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The Recipeint Of Love Series
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 13, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: This is the story of a woman who could have died, should have died, yet because of LOVE, she lived! She became “The Recipient of Love!”
What did Jesus write? Well, for 2,000 years, men have tried to solve that little mystery.
Maybe He wrote:
Five beautiful, life-giving words written by the finger of God; you might say they were “Neither do I condemn thee!”
Regardless of what He wrote, she became “The Recipient of Love!”
Whatever the Lord wrote on the ground, it surely got their attention.
By the way, He knows how to speak to your heart as well!
How much better it is to come to Him by faith and miss all that exposure and punishment!
IV. THE SHAMING: 8:9
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
The Surgery: God’s word is sharper than any surgeon’s scalpel… No more words were necessary.
The Holy Spirit uses the Word and applies it to the conscience.
They Were Exposed - When Jesus did speak, He said, "He that is without sin among, let him first cast a stone at her."
The Silence:
Challenge: Personal
One of the hardest things you can face is yourself as you really are! However, when you see yourself as being sinful, then you can do something about it.
Paul would have gone to Hell had he not been brought face to face with himself on the road to Damascus – (Acts 9)
When we are convicted of our sins, then is the time to come to Jesus.
After all, He is the only One who can deal with Man's sin problem!
V. THE SINNER: 8:9b-11
“… and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. (10) When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? (11) She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Her Sin - According to the narrative, she was caught in the very act of adultery.
Her Shame -
Sin is a shameful thing! No matter how skillfully it is hidden from the eyes of men, Jesus knows all about it and one day it will be revealed before all - Luke 12:3.
Saddest of all, the truth about your profession will also be made public one day - Matt. 7:21-23. Wouldn't it be far better to get everything right with the Lord and have nothing to fear out there. There will come a day of judgment and of full disclosure - Rev. 20:11-15.)
Her Sentence - Her accusers were correct!
According to the Law, she deserved to die - Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22. There was one small problem here: Where was her partner?
Nevertheless, this woman was guilty, and she deserved to die.
Challenge: Personal - No one gets away with sin!
The penalty of sin always come due - Rom. 6:23; Eze. 18:4. There will come a payday someday!
The only hope any sinner has is to flee to the arms of Jesus.
He offers the only hope anyone - John 14:6; Heb. 2:3.)
Her Salvation-
In their effort to humiliate this woman and to discredit the Lord, they brought her to the best possible place. They brought her to the very man who could deal with her past and her problems and who could make it all right.
