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Let the innocent first stone at her!

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When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them,
"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

(John 8:7)

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Jesus often visited the Mount of Olives while He was on this earth in the flesh. Today,
Jesus visited the Mount of Olives. When Jesus did God's work, he always prayed and did it.

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Early the next morning, Jesus came down from the Mount of Olives and headed for the temple. When they saw Jesus in the temple courtyard, many people gathered.
Jesus told the people gathered there about the mystery of the kingdom of God.

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While Jesus was teaching the people, the scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus.
They dragged a woman away like a criminal.
They put this woman in front of the gathered people in the courtyard of her temple.

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The men who brought the woman started talking to Jesus.
"Teacher, this woman committed adultery and she was caught on the spot. In the Mosaic Law, Moses commanded us to stone these women to death. But what will you say?"

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At that time, the scribes and Pharisees were always dissatisfied that people believed and followed Jesus more than they did. They were people who tried to embarrass Jesus if given the opportunity. Even today, they are trying to tempt Jesus by taking hold of this woman.

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No matter what answer Jesus gives, they can attack Him. If Jesus told them that they should stone this woman to death according to the law of Moses, they would say that Jesus was a cruel man who didn't usually live up to the love he was talking about.

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Conversely, if Jesus says that this woman should not be killed, they will say that Jesus has broken the law of Moses, that is, the word of God.
In fact, the Old Testament tells us to punish those who commit adultery.
[If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death-the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you.(Deuteronomy 22:23-24)]

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They think that they can attack Jesus no matter what answer Jesus gives, so they bring this woman to Jesus and ask for an answer. Receiving their question, Jesus did not answer their words, but bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
They kept saying to Jesus who was writing on the ground, asking him to answer him without ceasing.

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Finally, Jesus raised his body. And he told them.
“He who has never sinned among you, let him first throw her stone at this woman.”
After saying these words, Jesus bent down again and was writing on the ground.

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After Jesus said, “He that has never sinned among you, let him first throw a stone at her.” For there can be no one among them who has not sinned at least once. Because no one can say that they have not sinned before God.

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The people who had gathered to punish this woman began to leave one by one. They left the place in order from the older ones to the younger ones. After a while, there was no one left who had condemned the adulterous woman there.

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The people who had gathered to punish this woman began to leave one by one.
They left the place in order from the older ones to the younger ones.
After a while, there was no one left who had condemned the adulterous woman there.

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The woman answered Jesus' question.

“Lord, there is none,”

Jesus said to the woman again. “Neither do I condemn you. So you shall sin no more.” 
Even Jesus, who was without sin, did not punish this woman for her sins, but forgave her.

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This woman received the grace of being raised from death because of her sins through Jesus.
We too are people who have received the same grace as this woman.
By dying on the cross for all our sins, we have received new life and received the grace to become children of God.

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Through today's message, like the scribes and Pharisees, blaming others with harsh words or judging their sins is something we should not do.
Just as Jesus forgave our sins, we too should live by forgiving the sins of others.

We also need to remember that Jesus told women not to sin again so that we can lead a righteous life that does not sin.

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