Today's gospel instalment: 06/12/2023
Text: John 8 vs 1-11
Sermon Title: 1. What sayest thou? 2. Where are thine accusers? 3. Neither do I condemn thee
Preached at Mt Zion Missionary Baptist church, TN
1. The story of the woman caught in adultery is a familiar story, but do people understand the gospel testimony in it?
2. The woman was caught in the very act of sin and brought to Jesus to make a pronouncement on her. (The Larger point being, the Law was a school master to Christ).
3. The Law had already judged her, she was supposed to be stoned to death, that is condemned.
4. So, essentially, she was on death row.
5. But how shall such a one escape death? She must be brought to Jesus, God brought her to Jesus through her sin and the Law.
6. And if Jesus should set her free (justify) it means Jesus is greater than Moses, grace greater than Law.
7. The Scribes and Pharisees sought to incriminate Jesus by this presentation, testing to see if He had greater authority than the Law.
8. If Jesus was equal to the Law, the woman would be condemned. If Jesus was less than the Law, the woman would be condemned.
9. The only way she could not be condemned was by Jesus not imputing her sins to her. And that means justify her, and that means grace is greater than Law, because Law does not acquit a sinner of its own.
10. The woman was elect. Jesus pronounced her justification (neither do I condemn thee, an INDICATIVE- a declaration of her standing before God) before He issued the IMPERATIVE, to Go, and sin no more. The imperative is given to those that are justified. None is justified by doing an imperative. The ordering is very important.
11. Many in the professing church |
