LINE IN THE SAND
John 8:1-12

The world today is full of sin and sinning but yet the world is always quick in passing judgment instead of being judged. The story of an adulteress woman in the book of John 8:1-12 is a clear example of the world rushing into passing judgment instead of the world being rushed into facing judgment. The story of this adulteress woman depicts an adulteress woman facing the Light of the world while the world is attempting to phase out the adulteress woman from the Light that came to save the world. Jesus, the Light of the world, stated in John 10:10, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Jesus already came and He is here to give life; not that He is just coming. The scribes and Pharisees attempted to disrupt His teaching in the temple when an adulteress woman was brought to Jesus. “…And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caughtin adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?’ 6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him…” (John 8:3-6) In the case of adulteress woman, the world wanted to rush into judgment. As it has often been, the world that needed to be put under judgment attempting to be the judge. Jesus responded to the world (the scribes and Pharisees) when He, “…stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. 7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, ‘He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.’” (John 8:6-7) Jesus drew a line in the sand to identify those who had never been a sinner and those who were sinners. Among the world, none could cross the line of “never had been a sinner”. No man has been assigned to be a judge and Jesus spoke specifically to this when He stated in Mathew 7:1-2, “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”” Evidently, since no one could cross the line that was drawn by Jesus, no one was qualified to cast a stone of condemnation on the adulteress woman. Jesus, our Lord and Savior, declared to the woman, “…neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”(John 8:11) Have you been condemning or have you rather been under any condemnation? It is good to take to every word of Jesus. Jesus commanded the adulteress woman to go and sin no more and if you will live by His command, you too shall be free indeed.

Prayer for today: Ask the Lord to keep you away from taking any position that is outside of your calling for your life.