Becoming
more and more like Jesus in character
A Woman Caught in Adultery (John 8: 3-11)
The Pharisees brought a woman who had
been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this
woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says
to stone her. What do you say?”
6 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.
7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood
up again and said, “All right, but let the one who
has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then
he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
9 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. 10 Then Jesus stood up
again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers?
Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go
and sin no more.”
2. Jesus did not judge the women caught in adultery.
3. Jesus did not punish her.
4. Jesus did not encourage her sin but disciplined her
