FAITH CAPSULE: Jesus the only righteous judge is here.

John 8:1-12

The world of sin and iniquity is always quick in passing judgment instead of being judged. The world is not qualified to be a judge. The Word is here and He alone is qualified to be a judge after having given all for the world to repent and be forgiven. The story of the woman caught in adultery act (John 8:1-12) is a clear example of the world rushing into pass judgment instead of the world being rushed into facing judgment. The story of the woman caught in adultery depicts the adultery woman facing the Light of the world while the world is attempting to phase out the woman from the Light which 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 to all including the woman caught in the very act of adultery.

The scribes and Pharisees attempted to disrupt His teaching in the temple when woman was brought to Jesus. “…And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caughtin adultery, in the very act.  Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?’ 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 which supposed to be put under judgment attempted 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. 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.  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) Jesus the only righteous judge is here.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace not to assume whatever you are not call to be.