"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

1. Why did Jesus allow the marital unfaithfulness to be a ground for divorce? (Matthew 19:9)

2. Breaking which Jewish religious laws would result in death penalty?

    1)                                2)                         3) (Deuteronomy 22:22-23)

3. What did the Apostle Paul said about divorce in Romans 7:2-3?

4. Why did the teachers of the law and the Pharisees bring to Jesus a woman caught in adultery?

5. How would you have responded to them, if you were Jesus?

6. What was the difficult dilemma Jesus faced in making a decision about the woman?

1)  (John 3:16-17)                         2) (Matthew 5:18)

7. 1) Why did Jesus respond with writing on the ground?

2) What was Jesus writing?

    3) Why did the crowd keep pressing Jesus to make a decision?

8. 1) When He said, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her” what  was Jesus’ intention?

    2) Which one of the following was being judged in this situation?

  1) The religious leaders?                       2) The crowd?                    3) The woman?  

9. 1) What did Jesus show to the woman after the crowd left the place? (Romans 3:23)

    2) What would have happened to a judge, if he/she let the woman go without any punishment?

10. 1) What is Jesus’ justification for letting her go without penalty? (2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24a)

      2) When Jesus said to the woman, “Go now and leave your life of sin,” what did he mean?

11. 1) What is the age (dispensation) of the Law? When did it start and end? (John 1:17)

      2) What is the age (dispensation)  of grace? When did it start and will end?

Life Application:

1. Have I ever committed adulteries in the past after I became a Christian?

2. In what way?

    1) Matthew 5:27-28                                  2) James 4:4

3. Why was I under God’s condemnation before my salvation?

4. 1) Am I living in the age of the Law or in the age of grace.

   2) What kind of life attitude should I live with? (Ephesians 4:1)

Prayer:

Dear heavenly Father. Thank you for your compassion and mercy.  You sent Your son Jesus to us, and He set us free from the condemnation of the Law.  By Jesus’ death on the cross for our sins, You have forgiven us of our sins and have set us free from the Law. In addition, You have also sent the Holy Spirit, and His power helps me to live in the power of Jesus’ love. Help me to be filled and overflowed with the Holy Spirit so that His love can compel me to love you with all my heart and love my neighbor as I love myself. Help me to remind myself that I am indebted with your forgiveness, therefore I should forgive others unconditionally. Help me to remind myself that you allowed me a new life after my sins were forgiven. Help me to live a new life worthy of Jesus’ death on the cross for me. I prayed in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!