IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7

(KJV) 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.

In an effort to trap Jesus, the authorities had actually twisted the law and had possibly even staged this event. This particular method of execution was used when there was a very specific set of circumstances (Deuteronomy 22:23-24) that may or may not have applied here. In addition, the law would have required the execution of both parties involved in sexual relations outside of their own marriages (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22). Still, this situation presented a real test for Jesus because the Romans did not allow the Jews to carry out death sentences (John 18:31). Yet Jesus could have been accused of not supporting the Jewish law if He simply dismissed the case. Jesus’ answer took away the opportunity for the authorities to trap Him in His own words because He still talked about throwing the stones, so He could not be accused of ignoring the law. However, he actually prevented the authorities from taking action into their own hands. We must be careful not to use Jesus’ words here to justify the tolerance of sin in the church or to treat lightly the moral failure of those who claim to be Christians. To do so means we too are rejecting what the Bible (and thus, God) is saying about sin among God’s people. 

1. The church’s conduct and response toward sinners outside the church who may have had little chance to respond to God, and its conduct towards those within the church who sin and defy Christ, are two different situations. 
2. God’s Word teaches that open, unashamed sins committed by those within the church must not be tolerated (Revelation 2:20), but ought to be confronted and exposed (Luke 17:3; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 2 Corinthians 2:6-8; Ephesians 5:11; 1 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:13; 2:15; Revelation 3:19; Matthew 13:30).

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1. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
2. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
3. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
4. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
5. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
6. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
7. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
8. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
9. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
10. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
11. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
12. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
13. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
14. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
15. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
16. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
17. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
18. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
19. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
20. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
21. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
22. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
23. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
24. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
25. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
26. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
27. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
28. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
29. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
30. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
31. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
32. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
33. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
34. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
35. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
36. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
37. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
38. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
39. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
40. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
41. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
42. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
43. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
44. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
45. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
46. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
47. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
48. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
49. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
50. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
51. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
52. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
53. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
54. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
55. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
56. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
57. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
58. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
59. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
60. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
61. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
62. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
63. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
64. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
65. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
66. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
67. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
68. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
69. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
70. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
71. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
72. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
73. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
74. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
75. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
76. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
77. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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