Monday, April 26, 2010

Naked and Unashamed

Johnbut 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.  

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do You say?” 

 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. 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.” And once more He bent down and wrote on the ground. 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 

condemn 
you; 
go, 
and 
from 
now 
on 
sin 
no 
more.”

The tables were turned.
She was no longer the one naked.
All of her accusers were exposed.  Holding onto their sin.  The call was to repent and they refused.  The call was to bow before the One who fulfilled the law of sin and death. 

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