Too many sects of Christianity are judgmental toward God’s people and try to hold them to a standard that they themselves are not able to keep (Acts 15:10). Outward conformity to men’s standards will never justify us before a holy God.
Those dead in sin know the truth but they suppress it and continue in their sin.
God gives men understanding of His word so that they can feed the people of God and comfort them.
This scene is one of the most remarkable expressions of God’s grace to be found in scripture.