Emmy Warren

ultimately create a demise and a trap for Jesus. And they were limited in compassion for the women because of their own cares about themselves. It's pride. It's selfishness. They didn't have a selflessness about them. Self-righteousness is what hindered their compassion. And so we'll tend to put our own feelings and circumstances before others, gaining a compassion for ourselves rather than a

ultimately create a demise and a trap for Jesus. And they were limited in compassion for the women because of their own cares about themselves. It's pride. It's selfishness. They didn't have a selflessness about them. Self-righteousness is what hindered their compassion. And so we'll tend to put our own feelings and circumstances before others, gaining a compassion for ourselves rather than a

And the real enemy in the story is not adultery. It's pride. It's sin. And we'll read the story. We think that this woman committing adultery was the problem. But what was really the root of the problem and I guess the climax of the conflict of this story is ultimately sin and the heart of pride.

And the real enemy in the story is not adultery. It's pride. It's sin. And we'll read the story. We think that this woman committing adultery was the problem. But what was really the root of the problem and I guess the climax of the conflict of this story is ultimately sin and the heart of pride.

And I love how Romans 17 says that you do not, Romans 12, 17, excuse me, says that you do not repay evil with evil. We have a hard time loving difficult people and showing them grace because we're deceived by our own judgment of vindication. And so what it means to truly be vindicated is giving and granting God the permission to be the judge.

And I love how Romans 17 says that you do not, Romans 12, 17, excuse me, says that you do not repay evil with evil. We have a hard time loving difficult people and showing them grace because we're deceived by our own judgment of vindication. And so what it means to truly be vindicated is giving and granting God the permission to be the judge.

And with these Pharisees, while they thought they were setting up a trap for this woman and for Jesus, they were simultaneously actually setting up a trap for themselves. If Jesus said, let her go, he would have seemed to break the law of Moses. Because the Levitical law does say that such people who have committed adultery to stone them.

And with these Pharisees, while they thought they were setting up a trap for this woman and for Jesus, they were simultaneously actually setting up a trap for themselves. If Jesus said, let her go, he would have seemed to break the law of Moses. Because the Levitical law does say that such people who have committed adultery to stone them.

But if God, if Jesus did stone this woman, then he would have been apathetic and harsh and careless and selfish. He would have been perceived in a harsh light. And so... Jesus is in this position to where the law has to be executed, but there is also a grace that is needed to be taken at hand because God is merciful and loving and compassionate.

But if God, if Jesus did stone this woman, then he would have been apathetic and harsh and careless and selfish. He would have been perceived in a harsh light. And so... Jesus is in this position to where the law has to be executed, but there is also a grace that is needed to be taken at hand because God is merciful and loving and compassionate.

And so little did the Pharisee know, little did the Pharisees know that the trap that they laid out for Jesus was actually the trap that they had laid out for themselves. And that's all that pride is. It's a hole that you dig for others that you end up falling into. I love this analogy and I heard it when I was a kid.

And so little did the Pharisee know, little did the Pharisees know that the trap that they laid out for Jesus was actually the trap that they had laid out for themselves. And that's all that pride is. It's a hole that you dig for others that you end up falling into. I love this analogy and I heard it when I was a kid.

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to get sick. And that's what happens to these Pharisees. They plotted and orchestrated this, this trap and this plan in order to watch Jesus on his downfall. But they only constructed and created a trap for themselves for they, for they got entrapped by the very thing that they set up for God, for Jesus. And,

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to get sick. And that's what happens to these Pharisees. They plotted and orchestrated this, this trap and this plan in order to watch Jesus on his downfall. But they only constructed and created a trap for themselves for they, for they got entrapped by the very thing that they set up for God, for Jesus. And,

And so Psalm 7, uh, 15 through 16 shows us what, what selfish ambition and setting up a trap for other people looks like. It says, whoever digs a hole and scoops it out, falls into the pit that they have made. The trouble they cause recoils on them. Their violence comes down on their own heads. In Proverbs 26, 27, whoever digs a pit will fall into it.

And so Psalm 7, uh, 15 through 16 shows us what, what selfish ambition and setting up a trap for other people looks like. It says, whoever digs a hole and scoops it out, falls into the pit that they have made. The trouble they cause recoils on them. Their violence comes down on their own heads. In Proverbs 26, 27, whoever digs a pit will fall into it.

If someone rolls a stone, it will fall back on to them. And so it shows us that the response in the heart of these Pharisees were to, were to vindicate.

If someone rolls a stone, it will fall back on to them. And so it shows us that the response in the heart of these Pharisees were to, were to vindicate.

And I'm using air quotes for those who are just listening for self-righteousness, not because they actually had compassion upon this woman and because they wanted to see justice or let it alone because they had a love because love also hopes the best for These Pharisees were not hoping the best. They hoped for what they thought was the best for themselves and not for other people.

And I'm using air quotes for those who are just listening for self-righteousness, not because they actually had compassion upon this woman and because they wanted to see justice or let it alone because they had a love because love also hopes the best for These Pharisees were not hoping the best. They hoped for what they thought was the best for themselves and not for other people.