Every Place with Grace

John 8:1–11 NIV

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

John tells us in verse 6 what their agenda was: "This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him." a. They didn’t care about this woman. b. They didn’t care about her spiritual condition. c. They didn’t care about her husband. d. They didn’t care about her children.

All they cared about was making Jesus look bad and themselves look good.

Jesus had a threefold dilemma.

They but Jesus in a threefold dilemma. If he said, let her go, He would be going against the Law of Moses. If he said stone her, He would be telling them to go against Roman law which did not allow the Jews to put anyone to death without Roman approval. Most importantly, if He said stone her, He would be going against the whole idea of grace that He had teaching so much about.

If he said, let her go, He would be going against the Law of Moses.

Law of Moses. If he said stone her, He would be telling them to go against Roman law which did not allow the Jews to put anyone to death without Roman approval. Most importantly, if He said stone her, He would be going against the whole idea of grace that He had teaching so much about.

If he said stone her, He would be telling them to go against Roman law which did not allow the Jews to put anyone to death without Roman approval.

Most importantly, if He said stone her, He would be going against the whole idea of grace that He had teaching so much about.

Notice what Jesus does: "But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear." He took time! Was not in a rush – I think the prayed Father I need your grace now

The problem that Christians sometimes have is that we forgot what it was like to be unsaved

We forget what we were like before we were saved. We forget what it was like to be a new Christian and we were working out our faith in fear and trembling. We forget that we are no more than sinners saved by grace.

Don’t lose touch with the depth of God’s grace.

We loose touch with the fact that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8 NIV

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

We loose touch with the fact that Christ accepted us just the way we were. We loose touch with the fact that we didn’t come to Christ all clean and pretty, but we were all blind, deaf and naked.

We need to do more than sing about His amazing grace. It is time for to extend some of His amazing grace.

The story of the adulterous woman, we can see

The Conviction of Grace

John 8:7–9 NIV

7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

John 8:7-9) Convicted By Their Conscience With out sin cast the first stone!!!!!!

Convicted By Their Conscience With out sin cast the first stone!!!!!!

So Jesus tires of their pestering and says "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."

Jesus’ statement of permission, "All right, stone her," balanced several crucial points of truth.

He upheld the legal penalty for adultery (stoning), so he could not be accused of being against the law. But by requiring that only those who have never sinned throw the first stones, Jesus exposed what was in the accusers’ hearts.

Without condoning the woman’s actions, he highlighted the importance of compassion and forgiveness and broadened the spotlight of judgment until every accuser felt himself included.

Then Jesus stooped back down and began to write again. "Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last." The leaders slipped away one by one, from oldest to youngest. Evidently the older men were more aware of their sins than the younger.

God Grace will set us Free!

We cannot: a. Run from From God’s Grace b. Hide from c. Deny it and Without God’s grace we are lost!

No One Condemned Her

John 3:16–17 NIV

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Jesus was left alone with the woman. He looked at her and said ""Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"

Grace should bring respect.

His questions do not imply that the woman is innocent since in 8:11 he warns her to cease a sinful life that has been her habit.

John 8:11 NIV

11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Her response shows considerable respect for Jesus. "She said, "No one, Lord."

Sin No More

Some people think that grace means God will forgive, so go out and do whatever you want.

Go and sin no more was the advice given to the women

Grace means you "go and sin no more." – you have the power not to sin

Romans 6:11–14 NIV

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Shall I keep sinning? No why because of Grace.