Jesus and the woman taken in adultery

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Jesus and the woman taken in adultery

• John Chapter 8 verses 1 to 11

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Who are these (obviously religious) people?
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Recognise this vicar?
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Jumping to conclusions?

• Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in
  the same way that you judge others, you will be
  judged
• Matt 7, vs 1/2

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The women taken in adultery
By Rembrandt
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And by Nicholas Poussin
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And by Cranach
Look at the anger in the faces surrounding Jesus
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Verse 6

• They were using this question as a trap, in
  order to have a basis for accusing him

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Catch 22
Enforce the law of Moses?
Obey the Roman authorities?
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Verse 7

• If any of you is without sin, let him be the
  first to throw a stone at her

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John Ortberg

• They thought it was possible to love Gid and
  despise people. They had no idea that their sin
  pride and arrogance crippled their ability to
  love which makes sins of the Spirit the most
  dangerous and destructive sins of all.

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People in glass houses?
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• Imagine becoming known as one who will never
  pick up a stone