Jesus’ Words in Red Without Sin

Jesus’ Words in Red

Without Sin 

"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

The first stone of condemnation is hate powered by anger

God hates sin yet He did not come to condemn us

Jesus tells the woman caught in adultery

"Then neither do I condemn you,"… "Go now and leave your life of sin." 

Jesus did not respond in hate to condemn, but in love to restore

This woman was released to make right the wrongs in her life

We don’t know what happened to the adulteress

But we can see the lives of so many who were freed from condemnation

Go on to live loving and meaningful lives

Give others the opportunity to do right

None of us are without sin, so be careful of condemning

Without Sin

Adultery is forbidden as one of

the 10 commandments.

 Exodus 20:14

Leaving your married spouse

may be legal, but Jesus says…

 

 “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife,

except for marital unfaithfulness,

and marries another woman commits adultery." 

Matthew 19:9 NIV

Jesus said adultery is not just physical.

Matthew 5:28-29

“I tell you that anyone who looks at a

woman lustfully has already committed

 adultery with her in his heart.”

Matthew 5:29 NIV

Doesn’t the Bible teach that adulterers go to hell?

Revelation 21:8

“The sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes

nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards

nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NIV

Jesus demonstrated His message on the mount.

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1-5 NIV

None of us are without sin,

 so none of us have the right to

throw a condemning stone. 

It seems the teachers of the law

and the Pharisees got the message.

It seem from the oldest to the youngest

they were able to see the sin in

their own lives and walked away.

 Jesus again points out He did not come into the world

to condemn it and here is a practical example…

"Then neither do I condemn you,"…

 "Go now and leave your life of sin." 

I think Jesus believed she was guilty but

restoring her was greater than condemning her.

The apostle Paul addresses the church at

Corinth for taking each other to the world’s courts…

To a system that determines wrong and punishes it.

 Paul says the weakest in the church

should be able to judge these matter.

Pointing out that there will be a day

when we, the church, will judge angels.

Jesus and Paul are not removing

our responsibility to judge matters.

What Jesus and Paul are pointing out is…

1.    We were also sinners and Christ forgave us

2.    Our responsibility to judge is not to condemn but to restore

Jesus gave this adulteress woman

the opportunity to make things right.

We should live with hope that the conviction

of the Holy Spirit will work in the heart

of the offender like He did in our heart.

We should hope that the offender

would not continue to live a

condemned life but a life of restoration.

When we give people mercy,

 it is so that they can

make right the wrong.

Those who do not make right

the wrong continue in their sin.

Paul also points out that the church should appoint

believes to deal with the matters of offense.

The Church is a place to help people

who are offended and the offenders to

live a live without sin, a restored life.

When Jesus said…

 "Go now and leave your life of sin." 

Was He just saying don’t have sex outside

of marriage or was He also saying…

Go make things right at home with your husband.

We don’t know what this woman did with her life.

But we can see people forgiven by Jesus

who’s life have been turned around.

Where relationships are restored.

Where love and good works are demonstrated.

Many times Jesus points out He

did not come to condemn and

we too should follow in His steps.

But it does not mean sin should not be judged.

 

But in love we should desire to see sinners restored.

What if the person who was stealing

was to steal no more and to work doing

something useful and to give to the needy?

Ephesians 4:28 NIV

That is life change and our love for others

should help others live a changed life.

"Go now and leave your life of sin." 

None of us are without sin,

 so be careful of condemning.

Scripture Reading

John 8:1-11 NIV

8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When 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."  8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

9 At 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. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 

11 "No one, sir," she said.

"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared.

"Go now and leave your life of sin."