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Text for the Day -- John 8:1-11
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Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again

Devotional
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Jesus brought grace to the lives of many. That grace was often a radical action, especially to teach those who were overly zealous about the Law and used it to their own purposes. The Pharisees staged a trap for Jesus in order to discredit him and his message of grace.
But Jesus made a statement that totally disarmed them. Let the person who has no sin judge this woman and kill her. They all left.
Transformation is possible through the grace of God.

Prayer
Open my eyes to the wonder and power of your grace, O Lord. Amen

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Scripture quotation is from the NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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