MY SCARLET LETTER (27 OF 75)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: John 7:53, John 8:1-11
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My Scarlet Letter (27 of 75)
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 7:53, John 8:1-11
Jesus Christ is filled with measureless, boundless, relentless love. Turn to John 8 as we continue with lesson 27 in our ''iBelieve'' series. What we have before us today is one of the most powerful pictures of grace and redemption anywhere in the Scriptures. It's a marvelous story that teaches about this relentless love of God.
In the opening story of John 8 we have the highly-debated but well-loved story commonly called, ''The Woman Caught in Adultery.'' It is not my intention to dive into textual criticism. For while we may find strong evidence that this section was added by a scribe, I still find, in this narrative, a picture of indisputable gospel truths.
It seems that in the midst of the closing festivities of the Feast of Tabernacles, this unnamed woman was caught SOME WAY and SOMEHOW in the very act of sexual sin and marital infidelity. In her day, adultery was a capital crime, worthy of the penalty of death. The woman is dragged into the temple courtyard and publicly shamed.
This text reads in many ways like an inspired 1st century version of the classic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ''The Scarlet Letter,'' is a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne story, set in 17th century New England. It opens with Hester Prynne giving birth to a child conceived as the result of adultery. She is forced to face public shame and humiliation.
The remainder of the book chronicles her life as she lives among the good ''religious'' people of Puritanical Boston...her shame is symbolized by the scarlet letter she is forced to wear. The blood-red letter is the letter ''A'' for ''adultery.''
While I've never committed adultery in the fashion of Hester Prynne or the woman in John 8, the truth is, this woman's story is my story. The fact is, the all-seeing eye of heaven caught me in the very act of sin against God...arrested and incarcerated me on death row, awaiting the penalty ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 7:53, John 8:1-11
Jesus Christ is filled with measureless, boundless, relentless love. Turn to John 8 as we continue with lesson 27 in our ''iBelieve'' series. What we have before us today is one of the most powerful pictures of grace and redemption anywhere in the Scriptures. It's a marvelous story that teaches about this relentless love of God.
In the opening story of John 8 we have the highly-debated but well-loved story commonly called, ''The Woman Caught in Adultery.'' It is not my intention to dive into textual criticism. For while we may find strong evidence that this section was added by a scribe, I still find, in this narrative, a picture of indisputable gospel truths.
It seems that in the midst of the closing festivities of the Feast of Tabernacles, this unnamed woman was caught SOME WAY and SOMEHOW in the very act of sexual sin and marital infidelity. In her day, adultery was a capital crime, worthy of the penalty of death. The woman is dragged into the temple courtyard and publicly shamed.
This text reads in many ways like an inspired 1st century version of the classic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ''The Scarlet Letter,'' is a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne story, set in 17th century New England. It opens with Hester Prynne giving birth to a child conceived as the result of adultery. She is forced to face public shame and humiliation.
The remainder of the book chronicles her life as she lives among the good ''religious'' people of Puritanical Boston...her shame is symbolized by the scarlet letter she is forced to wear. The blood-red letter is the letter ''A'' for ''adultery.''
While I've never committed adultery in the fashion of Hester Prynne or the woman in John 8, the truth is, this woman's story is my story. The fact is, the all-seeing eye of heaven caught me in the very act of sin against God...arrested and incarcerated me on death row, awaiting the penalty ...
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