According to Pravda.Ru:
In Moscow a driver received a fine for crossing a full-line. However, the photo made by traffic cameras showed that the vehicle was traveling without any violation of traffic rules.
The man could not understand the reason for which he was fined. Having studied the traffic cam photo in detail, he realized that it was the shadow of his vehicle that crossed the full line.
“Cameras want us to pay fines even if car shadows violate traffic rules,” the man wrote. [1]
Clearly, this person didn’t actually do anything wrong. But his run-in with the law illustrates the way many people think about the motives and intentions behind their own actions. They think of them as mere shadows, not important enough to be counted as violations against God’s laws. They can’t understand how they could be judged for such things. But Jesus taught that violations in spirit are just as significant as violations in action.
“But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28).
In other words, sins of the heart are real sins!
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1. “Moscow driver fined for shadow of his car,” 29 Aug 2016, Pravda.Ru, < http://www.pravdareport.com/news/society/stories/29-08-2016/135451-car_shadow-0/ >.