John 8:2-11

At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

1. Forgiveness means I live in the HOPE of today, not the HURT of yesterday.

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Hurt people hurt people, but FREE people should FREE people.

2. Forgiveness means I EMBRACE forgiveness for my OWN SIN.

John 8:11

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Romans 8:33-35

Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the
one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Given the opportunity, God will CHOOSE the path of forgiveness EVERY time.