WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY

Sunday Morning - October 27, 1996

Text: John 8:1-11 "Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4. They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?... "

From John 7:53 to John 8:11 has been questioned by the NIV and other translations yet according to the NKJV over 900 mss have these verses in them.

HOMELESS

John 7:53 "And every man went unto his own house."

John 8:1 "Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."

Matthew 8:20 "And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."

FIRST THINGS FIRST

John 8:2 "And [very] early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them."

THE STATE OF ISRAEL

John 8:3-4 "And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4. They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act." UNFAITHFUL WIFE

Matthew 12:38-39 "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:"

REJECTED BY ISRAEL

John 1:11 "He came unto his own, and his own received him not."

IGNORANT OF THE SCRIPTURE

John 3:10 "Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master [TEACHER] of Israel, and knowest not these things?"

INDIFFERENT TO THE SAMARITANS

John 4:9 "Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans."

POOR SPIRITUAL CONDITION

John 5:3 "In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water."

REFUSED THE BREAD OF HEAVEN

John 6:41 "The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven."

IN THE LAW

John 8:5-6 "Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6. This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."

WILLINGLY IGNORANT

John 7:50-52 "Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) 51. Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? 52. They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet."

JONAH

2 Kings 14:25 "...he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher." In Zebulun. Joshua 19:13

THEY CONTINUED ASKING

John 8:7 "So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."

THE MOTE AND BEAM

Luke 6:41-42 "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42. Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye."

TWO WITNESSES

Deuteronomy 19:15 "One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established."

THE WITNESSES WERE FIRST

Deuteronomy 17:7 "The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you."

SIN NO MORE

John 8:8-11 "And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers [PROSECUTOR]? hath no man condemned [SENTENCE TO DEATH] thee? 11. She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn [SENTENCE] thee [TO DEATH]: go, and sin no more."

ADULTERY - FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD

James 4:4 "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

PROMISE FOR REPENTANCE

Ezekiel 18:21-22 "But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live."

WHY REPENT?

1 Corinthians 5:9-11 "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10. Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer [reviler, one who uses abusive language], or a drunkard, or an extortioner [Illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds, or patronage.]; with such an one no not to eat."

A LITTLE WILL EFFECT YOU

1 Corinthians 5:6-7 "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:"

LOSS OF INHERITANCE

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived [WANDER, GO ASTRAY Pre.Pas.Imp.]: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers [HOMOSEXUALS] of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers [one who uses abusive language], nor extortioners [Illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds, or patronage.], shall inherit the kingdom of God."

THE KINGDOM TAKEN FROM ISRAEL

Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."