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The Gospel of John Lesson 9
Chapter 8. The Light of the World.
1. The Woman taken in adultery. John 8:1-11.
This must be understood in the light of Chapter 7. It
occurred at the close of the Feast of Tabernacles and is
symbolic of the ingathering of sinners at the end of this
age. Cf. Luke 14:21-23.
Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. v.1 Later it was here
that He prophesied of His coming again. His feet will yet
stand on this mount. As He taught in the Temple (v.2) the
scribes and Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery to
tempt Christ. They raise the question, " Moses commanded ....
but what sayest Thou?" It is necessary for us to understand
the difference between the Old Covenant and the New; between
law and grace; between Moses and Christ. (Cf. John 1:17).
Note Deut. 22:13-24 where Moses gave the law concerning
stoning because of the sin of adultery. Cf. Ezekiel
16:38-40, 23:45-49 where Israel and Judah are portrayed as
women who had committed adultery, worthy of being stoned.
There was a great deal of hatred and insinuation in the
enemies of Christ bringing this woman to Him for they knew
full well that Jesus claimed to be born of the Virgin Nary,
but they thought that Mary had committed adultery exactly as
mentioned in Deut. 22;23-24, when she was betrothed to
Joseph. Note John 8:41 where they said, "We be not born of
fornication..."
Jesus wrote on the ground, not on tables of stone. What He
wrote we do not know. Contrast the Finger of God writing the
Law on tables of stone unto condemnation (Ex. 31:18) with the
Finger of God in Christ writing on the ground unto Grace and
Forgiveness!
They were convicted by the words of Jesus and went away, "For
all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."
(Rom.3:23) "Go and sin no more." Conviction, then forgiveness
and then holiness is Christ's order and command.
2. The Light of the World. John 8:12-59.
This is significant because at the Feast of Tabernacles the
Temple was illuminated by a special ceremony.
He is the Light of the world to all repentant Sinners (like
the woman taken in adultery) but the Pharisees who refuse the
Light abide in darkness! Again Jesus said, "I am." Cf. Ex.
3:14-15. Jesus is from above, one with the Father. (v.14-
19) Yet He declares that He is a witness and His Father is a
witness, showing the distinction in the persons of the Father
and the Son. "The testimony of two ... is true ... I am one
that bear witness and the Father beareth witness."
(v.17-18).
Cf. 1 John 5:7-8, "And there are three that bear witness..."
salvation is by faith that Jesus is the "I Am". v.24--"If
ye believe not that I Am (He), ye shall die in your sins."
The Son of man is to be lifted up (on the cross), Through this
comes the revelation that He is the "I Am." (v.28).
Deliverance and freedom from sin promised by the Lord Jesus.
v.31-36. Note in v.37-59, Abraham as a father, God as
Father, and the devil as father. Who are the children?
Eternal life is in the Word (v.51) and He is the great "I
Am" v.52-59.
The Eternal Word is the Light of the World, the Forgiver of
Sin, and the Liberator from sin.