Day 7

Scripture to Read: John 8:11

The woman who had been brought before Jesus, accused of committing adultery, had been silent for the time that Jesus interacted with the Pharisees. But then, Jesus asked the woman about her accusers. For the first time, the woman had a chance to speak. We read that (in John 8:11) She said, “No one, Lord.” How beautiful are those words? The woman realized that not only had all of her accusers left, but no one in the crowd was accusing, and Jesus was not accusing. This reminds us of what Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:17, For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Again, beautiful words from our Lord, that He came to save us from the power and penalty of sin and not to condemn or judge. So, the woman only had one more to hear from and that was from the Lord Himself. We read in the rest of John 8:11, And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.” Jesus gave her the words He had given to Nicodemus in John 3:17. He did not condemn her but told her to “sin no more.” This is what our Lord has said to every one of us as His children. He gave us His Holy Spirit so that we have everything we need (2 Peter 1:3–4) through Him to sin no more. We must passionately pursue Him and His Word daily so that we fulfill His command.

Challenge & Application

• What do the words that Jesus spoke to the woman mean to you? • How are you striving to sin no more, knowing all that our Lord has given you?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

When the Feast of Booths ended, everyone returned home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. It’s verses like John 8:1, But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, that we can overlook if we’re not careful. God put this in His Word so we would pay attention to the details of Jesus’ life. Jesus was in constant fellowship with our Heavenly Father ...

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Day 2

Jesus was sitting with the crowd of people, and He was teaching them. We don’t know how large the crowd was and neither do we know what Jesus taught them. What we do know is that they willingly came to Him and wanted to learn from Him. But then we read in John 8:3–4, The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and havin...

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Day 3

God has much to teach us in John 8. We know the woman whom the Pharisees brought before Jesus had been caught in the sin of adultery. The question arises, “Where is the man also guilty of the same sin?” The Pharisees were not interested in reconciliation for this woman, for God’s Word says in John 8:5–6a, Now in the Law Moses commanded us to ...

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Day 4

Surely, the Pharisees thought they had found a way to test Jesus and that Jesus would fail their test. As the Pharisees waited for Jesus’ response, we read in John 8:6b–7, But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. 7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among ...

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Day 5

After Jesus spoke this to the Pharisees, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her,” Jesus did not say anything else to them. Then, we read in John 8:8–9, Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alo...

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Day 6

The Pharisees had left, but as far as we know, the crowd that Jesus had been teaching was still sitting there. All of them had watched, listened, and learned from everything that had taken place. When reading Scripture, we sometimes move so quickly through it that we forget about people, places, and things that God has mentioned because we ge...

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Day 7

The woman who had been brought before Jesus, accused of committing adultery, had been silent for the time that Jesus interacted with the Pharisees. But then, Jesus asked the woman about her accusers. For the first time, the woman had a chance to speak. We read that (in John 8:11) She said, “No one, Lord.” How beautiful are those words? The wo...

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