11 November 10, 2013, John 8;1-11 Woman Caught In Adultery
1. WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY
JOHN 8: 1-11
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
USA
2. November Bible Memory Verse:
Philippians 4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about
anything, but in every
situation, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to
God.
3. 7
And the peace of God,
which transcends all
understanding, will
guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ
Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7
5. John 8:1-11 NKJV
1 But
Jesus went to the
Mount of Olives.
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6. 2 Now
early in the
morning He came again
into the temple, and all
the people came to Him;
and He sat down and
taught them.
7. 3 Then
the scribes and
Pharisees brought to Him
a woman caught in
adultery. And when they
had set her in the midst,
8. 4 they
said to Him,
“Teacher, this woman was
caught in adultery, in the
very act.
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9. 5 Now
Moses, in the law,
commanded us that such
should be stoned.
But what do You say?”
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10. 6 This
they said, testing
Him, that they might
have something of which to
accuse Him.
But Jesus stooped down
and wrote on the ground
with His finger,
11. as though He did not
hear.
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12. 7 So
when they continued
asking Him, He raised
Himself up and said to
them, “He who is without
sin among you, let him
throw a stone at her first.”
13. 8 And
again
He stooped
down and
wrote on the
ground.
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14. 9 Then
those who heard it,
being convicted by their
conscience, went out one by
one, beginning with the
oldest even to the last. And
Jesus was left alone, and the
woman standing in the
midst.
16. 10 When
Jesus had raised
Himself up and saw no
one but the woman, He
said to her,
“Woman, where are those
accusers of yours? Has no
one condemned you?”
17. 11 She
said,
“No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her,
“Neither do I condemn
you; go and sin no more.”
John 8:1-11 NKJV
19. 5 Now
Moses, in the law,
commanded us that such
should be stoned.
But what do You say?”
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20. The challenge brought by
the scribes and Pharisees
also raised a deeper
issue—namely, how
divine justice and mercy
are to be harmonized.
21. God is holy and His “Law
is holy, and the
commandment is holy
and righteous and good”.
But the Law knows
nothing of forgiveness.
22. It declares, “The soul who
sins will die” because
“all who have sinned
under the Law will be
judged by the Law”
“for the Law brings about
wrath”.
23. How then does God
forgive sinners without
violating His holy law?
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24. *The answer is, through
the Lord Jesus Christ!
*His sacrificial death fully
satisfied the demands of
God's justice; as Paul
wrote to the Romans: “For
what the Law could not
25. do, weak as it was
through the flesh, God
did: sending His own Son
in the likeness of sinful
flesh and as an offering
for sin, He condemned sin
in the flesh” (Romans 8:3).
28. Because His sacrificial
death paid the penalty for
the sins of all who believe
in Him, God can “be just
and the Justifier of the one
who has faith in Jesus”
(Rom 3:26);
29. in Him “Mercy and truth
have met together (at the
cross); righteousness
(justice) and peace have
kissed each other”.
Psalm 85:10
30. God poured out His
wrath against sin on Jesus
so He can pour out His
grace and
mercy on
those who
believe.
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32. Romans 5:1-2,5 NKVJ
1 Therefore,
having been
justified by faith, we have
peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ,
33. 2 through
Whom also we
have access by faith into
this grace in which we
stand, and rejoice in hope
of the glory of God.
34. 5 Now
hope does not
disappoint, because the
love of God has been
poured out in our hearts
by the Holy Spirit Who
was given to us.
Romans 5:1-2,5 NKJV
35. God poured out His
wrath against sin on Jesus
so He could
pour out
His love into
our hearts!
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38. Justice = God giving me
what I deserve (death)
Mercy = God not giving
me what I deserve (death)
Grace = God giving me
what I do not deserve
(eternal life!)
59. *The dramatic scene in the
temple courtyard had
reached its climax.
*The woman, her sin
publicly exposed, was
humiliated, terrified, and
about to be stoned.
61. *The scribes and Pharisees
were jubilant, thinking
they had caught Jesus in
an impossible dilemma.
*The crowd was hushed,
watching intently to see
how Jesus would react.
62. *But He, for the moment,
surprisingly did nothing.
*Seemingly oblivious to
what was going on,
Jesus stoops down and
writes as though He
doesn't even hear them.
63. This is the only record
that we have of His
writing anything.
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64. He is the One about
Whom more books have
been written than about
any other person who has
ever lived; yet He never
wrote anything except
this in the sands of the
65. temple floor, which the
wind or the feet of the
crowd erased.
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66. John 8:7 NKJV
7 So when they continued
asking Him, He raised
Himself up and said to
them, “He who is without
sin among you, let him
throw a stone at her first.”
