Let Jesus Change You

“And Jesus said unto her, ‘neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.’” 

(John 8:11)

When scribes and Pharisees brought a woman guilty of adultery into the midst of an early morning Bible study where Jesus was teaching, they thought they had entrapped Him on the horns of a dilemma. They said to Jesus that the Law of Moses had said that such a woman should be stoned to death. Actually, the Law of Moses said that both the man and the woman were to be stoned to death. So, where was the guilty man in this case?

Jesus let it be known that God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that through Him the world could be saved. (John 3:17)

Jesus did not condemn the woman. The law had already done that. But neither did He condone her sin. He came neither to condemn sinners nor to condone their sin. He came to convert sinners. He said to her, “Go and sin no more.” That was a commandment impossible to follow without the converting power of Jesus.

Will you bring your condemnation and guilt to Jesus that He might convert and change you into a child of God?