He who is without sin among you cast the first stone.

Beloved there was a person in that crowd

who was without sin and who was qualified to carry out the law of Moses. He had every right to execute

her. She had violated the Ten Commandments, thou shalt not commit adultery. But he didn't do it,

because he had the sovereign right to have mercy upon whom he would have mercy.

And he said to this woman,

neither do I condemn you.

Go and sin no more. One of the most beautiful displays of Jesus compassion and his sovereign right to exercise mercy upon a sinner is found in the account of the woman caught in adultery.

And you and I, for where Christians have also experienced the divine declaration that we're

no longer under the condemnation of God.

This is the Wednesday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

I'm Nathan W Bingham.

All week we have been meeting individuals who encounter Jesus face to face.

Seeing what these biblical accounts teach us about Jesus and what they reveal about us.

You can request the entire 13 message series, both the DVD and digital

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The Scribes and the Pharisees set out to trap Jesus when they brought this woman to him.

Instead, we have a gracious picture of the mercy that we enjoy as redeemed sinners.

Here's Dr. Sprott.

One of the customary things that takes place in churches all over the country on Sunday morning is that when it comes time

for the reading of the scripture, it's a simple matter for the minister to say, turning your

Bibles to Luke chapter 10, verse 1 and so on,

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