09.18.22 Put the Stone Down John 8:1-11

 
* Jesus exposes the true motivations of the heart. (v1-7)
* The Pharisees publicly tested Jesus. 

      * The law was given to reveal sin and we must be condemned by the law before we can be cleansed by God’s grace…There must be conviction before there can be conversion.
         * The Bible Exposition commentary: NT V1 p320
            *    * Jesus publicly exposed the Pharisees
      * Jer 17:13- those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth
      * Ex 23:1- Do not be a malicious witness
* Jesus also loves and forgives the broken hearted. (v10-11)
   * Matthew 5:17' “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. '