Guilty Accusers and Accused.
Thursday, April 20, 2023Key Verse
“And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst” (John 8:9).
Text — John 8:1-11
Message
A mathematics lecturer at Vanderbilt University, Professor Madison Surratt told his students, “Today I am giving two examinations, one in mathematics and the other in honesty. I hope you pass them both but if you must fail one, fail mathematics.” If you fail a subject, the teacher will correct you to do better. But if you cheat to pass you wreck your testimony and go about with a condemning conscience.
The people in our text caught a woman in adultery.
They wanted to execute her. Their consciences were awakened by the Lord’s reply to their promptings, “He that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone at her.” Remembering their hypocrisy and secret sins, they left the woman. We are saved by grace through faith in Christ who shed his blood on the cross for us. Jesus does not want anyone to continue in sin but wants people to know that there is room for repentance and forgiveness for every penitent sinner. Are you also condemned by your conscience? Repent now, then, “Go and sin no more.”
Quote
We are saved by grace
Challenge
Correct yourself before you correct others.
Prayer for today
Search me oh God and lead me aright in Jesus’ name.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
