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Healing of the Soul
51
The sense of sin has poisoned the springs of life. But Christ says,
“I will take your sins; I will give you peace. I have bought you with
My blood. You are Mine. My grace shall strengthen your weakened
will; your remorse for sin I will remove.”
When temptations assail you, when care and perplexity surround
you, when, depressed and discouraged, you are ready to yield to
despair, look to Jesus, and the darkness that encompasses you will be
dispelled by the bright shining of His presence. When sin struggles
for the mastery in your soul and burdens the conscience, look to the
Savior. His grace is sufficient to subdue sin. Let your grateful heart,
trembling with uncertainty, turn to Him. Lay hold on the hope set
before you. Christ waits to adopt you into His family. His strength
will help your weakness. He will lead you step by step. Place your
hand in His, and let Him guide you.
Never feel that Christ is far away. He is always near. His loving
presence surrounds you. Seek Him as One who desires you to find
Him. He desires you not only to touch His garments but to walk
with Him in constant communion.
A Woman Caught in Adultery
The Feast of Tabernacles had just ended. The priests and rabbis
at Jerusalem had been defeated in their plottings against Jesus, and,
as evening fell, “everyone went to his own house. But Jesus went to
the Mount of Olives.”
John 7:53
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8:1
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From the excitement and confusion of the city, from the eager
crowds and the treacherous rabbis, Jesus turned away to the quiet
of the olive groves, where He could be alone with God. But in the
early morning He returned to the temple, and as the people gathered
about Him He sat down and taught them.
Soon He was interrupted. A group of Pharisees and scribes ap-
proached Him, dragging with them a terror-stricken woman. With
hard, eager voices they accused her of violating the seventh com-
mandment. Pushing her into the presence of Jesus, they said, with a
hypocritical display of respect, “‘Teacher, this woman was caught
in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us
that such should be stoned. But what do You say?’”
Verses 4, 5
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