2 Kings 9:1-37; Jeremiah 44:1-30; Hebrews 11:17-40
Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. John 8:3 NKJV
This was a set-up. These “scribes” were legal experts. They knew the man was to be stoned to death as well (see Lev. 20:10). But where was he? Justice was not the issue. This was yet another of their attempts to pit Jesus against the Law of Moses. So they brought before Jesus this woman caught in adultery which the law punished by death. Jesus’s
verdict? “Neither do I condemn you” (v. 11). Yes, “The law was given through Moses” and we all deserve death but “grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). Just a little while later, Jesus would go to the cross and be condemned for her and our sin, allowing us to wash in the cleansing flood of God’s grace. —Brian Cretney
O precious is the flow that makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus. —Robert Lowry