The Story of the Adulterous Woman
John 8:1-12
Main Thing to Know:
Sin is to be sin
1. Woman: The of sin
Jesus did not her life
Jesus did not her life
As long as you and I call our sins by pretty names, they will not be forgiven. The Lord knows exactly what your sin is; therefore, do not try to use polite terms for it.
—Charles Spurgeon
2. Pharisees: The of sin
Mortify sin; do you make it your daily work; be always at it while you live; cease not a day from this work;
be killing sin, or it will be killing you.
—John Owen, The Mortification of Sin
The Downward Slide of Inward Sins:
• Inward sins become sins
• Invisible sins become sins
• Habitual sins become sins
Sin is a raging fire, consuming whole forests by a spark, that if not battled and mastered by the Spirit will consume us.
—Owen Strachan, The Grand Design
3. Jesus: The of sin
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)
For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)
God’s forgiving, redeeming, restoring touch reaches down into the darkest crevices of our souls, those places where we are most ashamed, most defeated . . . we cannot sin our way out of his tender care.
—Dane Ortlund, Gently and Lowly
Everyone forgiveness
Anyone forgiveness
You have not been spattered with grace. You have not been sprinkled with forgiveness. You have not been dusted with kindness. You have been immersed in it . . . Drink deeply from God’s endless aquifer of grace.
—Max Lucado
Grace is not a reason to keep sinning; it’s a reason to stop sinning.
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt
Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin!