“Where Is Your Accuser? He Without Sin Cast The First Stone”

John 8:3-11

Accuser is defined as person laying blame; prosecutor; gossiper; troublemaker; snitch. 

It is easy to point out everyone else’s sin and forget that we have our own glaring weaknesses. God’s grace is sufficient for us, no matter what we have done. In the beginning of John 8 we see the character of Christ toward sinners who break the commands of God and the freedom that comes by accepting His Grace. It's important to examine our own motives when we're addressing others. Are we twisting the "law" in an attempt to condemn someone else? Are we pure-hearted in what we're doing? Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone. God promise is that He will reign over evil and end all suffering. Until then, we wait with expectant and repentant hearts. Jesus was teaching in the temple when the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery, and they asked Him if she should be stoned as required by the Law of Moses. However, they cared nothing about this woman; they were using her to trap Jesus. In their minds, if He told them to set the woman free, they could claim He did not hold to the Law of Moses. If He told them to stone her, they could claim He was not the Savior; and, if He said nothing, they could claim He lacked wisdom. Jesus did not answer immediately but stooped and wrote something on the ground, and they kept pressing Him. Finally, the Lord said, in essence, “Go ahead and stone her because that is what the Law requires. But the Law also requires that the first stone be thrown by a person who is sinless in connection with this charge.” There is no doubt that this woman was guilty of a capital offense and that the law required that she be stoned, but the Law also required that the guilty man be stoned as well, that witnesses be produced, and that a witness begin the execution. But the Jewish leaders came with venom against Jesus and were thwarted by their own single-minded hate. They did not produce the guilty man, and they were unwilling or unable to produce the required witnesses. We do not know what Jesus wrote, but, after He wrote a second time, the Jews left one by one, from the oldest to the youngest, without saying another word. Jesus then set the woman free with a warning to her to sin no more.

I come by this evening to let you know no one is without sin and we should all understand the importance of compassion and forgiveness. We must sweep around our own front door before we try and go sweep around someone else. There is only one judge and we’re most definitely not it. Pray for your brother and sister when they fall short and show them grace. Be bless and I love you!!! JE