“Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery,
in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that
such should be stoned. But what do You say?
-JOHN 8:4,5
Legally
they were on solid ground. But to her accusers, Jesus replied, “He who
is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And when
they all left, being convicted by their own conscience, He said to the
woman: “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and sin no more” (John 8:12). We must conclude that however good the
Law was, it did not represent God’s highest, or God’s best.
Jesus
represents the holiness and purity of the Law but emphasized the part
that had been too long overlooked: grace and humility. He came to
address the deeper issues of the heart, and in so doing, showed us what
God
really intended from the beginning. He did not destroy the Law, He
superseded the Law! Thus He fulfilled the spirit of the Law – even if it
sometimes appeared as if He did not follow the letter of the Law.
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