John 8:7-11

Compassion is sometimes lost in our Christian walk. 

We forget that the Lord, while never condoning sin, did not condemn those entrapped in it. With His words “go and sin no more” He offered new beginnings with mercy and grace. 

Jesus reserved His condemnation for the religious right who prided themselves in the OT letter of the law and not in the grace He offers through the NT. Although not living righteous themselves they condemned others doing the same. 

When we accept His salvation we are given a holy helper, the Holy Spirit, who will teach us and enable us to live in the richness of the New Covenant. He takes the things of Christ and breathes life into our existence.

John 8:7-11

⁷ So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ⁸ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰ When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

⁷ The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among you. 

Deuteronomy 17:7

Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. 

Romans 2:1

¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 

John 3:17