[Summary]
While Jesus was teaching, the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who was caught in adultery. In order to trap Jesus, they asked whether they can stone her or not. Instead of answering them Jesus said to them to stone her, but let the one who without sin stone at her first. This answer made them to think about themselves before stoning her. And by thinking about themselves, everyone had to leave the place because they knew that they were sinners, too. People tend to think about the size of sin and whether the sin is revealed or not. And that was the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees (smaller and hidden sin). After everyone left, Jesus told the woman 'I do not condemn you; go, from now on sin no more.' It shows two aspects of grace. One is preceding grace and the other is demanding grace. The only one who can condemn her was Jesus, yet he did not condemn. Instead he carried her sins to the cross. This is preceding grace. No condemn came first. Grace is not given as a condition. It was given first. But that was not the end. It was followed by from now on sin no more. It talks about the new life. The preceding grace was an invitation and motivation to the new life. That's what grace demands.
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