Adulterous Trap

John 7:53-8:11

What the Religious Leaders where not trying to do

· The goal here was not restoration

· The goal was not to eradicate sin from the community of believers

What they were trying to do

· The goal was to create a situation for false accusation

· To literally tempt with sin or get Jesus to Sin

· To degrade or humiliate (the woman)

· Using people and their issues to bring reproach on innocent people or a person

Prov 1:8-19

Jesus’s answer to their foolery

· He who is without sin crucify her first

Romans 8:10-18; 23

What is doesn’t mean

· It doesn’t mean that we don’t hold ourselves and others in the body accountable

· Its not a prohibition against pointing out wrong, injustice or sin

What it does mean

· It literally is addressing writing some on off completely as non-redeemable

· Judgments that proceeds from a heart of unforgiveness

Jesus Response to the Woman

· Where are you accusers

· Neither do I; Go and sin no more

Jesus has forgiven you from the worst of worst, so go live a life free of sin.

Romans 5:8

I John 3:8