1. John 8:1-11: Forgiving the Guilty

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4. John 8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 At dawn Jesus appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

5. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 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.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 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. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

11. Sinful sexual relationships Incest Lev 18:6  Ge 19:33-36 ; Ge 35:22; Ge 38:13-18; Lev 18:7-20; 2Sa 16:22;1Co 5:1  Adultery 2Sa 11:4; Jer 23:14; Jer 29:23; Hos 1:2; Jn 4:17-18 Prostitution 1Co 6:15-16 Jdg 16:1; 1Ki 3:16; Hos 4:13-15 Fornication Nu 25:1,6; 1Sa 2:22 Rape Ge 34:1-2; 2Sa 13:10-14 Homosexuality Ge 19:5 ; Lev 18:22, 20:13; Jdg 19:22 ,

13. Elephant in the room Number 1: Adultery

14. Elephant in the room Number 2: Homosexuality

15. Homosexuality Statistics
1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4 percent as bisexual 1.5 percent of women self-identify as lesbian and 0.9 percent as bisexual. [2013 NHIS data]

16. Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.

17. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

18. Elephant in the room Number 1: Pornography

19. Pornography
Internet pornography is now a multi-billion dollar industry. Americans alone spend 13.1 billion dollars on pornography every year, which is the same amount the country spends on foreign aid. >260 million Internet pages are pornographic, an increase of 1,800% in just five years

21. How should Christians deal with sexual sin?
Take sin seriously. Romans 6:23
Repent of sins.
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12
3. Make changes in your life.

22. How should we deal with the sinner?
“If any one of you who is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground”.

23. How should we deal with the sinner?
“If any one of you who is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground”.

24. Jesus deals with the sinner?
1. No one is without sin: “If any one of you who is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” v8 2. Woman is not condemned: “…neither do I condemn you” v11 3. Stop sinning: “Go now and leave your life of sin” v11