According to John

(Sermon series)

 by Rev. Richard Jones

COMPASSION, a CLAIM and CONFLICT

John 8: 2-20

COMPASSION
John 8:2-11 (ESV)
2  Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4  they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5  Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6  This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7  And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8  And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9  But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10  Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11  She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

Deuteronomy 22:22 (ESV)
22  “If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

 A  CLAIM
John 8:12 (ESV)
12  Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 1:4-5 (ESV)
4  In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Isaiah 42:6 (ESV)
6  “I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

CONFLICT
John 8:13-20 (ESV)
13  So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14  Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15  You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16  Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. 17  In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18  I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” 19  They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20  These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.