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11/19/2017 0 Comments Scandalous Grace Background Photo: The Daily Grace Company I jot down this quote my pastor shared at church today. The sermon was on John 7:53-8:11... the scandalous grace of Jesus. I have always loved this passage for so many reasons. I love the mystery of Jesus writing in the sand. I love the way Jesus causes self evaluation. I love the beauty of restoring life and dignity to this woman. I love that He doesn’t just leave her in her sin. I love that it is a recognition that only One is without sin and qualified for judgement...and what does Jesus do with that power?...He takes our sin and it’s punishment upon Himself. I love that this passage is a perfect picture of the Gospel...accept God’s gift of forgiveness, THEN go and sin no more (not sin no more, then receive God’s love and grace and forgiveness). 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” John 7:53-8:11
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