate that law!
Those who are not SOP, but are very much twisted in their process are suffering from lack of faith and agape love.
To say one has compassion and than in the same breath is showing contempt to them that are fallen is insincere!
Agape Love is build on patiences and prayer.
Some will over come, some won't, but they are God's children and we are to lift one another pray always that those who are struggling to find the Lord may find the way, and also to those striving to over come to find a firm foundation!
I respect every living being - including those that have other than human physical bodies. I consider every living entity a child of God - an eternal spiritual spark - soul - encased in a temporary material body. So for that reason I respect each and every one.
Only humans have the free will to choose between good or evil, to choose to try to find God or to turn their backs on Him. Or to pretend to be pious and religious, and use that cloak to puff themselves up into a fake persona of self-righteousness and venom towards the “unanointed”.
I respect all, but I do NOT - repeat, I do NOT - respect everyone’s choices, behaviors, or mentalities. If someone’s actions and words show that he is proud of his vice, spreading it to others, and trying to ensnare and seduce others into it, then I respectfully consider his choices and words evil, disgusting, and hateful. And I hope with all my heart that he undergoes a change of life and heart and feels sincere, deep remorse.
I do not hate homosexuals. I hate their behavior and I hate their agenda. I do not hate them as individuals, and I hope that each and every one gives up their acts, gives up their agenda, and feels repentence and sorrow for what they’ve done and begs the forgiveness of God, just as each and every one of us needs to do, no matter who we are or what we’ve done.
But I will never give up my fight against the homosexual agenda, nor will I ever fake piety and smarmy so-called “love”. There is such a thing as “Tough Love” and this is what I will give, as much as my circumstances and heart allow. I grieve for people enmeshed in homsoexuality - you have no idea how much my heart grieves for them. I pray for them. And I wish them well, as I try to wish every suffering soul well.
But I know without an iota of doubt that unless and until they renounce the sin and shame of same sex acts, and renounce the evil of pushing this foul agenda on everyone else, they will be miserable now and especially miserable at the time of death, because after death they will have to experience the reactions to what they have done in their lives, as will we all.
And, btw, Jesus was telling them men not to stone her to death. He was not telling them that they should not condemn illicit sex. He shamed and chastised them by his words, so that their hearts could change, too. He loved them as much as he loved the woman. He told them to look inside for their own wrongs. Absolutely.
But this doesn’t mean that I or anyone else has no right to condemn, loudly and often, the evils that the homosexual agenda and indeed, the entire “sex positive” agenda is pushing - the viewpoint that you’re a slut, everyone’s a slut, and just rut like animals in the street, forget morality, forget God, forget truth, duty, loyalty, eternity - just go for instant gratification, and you can always have an abortion or take medicine for the STD.
This less-than-animal behavior (even animals don’t act againt mother nature, they’re not responsible for what they do generally speaking) is destroying human civilization. It is imperative that those who see this speak up and act in every way possible to put a screeching halt to the destruction of human civilization.