Chapter 26
And early in the morning He came again into the
"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the Law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest Thou?"
"This they said, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him."
"But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not. So when they continued asking Him, He lifted up Himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again He stooped down, and wrote on the ground."
"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."
"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?"
"She said, No man, Lord."
"And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." (John 8:2-11 KJV)
Have you ever been caught doing something you just shouldn't have been doing?
Maybe, it was for something that you were just in the wrong place at
the wrong time situation? Or, maybe just maybe it was for a bad habit that you
have developed over the years that has now suddenly caused you public
humiliation. Whatever the case you have been found out and the not so
sympathetic public along with long hand of the Law is ready to string you up.
Pictures and articles in the newspaper sharing private information about your
blunder? The neighbors not saying "Hello" as cheerful as before in
the morning? Your kids in school getting harassed for so called Daddy's huge
mistake in school.? Relatives turning their backs even more than usual because
you almost disgraced the family name it seems for eternity? Sound familiar?
I have been there. And it is not a nice place to be. If you were totally honest
with yourself you probably like to hop on a jet plane and head to 
No, God just calls her ‘a
woman’ in the Bible. Just wanted to point that out here. It is important
knowing you serve a Lord who is interested in protecting your honor. Even
when your dead wrong and have been caught.) She has been caught in the act of adultery
and the scribes and leaders of the area want her to be stoned. The truth is she
is about to be killed here. She is about to die for her sinful act. But Jesus,
as people are standing up to accuse her, stoops down and begins to write in the
sand. What is amazing about this is that one by one from the oldest to the
youngest begin to drop their stones and walk away. Did you hear that my
friends. One more time if you missed it. From the oldest to the youngest.
Maybe, just maybe as the Lord Jesus Christ was writing down all of their
sins who were about to cast the first rock. Just maybe he was reminding
them all of their blunders of their past. And maybe, the ones who had lived the
longest realized they were guilty of more than the others and had made more
mistakes than them in their lives. So, one by one they dropped their
stones. One by one they in this process of accusation of this one
woman knew they were also found out by Jesus Christ’s knowing eyes. So
instead of casting the first stone, or more importantly facing their own judgment
of their piers decided to walk away. Until there was none except Jesus and the
woman, alone sitting there amongst all the writings in the ground
imprinted there by the Lord's hand. This is where we see an example of the God
we serves gentleness. Here we see of his protection and kindness, His love and
the power of the word forgiveness that he has for us. "Where are they now
that accuse you, woman." Jesus says to her. Let me ask you
something my friends. Are you like this woman mentioned in the scriptures
above living with the burden of guilt of what you have done in your
past? Has the world and devil reminded
you daily of your so called biggest blunders in your life's history.
Maybe a failed marriage, alcoholism, drug abuse, a prison sentence?
Do you feel the weight of others eyes looking at you with
condemnation instead of mercy? Does it seem that you just can't get away
from the hurt that you have put on others? And that guilt has allowed
you to be paralyzed in an emotional sense. If so, I want you to do me this
favor today. Read the above scripture until you truly understand that Jesus
wants you to get on the right track again. He wants to save you before you get
buried so deeply that you cannot get out from under. Christ turned away this
crowd with just one finger. As he scribbled the accusers stain filled lives in
the dirt. Jesus was at the same time making another persons life beautifully
clean again. He can do that for you also my friends. All you have to do is take
his atoning act on the cross. And accept it as a free gift of salvation. He
offers this to all! Will you accept it? Will you feel worthy enough to realize
that your life's black board of blunders can be completely erased by the precious
blood of Jesus Christ. The offers there, sitting right in front of you my
friends. And just like the woman who was caught in adultery in the Bible. Jesus
Christ will help you too. No matter what the cost he will defend you also. So
to you who has been drinking to much. To you who has denigrated yourself by
sleeping around in the form of sex outside of marriage or the affair that
‘no-one knows about’. To the one who has been stealing. To the person who has a
drug addiction. And to you who is about to give up and is on a path of self
destruction. Today is the first day of your new life with Christ. Choose death
or choose life. Isn't it time we start to change our lives around by making the
most important decision of our lives? I hope you choose Jesus! I really hope
you do! I love you my friends. God bless you on your new journey and life with
the Lord. Best to you always.
Love, Al