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Who is Jesus?
Chapter 30 Jesus and the Adulterous Woman
As he often did
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives to pray, and
about dawn he came again to the temple. All the people came to him,
and he sat down to teach them.
Soon the
Religious leaders and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in
adultery, and had her stand before them.
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman
was caught in the very act of adultery.
Now Moses
commanded us to stone such a women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, so
they might have some charge to bring against him.
Jesus bent down
and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to question him, he
stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among
you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And
once more he stooped down and continued to write in the dust.
(I have often wondered
what Jesus was writing in the dust of the ground. Do you suppose he was writing the names of
those who were guilty of this very sin?)
What ever he wrote, conviction set in and those who heard him begin to leave
one by one, first the older ones, and finally, Jesus was left alone with the
woman standing before him.
Jesus stood up
and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said,
“No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I
condemn you; go, and from now on - - sin no more.” She knew it was
time for a life style change for she owed her life to Jesus.
The people had observed all this and were amazed at his wisdom. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk
in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Jesus said to the Jews who had
believed on him, “If
you abide in my word, you
are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the
truth will set you free.”
Jesus did not
accept the woman's act of adultery as an okay thing to do. Rather than judge her, He forgave her and
told her to stop living that way and to change her occupation.
When God created
man and woman; sex was God's idea. His
perfect plan was for man and woman to leave their father and mother and live
together in marriage harmony enjoying one another.
God intended for marriage to be holy and sex inside of marriage to be
lawful and right.
Paul reminded us
in Hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be kept honorable in every
way, and the marriage bed undefined. For God will judge those who commit sexual
sins, especially those who commit adultery.
Paul continue in his letter to the Ephesians chapter
5: "But among you
there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of
impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor
should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of
place, but rather thanksgiving. For of this
you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an
idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
If you are being
tempted to engage in sex outside of marriage, let me suggest: If you
both consider yourselves to be in love, it is up to the man to bring a lawful
and legal solution to your union. If he truly loves the woman, he
will take action to be united with her in marriage which not only brings
respect to the woman he loves, but legal rights and financial gains for her
upon his death. (if he should go first.)
Jesus cared for
the woman and gave her a choice. It was up to her to make those
decisions on how to live.
Today out of His love for you; Jesus is asking you to decide to put Him first and to obey his
plans for you and for your life.
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Thank you for sharing this wisdom. You are blessing many people through your writing. God bless you.
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