67. When they pressed Him
for an answer, Jesus
turned the conviction of
the prisoner upon the
prosecutors.
68. The scribes and Pharisees
were no doubt puzzled by
Jesus' silence.
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69. Perhaps they thought He
did not know how to
reply, so, thinking they
finally had impaled Him
on the horns of a
dilemma, the scribes and
Pharisees persisted.
70. Always the master of the
moment, Jesus remained
silent, allowing them to
reveal unmistakably their
hatred and hypocrisy as
they insistently pressed
their attack.
72. At last, He no doubt gave
His opponents
a piercing
glance.
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73. Straightening up Jesus
said to them, “He who is
without sin among you,
let him be the first to
throw a stone at her.”
The Lord's reply was
simple, yet profound.
74. It upheld the Law, since
He did not deny the
woman's guilt, and it also
broadened the Law's
power by exposing the
sins of the accusers (their
thought life).
75. It avoided the charge of
instigating an execution in
violation of Roman
authority, since the Lord
put the responsibility
back on the accusers.
76. And it mercifully spared
the woman from being
stoned for her sin.
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77. Jesus knew that according
to the Law, the witnesses
to a capital offense were
to be the first to throw
stones at the guilty person
(Deuteronomy 13:9; 17:7).
78. Deuteronomy 13:9
9 But you shall surely kill
him; your hand shall be
first against him to put
him to death, and
afterwards the hand of all
the people.
79. Deuteronomy 17:7
7 The hand of the witnesses
shall be first against him to
put him to death, and
afterward the hand of all the
people. So you shall purge
the evil from your midst.
81. The woman's accusers
were themselves guilty of
adultery (if not the
physical act, certainly the
lust of the heart
[Matthew 5:28]).
82. John 8:8 NKJV
8 And again He stooped
down and wrote on the
ground.
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83. Arthur Pink suggests that
Christ wrote on the
ground with His finger
twice to remind them of
the two tablets of the Law,
written with the finger of
God.
85. Because the text does not
say what He wrote, some
speculate that the Lord was
acting out Jerimiah 17:13:
“Those who depart from
Me shall be written in the
earth, because they have
86. forsaken the Lord, the
fountain of living waters”
(NKJV).
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87. Now, who had forsaken
the Lord? This woman?
Yes, she had.
The religious rulers?
Yes, they had too.
Their names shall be
written in the earth.
88. Jesus may have been
writing in the dust the
sins of the very men who
were accusing the woman.
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89. The normal Greek word
for to write is graphein;
but here the word used is
katagraphein, which can
mean to write down
a record against someone.
90. One of the meanings of
kata is against.
So in Job 13:26 Job says:
"Thou writest
(katagraphein) bitter
things against me."
91. Jesus may have been
linking their names with
sins of their past.
Perhaps He wrote the
name of a woman living
in Rome.
92. One old pious Pharisee
had had an affair in Rome
when he was a young
fellow.
His wife didn't know
about it; no one in
Jerusalem knew about it;
93. but our Lord knew that
old rascal.
*As He just wrote the
name of the woman, the
old Pharisee came over
and saw it -- and
suddenly remembered
94. that he had another
appointment.
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95. Perhaps one of the scribes
made regular trips to
Ephesus, a great sinning
place, to a certain address
over there which Jesus
wrote in the sand.
96. The scribe looked at it and
said, "Oh, my gracious!"
He left hurriedly.
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97. Another scribe may have
left a girl in Galilee who
was pregnant.
He didn't marry her, and
he didn't think anyone
knew.
98. Our Lord wrote the name
of the girl and the scribe's
name with it.
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99. Psalm 90:8 NKJV
8 You have set our
iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light
of Your countenance.
*Secret sin on earth is
open scandal in Heaven.
100. Better our sin
should shame us than
damn us, and be set in
order before us for our
conviction than for our
condemnation.
101. Anytime a person is
willing to uncover
(confess) their sins, God is
willing to cover them
(with the blood of Jesus).
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103. Perhaps His writing on
the ground frightened
them, as the
hand-writing
on the wall
frightened
Belshazzar.
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109. *They concluded He was
writing bitter things
against them, writing
their doom.
*Happy they who have no
reason to be afraid of
Christ's writing!
110. The Great White Throne
Judgment
Revelation 20:12, 13b-15
12 And I saw the dead,
small and great, standing
before God, and books
were opened.
111. And another book was
opened, which is the
Book of Life. And the dead
were judged according to
their works, by the things
which were written in the
books.
