09-26: John Series :: The Trap

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Thank you for joining us for worship today! Pastor Bob picks back up in our study of the Gospel of John as he discusses the beginning of the 8th chapter in which the Pharisees bring before Jesus a woman caught in the act of adultery.

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John 8:1-11

[1] but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

[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.”

Notes Outline

1. The Trap

   1. What is the trap?

   2. What does the law say?

2. Jesus upsets the Elite

3. Jesus Comforts the Hurting

   1. Judge yourself before you judge others.

   2. Grace always comes with a challenge.

   3. Are you bruised?

   4. It always comes down to you and Jesus, so get to know Him better.

   5. Jesus lifts your condemnation.