Evangelism, How To Present The Gospel Study Manual

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Jesus, Mercy in Acon
The Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery, John 8:1-11
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning He returned to the
temple. All the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them. 3 The
scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. When they had put
her in the middle, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very
act of adultery. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such, but what
do You say?” 6 They said this, tesng Him, that they might have something of
which to accuse Him.
But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He
did not hear them. 7 So when they connued asking 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 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 Being convicted by their conscience, those who heard it went out one by one,
beginning with the eldest even to the last. Jesus was le alone, and the woman
standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had stood up and saw no one but the
woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn
you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.”
Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”
Notable points
1. The scribes and Pharisees were trying to set Jesus up to break the law, so
they had cause.
2. The woman could not have been caught in adultery alone. Where is the
man, they caught her with. A Pharisee?
3. Jesus the only one who was without sin said, He who is without sin throw
the first stone.
4. Was Jesus wring with his finger the very law each accuser had broken?
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