Luke 23:14 · World English Bible
and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
A mind can examine the one it has accused, find nothing there, and still not set him free. The charge is looked at honestly, the innocence seen and even spoken aloud, yet the accusing goes on as though the finding made no difference.
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CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGY
A mind can examine the one it has accused, find nothing there, and still not set him free. The charge is looked at honestly, the innocence seen and even spoken aloud, yet the accusing goes on as though the finding made no difference.
This is how projected guilt works. The fault was never in the accused; it was carried out of the mind and hung upon him, so no honest examination of the man can locate it. The accusers made a figure to carry what they would not own, and looking clearly at him shows only that he is blameless.
This man: the innocent self the mind has burdened with a guilt that was never his.
Christian Psychology lens
Who have you convicted without ever checking the evidence?
What disturbs you is not the person but your judgment about them. Look as long as you like at the person; the trouble is not located there.
The arrow you keep feeling was shot by your own hand. Searching the world for who wounded you will never turn up the archer.
The snake in the rope is never found by examining the rope more closely. It goes only when the seeing changes.
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