112. 13b And
they were judged,
each one according to his
works.
15 And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:12, 13b-15
113. John 8:9a NKJV
9 Then
those who heard it,
being convicted by their
conscience, went out one
by one, beginning with
the oldest even to the last.
115. Hebrews 4:12 KJV
12 For
the word of God is
quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two
edged sword, piercing
even to the dividing
116. asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner
of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
117. It is folly for those that are
under convictions to
contrive how to shift off
their convictions, and to
get rid of them.
118. The scribes and Pharisees
had the wound opened,
and now they should have
been desirous to have it
searched, and then it might
have been healed, but this
was the thing they
119. dreaded and declined.
It is folly for those that are
under convictions to get
away from Jesus Christ, as
these here did, for He is
the only One that can heal
the wounds of conscience,
120. and speak peace to us.
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121. Those that are convicted
by their consciences will
be condemned by their
Judge, if they be not
justified by their
Redeemer; and will they
then go from Him?
122. To whom will they go?
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123. Jesus gives the
requirements for being a
judge, which is something
for all of us to hear.
That requirement is
sinlessness.
124. That takes me out of the
stone-throwing business.
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125. John 8:9b NKJV
9b And Jesus was left
alone, and the woman
standing in
the midst.
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126. So there was not a person
left there who could
throw a stone at her
except One.
Only Jesus could have
thrown the stone at her.
127. All the others had slinked
away.
What hypocrites they
were!
129. 10 When
Jesus had raised
Himself up and saw no
one but the woman, He
said to her,
“Woman, where are those
accusers of yours? Has no
one condemned you?”
130. 11 She
said,
“No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her,
“Neither do I condemn
you; go and sin no more.”
John 8:10-11 NKJV
132. For the first time,
Someone addressed the
woman.
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133. She did not seek to make
her escape, though she had
opportunity for it; but her
prosecutors had appealed
unto Jesus, and to Him she
would go, on Him she
would wait for her future.
134. Note, those whose cause
is brought before our
Lord Jesus will never have
occasion to remove it into
any other court, for He is
the refuge of penitents.
136. The woman, it is likely,
stood trembling at the bar.
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137. Christ was without sin,
and might cast the first
stone;
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138. but though none more
severe than He against
sin, for He is infinitely just
and holy, none more
compassionate than He to
sinners, for He is infinitely
gracious and merciful,
139. and this poor sinner finds
Him so, now
that she stands
upon her
deliverance.
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142. 34 Who
is he who
condemns?
It is Christ Who died, and
furthermore is also risen,
Who is even at the right
hand of God, Who also
makes intercession for us.
143. Satan, the accuser of the
brethren, shall be cast out
and all indictments legally
and regularly quashed.
145. Secondly,
They do not appear when
the question is asked:
“Has no one condemned
you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
146. She speaks respectfully to
Christ, calls Him Lord, but is
silent concerning her
prosecutors, says nothing in
answer to that question
which concerned them,
Where are those Accusers of
yours?
148. If we hope to be forgiven
by our Judge, we must
forgive our accusers; and
if their accusations, no
matter how objectionable,
were the happy occasion
of awakening our
149. consciences, we may
easily forgive them this
wrong.
But she answered the
question which concerned
herself, Has no one
condemned you?
150. True penitents find it
enough to give an account
of themselves to God, and
will not undertake to give
an account of other
people.
151. So here's a woman caught
in the act of a capital sin
according to the Mosaic
Law, but Jesus is saying to
her,
"I don't condemn you."
152. He didn't come to
condemn, He came to
save. And here He
demonstrated His
glorious ministry:
seeking and saving that
which was lost.
153. She didn't need to be
condemned, she needed
to be saved.
Those we know don't
need to be condemned,
they need to be saved!
155. Romans 8:1 NKJV
1 There
is therefore now no
condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus…
156. This woman was guilty of
sin, and according to the
Law of Moses an
adulteress was to be put
to death.
Is Jesus reversing the
Mosaic system? No.
157. He is placing His cross
between that woman and
her sin.
This One Who is the Son
of the virgin, Who
Himself was under a
cloud all of His life, is
158. going to the cross to pay
the penalty for the sin of
this woman.
He did not come into the
world to condemn the
world.
159. John 3:17 NKJV
17 For
God did not send
His Son into the world to
condemn the world, but
that the world through
Him might be saved.
160. He did not come to judge
this woman nor us.
He came into the world
the first time to be our
Savior!
161. This account paints a
marvelous picture of the
Lord Jesus Christ,
Whose gracious humility,
infinite wisdom, convicting
speech, and tender
forgiveness are its central
themes.