{"id":14367,"date":"2021-02-21T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T04:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_7_37-52-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-02-21T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T23:30:05","slug":"john_8_1-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_8_1-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Condemned Because of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 8:1-11 \u00a0 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 8:1-11.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ll also take up John 7:53 as part of it.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 7:53-8:1 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n53\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then each went to his own home.
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.<\/em><\/p>\n

On 7:53-8:1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why did Jesus go to the Mount of Olives?\u00a0\u00a0To pray.\u00a0\u00a0See, for example, Luke 22:39-41.\u00a0\u00a0This was an important secret to Jesus\u2019 success: Jesus prioritized time praying to the Father.\u00a0\u00a0He would go out of his way to do so, and in so doing he experienced a peace, a power and a wisdom that the world could not give.\u00a0\u00a0As we like to say at Thrive, much prayer, much power.\u00a0\u00a0Little prayer, little power.\u00a0No prayer, no power.\u00a0\u00a0Be a person of prayer and you will experience God\u2019s power.<\/p>\n

John 8:2-6a (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 2-6a:\u00a0\u00a0While Jesus is teaching in the temple courts, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees bring in a woman who was caught in adultery.\u00a0\u00a0The Jewish law required that those who committed adultery be put to death (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22).\u00a0\u00a0Yet the Roman law which governed Jerusalem provide that capital punishment could only be carried out by the Roman government.\u00a0\u00a0If Jesus were to tell the people not to put the adulterous woman to death, he would be seen as a Rabbi who violated the Jewish law.\u00a0\u00a0If Jesus were to tell the people to put the adulterous woman to death, he would seen as violating Roman law.\u00a0\u00a0Thus it was a trap, a set up.\u00a0\u00a0Another hint that is a set up is that the man who committed adultery with the woman is nowhere to be found, unless he had escaped.<\/p>\n

John 8:6b (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u2026But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 6b:\u00a0\u00a0Refusing to play their games, Jesus bends down on the ground and starts to write on the ground with his finger.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What was Jesus doing?\u00a0\u00a0Different scholars have come up with various theories on what Jesus was doing.\u00a0\u00a0Some think Jesus was writing down the sins of the woman\u2019s accusers.\u00a0\u00a0Some think Jesus was writing down Exodus 23:1.\u00a0\u00a0We don\u2019t know for sure.\u00a0\u00a0For whatever reason the Apostle John and the Holy Spirit did not think it was necessary for us to know what exactly Jesus wrote.\u00a0\u00a0In any event it is worth noting that just as the Ten Commandments were said to be written by the finger of God (Exodus 31:18), here is Jesus writing into the dust of the earth with his finger (v6).<\/p>\n

John 8:7-9 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.<\/em>
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 7-9:\u00a0\u00a0Jesus\u2019 response was brilliant.\u00a0\u00a0Avoiding their trap, Jesus says, \u201cIf any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.\u201d (v7) Since all of them recognized that they had sinned, no one could throw the first stone.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Before you point accusing fingers and throw stones at others, take a good look at yourself.\u00a0\u00a0Also, realize that all of us are sinners who deserve death for our sin and that Jesus alone stands as the one qualified to judge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 8:10-11 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 10-11:\u00a0\u00a0Jesus does not condemn the woman, not because her sin was no big deal (which it was), and not because Jesus was not qualified to judge (which he is).\u00a0\u00a0Rather, Jesus does not condemn the woman because\u00a0just a few days later Jesus would get up on a cross and, on her behalf and our behalf, receive the condemnation that she and we deserved for our sin.\u00a0\u00a0Because his death on the cross paid the penalty for our sin, we can say that \u201cThere is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus\u201d (Romans 8:1).\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0What a beautiful Saviour we have in Jesus!<\/p>\n

Notice also: it\u2019s not that this woman cleaned up her act first and then Jesus declared, \u201cI do not condemn you\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Rather, Jesus first declared \u201cI don\u2019t condemn you\u201d and then told her, \u201cLeave [not live] your life of sin\u201d (v11).\u00a0\u00a0The revelation that in Jesus Christ we are not condemned but forgiven leads us to live a life of pleasing God.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank You Jesus for being such an effective and beautiful Saviour.\u00a0\u00a0When I was caught in sin, You rescued me and You say You don\u2019t condemn me.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that I am free, forgiven, clean and saved because of You and what You did for me.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 8:1-11.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ll also take up John 7:53 as part of it.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 7:53-8:1 (NIV)\u00a0
\n53\u00a0\u00a0Then each went to his own home.
\n1\u00a0\u00a0But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.<\/p>\n

On 7:53-8:1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why did Jesus go to the Mount of Olives?\u00a0\u00a0To pray.\u00a0\u00a0See, for example, Luke 22:39-41.\u00a0\u00a0This was an important secret to Jesus\u2019 success: Jesus prioritized time praying to the Father.\u00a0\u00a0He would go out of his way to do so, and in so doing he experienced a peace, a power and a wisdom that the world could not give.\u00a0\u00a0As we like to say at Thrive, much prayer, much power.\u00a0\u00a0Little prayer, little power.\u00a0No prayer, no power.\u00a0\u00a0Be a person of prayer and you will experience God\u2019s power.<\/p>\n

John 8:2-6a (NIV)\u00a0
\n2\u00a0\u00a0At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group
\n4\u00a0\u00a0and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
\n5\u00a0\u00a0In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
\n6\u00a0\u00a0They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14368,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions\/14368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}