“Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and Pharisees brought a woman they had caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
‘Teacher,’ they said to Jesus, ‘this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?’
They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, ‘All right, stone her. But let those who have never sinned throw the first stones!’ Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. Then Jesus stood up again and said to her, ‘Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?’
‘No, Lord,’ she said.
And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I. Go and sin no more.'” John 8:1-11 (NLT)
Ken preached this last Sunday – and the story always humbles me!!
Someone once told me that they thought that the Lord was writing all of the sins of those condemning the woman in the sand. Interesting thought.
I love that the Lord said “go and sin no more.” He didn’t say “go and do what you feel like, as long as it doesn’t bother anyone else.” This story has so much for us to ponder about and meditate upon. Thanks for sharing it!
Yes, we are continuing with Sonlight. I haven’t really looked into Tapestry of Grace, but also haven’t felt the need to. SL is working for us–even though I have never yet completed a core in one year!