JESUS OUR FORGIVENESS

READ JOHN 8:1-11

1-11) SETTING: Jesus, people who were coming to Him, and scribes which held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation, acted as secretaries of state, whose business it was to prepare and issue decrees in the name of the king. (Today's Dictionary of the Bible) Also there were the Pharisees and the woman caught in adultery.
THE ACCUSATION: This woman had been caught in the very act of adultery. If caught in the very act, where is the man? To legitimize their claim they refered to the Law of Moses. (See Lev. 20:10)
How did they interpret the Law? "Stone such a woman!"
What does the Law actually say? Put to death both the man and the woman (how they were to put to death is not spoken of)
Was the accusation based on truth? NO!
Why were these rulers saying these things to Jesus? To test Him, in order that they might have grounds for accusing Him. This was their true motive. (see v.6)
JESUS REACTION: Jesus calls them on their bluff and exposes their guilt, their sin, being a false witness and testing Jesus. It was the older ones who saw the wisdom of Jesus' comment and the rest followed suit. Jesus then showed the woman that forgiveness was from God. "Forgiveness really is a divine attribute, for it is only God who can forgive sins. Forgiveness is an act of God, releasing sinners from judgment and freeing them from the divine penalty of their sin - death." (Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words) (See Hebrews 2:14-15 and I John 3:8-9)
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS, FOR WITHOUT IT WE WOULD STILL BE IN OUR TRESPASSES AND SINS. AMEN.