I imagine these words would mean very little coming from me to you. What right do I have to condemn you or anyone else? But these words didn't come from me.
A woman was brought to Jesus who was caught in the very act of sinning. I am sure Jesus's accusers didn't want to give him any wiggle room for explaining her actions away. (Maybe they set her up, maybe they stalked her or maybe they just happened upon her, maybe it was a one time thing, maybe it was habitual. The record doesn't say and I don't think it matters.) There is no question and no doubt that she was guilty. Her accusers knew it, she knew it, the observers knew it and Jesus knew it.
"I don't condemn you." Those were Jesus's words. He had already explained to Nicodemus, "...God did not send [Jesus] into the world to condemn the world. But to save the world!"
Lift up your head...look around. It's not that Jesus doesn't know what you've been doing. And it not even that he doesn't care. It's just that he is more interested in SAVING than in CONDEMNING!
Aren't you glad? I am!
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