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John 8:1-20

The scribes and Pharisees think that they can make the Lord Jesus fall into a particularly subtle trap. Grace and truth together came through Him (John 1:17). If He should condemn this guilty woman, where is the grace, which they all knew (Luke 4:22)? If He spares her, is this not to the detriment of truth, in contradiction of the law? In His infallible wisdom, the Lord Jesus shows them that this law reaches everyone. It has been compared to a sword without a hilt, which first wounds the person who uses it.

Alas, instead of confessing the sins of which they had been reminded, the accusers leave one after another, full of confusion (Job 5:13). "The Light of the world" is before them (v. 12). But "men loved darkness rather than light", like insects who hide elsewhere when one lifts the, stone which covers them (John 3:19). Then the only One who, being without sin, would have had the right to administer punishment, says to the woman, "Neither do I condemn thee". He adds, "Go, and sin no more" (v. 11). Many people do their best by their good behaviour to earn God’s pardon, whilst the Lord begins by pardoning and only afterwards commands people to sin no more (cf. John 5:14; Psalms 130:4; 1 John 3:9).

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