Peace that Pardons (8)
Series: Peace
Donald Cantrell
John 8: 3 - 11
I - The Sinful Person (3 - 4)
A) Her Sinful Actions
B) Her Shameful Address
II - The Scheming People (5 - 6a)
A) The Biblical Quandary (5a, Lev. 20: 10, Deut. 22: 22)
B) The Biting Question (5b, 6a)
III - The Savior's Position (6b)
A) His Stooping and Sensitivity
B) His Writing and Silence
IV - The Sobering Petition (7 - 9a)
A) The Cutting Appeal (7 - 8)
B) The Convicted Attackers (9a)
V - The Sinner Pardoned (9b, 10 - 11)
A) Jesus Facing the Woman (9b, 10)
B) Jesus Forgiving the Woman (11)
Theme: ''Jesus offers us peace and a pardon from sin''
Man Sentenced to Hang for Indian Massacre Pardoned
On March 22, 1824 an incident took place in Madison County, Indiana, which came to be known as the Fall Creek Massacre. Six white men murdered nine Seneca and Miami Indians and wounded another. Among the nine dead were three women and four children.
The six men were apprehended and tried and some were executed. One of the men named John Bridge Jr. was sentenced to death by hanging for his part in the massacre. He was to be executed on June 3, 1825. His father, John Bridge Sr. and another man named Andrew Sawyer, who was John Bridge Jr.'s uncle, were also to be executed that day.
John Bridge, Jr., along with a large crowd, witnessed the hangings of his father and uncle as the crowd waited expectantly for a pardon from the governor.
With no sign of a pardon, a sermon was preached as the crowd waited expectantly. Finally, John Bridge, Jr. was lead to the gallows and the rope was lowered over his head. But as the men waited for a signal, a cheer arose from the back of the crowd.
A stranger rode forward and looked the condemned man in the face. ''Sir, do you know in whose presence you stand?'' Bridge shook his head. ''There are but two powers known to the law that can save you from hanging by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead; one is the great God ...
Series: Peace
Donald Cantrell
John 8: 3 - 11
I - The Sinful Person (3 - 4)
A) Her Sinful Actions
B) Her Shameful Address
II - The Scheming People (5 - 6a)
A) The Biblical Quandary (5a, Lev. 20: 10, Deut. 22: 22)
B) The Biting Question (5b, 6a)
III - The Savior's Position (6b)
A) His Stooping and Sensitivity
B) His Writing and Silence
IV - The Sobering Petition (7 - 9a)
A) The Cutting Appeal (7 - 8)
B) The Convicted Attackers (9a)
V - The Sinner Pardoned (9b, 10 - 11)
A) Jesus Facing the Woman (9b, 10)
B) Jesus Forgiving the Woman (11)
Theme: ''Jesus offers us peace and a pardon from sin''
Man Sentenced to Hang for Indian Massacre Pardoned
On March 22, 1824 an incident took place in Madison County, Indiana, which came to be known as the Fall Creek Massacre. Six white men murdered nine Seneca and Miami Indians and wounded another. Among the nine dead were three women and four children.
The six men were apprehended and tried and some were executed. One of the men named John Bridge Jr. was sentenced to death by hanging for his part in the massacre. He was to be executed on June 3, 1825. His father, John Bridge Sr. and another man named Andrew Sawyer, who was John Bridge Jr.'s uncle, were also to be executed that day.
John Bridge, Jr., along with a large crowd, witnessed the hangings of his father and uncle as the crowd waited expectantly for a pardon from the governor.
With no sign of a pardon, a sermon was preached as the crowd waited expectantly. Finally, John Bridge, Jr. was lead to the gallows and the rope was lowered over his head. But as the men waited for a signal, a cheer arose from the back of the crowd.
A stranger rode forward and looked the condemned man in the face. ''Sir, do you know in whose presence you stand?'' Bridge shook his head. ''There are but two powers known to the law that can save you from hanging by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead; one is the great God ...
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