John 8:2-11
Forgiving
2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Things happen in life...Sometimes they happen and we are unaware they are going to happen...Sometimes when they happen we need forgiveness...And Jesus is always forgiving...
Jesus always knew and knows how to take a situation and make it quite right...One day the Pharisees were challenging His beliefs...They brought a woman to Him that was caught in adultery...The Pharisees wanted her condemned...He knew exactly what to do and what to say when they approached Him...He made His point to the Pharisees, they listened to Him and they left...The woman and Him were beside themselves...He could have said many things to the woman about sin and sinning...Instead He ask her a question...He ask the woman, “Woman, where are they?...Has no one condemned you?”...The woman said "No one, sir."...Then He said so forgiving to her, "Then neither do I condemn you...Go now and leave your life of sin."...
Thank you Father, for sending us such a forgiving Son...