The Compassionate God | Pastor Tre Townsley | 4.26.26

The Compassionate God

 Matthew 9:35-38 35  Then Jesus went about all the cities and

villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of

the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every

disease among the people.  36  But when He saw the multitudes,

He was moved with compassion for them, because they

were weary and scattered, like sheep having no

shepherd.  37  Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest

truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  38  Therefore pray the

Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

 Weary: to annoy, vex, or harass

 Scattered: to fling or disperse

 John 8:2-12 2  Now early in the morning He came again into the

temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down

and taught them.  3  Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to

Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in

the midst,  4  they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught

in adultery, in the very act.  5  Now Moses, in the law, commanded

us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?”  6  This they

said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to

accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground

with His finger, as though He did not hear. 7  So when they

continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to

them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at

her first.”  8  And again He stooped down and wrote on the

ground.  9  Then those who heard it, being convicted

by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the

oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman

standing in the midst.  10  When Jesus had raised Himself up and

saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are

those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” 11  She

said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I

condemn you; go and sin no more.” 12  Then Jesus spoke to them

again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me

shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

 3  Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman

caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

 They brought her to the temple and placed her at the center

point of attention

 4  they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery,

in the very act

 She was in the middle of the action of adultery

 5  Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be

stoned. But what do You say?” 

 Deuteronomy 22:22 22  “If a man is found lying with a woman

married to a husband, then both of them shall die—the man that

lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away the

evil from Israel.

 6  This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of

which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the

ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.

 They did not care about her or her outcome, she was a means to

an end

 1. “Obey the law of Moses and agree to her death”, or

 2. “Reject the law of Moses and prove that you are not a prophet,

let alone Messiah”

 7  So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and

said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him

throw a stone at her first.” 

 This response found a middle ground that no one else could

have seen

 It acknowledged the law of Moses in allowing sin to be punished;

 And it allowed mercy to be prominent

 11  She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I

condemn you; go and sin no more.”

 Jesus was without sin and was capable of carrying out the

law

 12  Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the

world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have

the light of life.”