Questions Jesus Asked

Who Condemns You?

Text: John 8:1-12

Jesus asked questions to get people – to force us – to think deeply about what He is saying because it is so grand, so immense, so “not the  ” of our world that we tend to dismiss it.

We can give each other this idea – we can give the world this idea - that this is what Jesus being “the light” is really all about.   Guilt. Condemnation. Shame.

We fear “I am what I am; I can’t  ”

In many ways in our culture, we have been taught that someone or something else is to blame for our lives, our destiny is already   and there isn’t much we can do about it.

Jesus doesn’t   or   He doesn’t tell this woman that she is a victim where she has no responsibility, nor does He callously act as if she has no story.

Your story doesn’t have to be the   of the story.

There is light that exposes and brings shame. But there is another kind of light, a light that makes clear the path of life in the midst of darkness, light that brings hope,   and healing.

Jesus didn’t come to condemn; He came to make a     of our condemnation.

And it happens as we     (1 Jn. 1:7)