1
Go and Sin No More

• John 81-11

2
The Woman Caught in Adultery

• The Jews were not interested in upholding the Law
  (v. 5 Lev.
  2010 Deut. 2222)
• The Jews sought an occasion to test Jesus (v. 6
  Mt. 161 193 2218,35)
• The Jews acted hypocritically (v.
  7 Mt. 2313ff)
• Jesus was interested in upholding the Law (Mt.
  517 Deut. 177) and saving her life (Jn. 317)

3
The Woman Caught in Adultery

• Jesus was interested in upholding the Law (Mt.
  517 Deut. 177) and saving her life (Jn. 317)
• Jesus did not remove the death penalty
• Jesus did not overlook sin

4
The Woman Caught in Adultery

• Jesus
• did not condemn her to be sentenced (Mk.
  1464)
• was not her civil judge (Lk. 1214)
• had no authority to carry out the sentence (Jn.
  1831)
• knew the adulterous man was absent (Deut.
  2222)
• knew he was not a witness and they were malicious
  (Deut. 177 1916-19,21)
• acknowledged her sin (v. 11)!

5
Go and Sin No More

• Jesus commands us to choose NOT to sin (811)
• Men choose to sin (James 113-15)

6
James 113-15

• Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted
  by God for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor
  does He Himself tempt anyone. 14But each one is
  tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires
  and enticed. 15Then, when desire has conceived,
  it gives birth to sin and sin, when it is
  full-grown, brings forth death.

7
Go and Sin No More

• Jesus commands us to choose NOT to sin (811)
• Men choose to sin (James 113-15)
• We must instead put sin to death in our lives
  (Colossians 35-9)

8
Colossians 35-9

• Therefore put to death your members which are on
  the earth fornication, uncleanness, passion,
  evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  6Because of these things the wrath of God is
  coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7in which
  you yourselves once walked when you lived in
  them. 8But now you yourselves are to put off all
  these anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
  language out of your mouth. 9Do
  not lie to one another, since you have
  put off the old man with his deeds

9
Go and Sin No More

• Jesus commands us to choose NOT to sin (811)
• Men choose to sin (James 113-15)
• We must instead put sin to death in our lives
  (Colossians 35-9)
• We must put on the new man (Colossians 310)

10
Colossians 39-11

• Do not lie to one another, since you have put
  off the old man with his deeds, 10and have put on
  the new man who is renewed in knowledge according
  to the image of Him who created him, 11where
  there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor
  uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor
  free, but Christ is all and in all.

11
Go and Sin No More

• Go and Repent (the nature and effect of
  repentance)
• Godly sorrow produces genuine repentance (2
  Corinthians 79-10)

12
2 Corinthians 79-10

• Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but
  that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were
  made sorry in a godly manner, that you might
  suffer loss from us in nothing. 10For godly
  sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation,
  not to be regretted but the sorrow of the world
  produces death.

13
Go and Sin No More

• Go and Repent (the nature and effect of
  repentance)
• Godly sorrow produces genuine repentance (2
  Corinthians 79-10)
• Repentance is a change of mind which causes us to
  live differently (go and sin no more see Jn.
  514)

14
Go and Sin No More

• Go and live for God
• Ultimately, we all live for either God or Satan
  (Matthew 624 Matthew 1230)

15
Matthew 624

• No one can serve two masters for either he will
  hate the one and love the other, or else he will
  be loyal to the one and despise the other. You
  cannot serve God and mammon.
• (1230), He who is not with Me is
  against Me, and he who does not
  gather with Me scatters abroad.

16
Go and Sin No More

• Go and live for God
• Ultimately, we all live for either God or Satan
  (Matthew 624 Matthew 1230)
• What will your choice be? (Joshua 2415)

17
Joshua 2415

• And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD,
  choose for yourselves this day whom you will
  serve, whether the gods which your fathers served
  that were on the other side of the River, or the
  gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.
  But as for me and my house, we will serve the
  LORD.

18
Go and Sin No More

• How do you approach sin?
• with hypocrisy, like the Jews (Mt.
  71-5)
• with humility, like the woman (Lk.
  1517-19)
• with humanity, like Jesus (Ezek.
  344,16 Mt. 1815 Gal. 61-2 Jas. 519-20
  Jude 22-23)