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JESUS' STRANGE COMPANY
JOHN 8:1-11
INTRO: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE
IS IN THE JUDEO - CHRISTIAN'S TRADITION ONE OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.
ADAM AND EVE BECOME ONE FLESH AND TOGETHER PARTICIPATE IN THE
ONENESS GIVEN TO THEM BY THE CREATOR WHO FORMED THEM OUT OF THE
DUST OF THE EARTH, BREATHED INTO THEM THE BREATH OF LIFE, IM
PRINTED ON THEM GOD S IMAGE, AND MADE THEM ONE.
ON MT. SINAI, GOD MARRIES A PEOPLE CALLED ISRAEL. ISRAEL IS
THE BRIDE OF GOD. THEY ARE BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER IN COVENANT.
WHAT A SHOCK TO THE BRIDE WHEN THE PROPHET HOSEA CALLS HER A
HARLOT! LATER THE CHURCH WILL BE CALLED THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
AND LESS DRAMATICALLY REFERRED TO AS UNFAITHFUL.
IT IS CLEAR THAT MORALITY IS RELATED TO COVENANT, A SACRED RE
LATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MEN AND WOMEN. THE COVENANT WITH
GOD IS NOT NEGOTIATED BUT IS INITIATED BY GOD TO WHICH THE
WHOLE CREATION IS INVITED TO RESPOND. MORALITY EXPRESSES THE
COVENANT GOD GAVE ISRAEL WHEN MOSES RECEIVED THE TEN COMMAND
MENTS. "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS, NO GRAVEN IMAGES. KEEP
THE SABBATH. HONOR MOTHER AND FATHER. DO NOT LIE, STEAL, OR
KILL. Do NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
I. FOR THE WOMAN BROUGHT BEFORE JESUS IT WAS TOO LATE TO KEEP
THE COVENANT. SHE, STANDING THERE IN THE MIDST OF HER ACCUSERS,
IS CHARGED WITH ADULTERY.
A. THAT MEANS THAT SHE HAD BEEN CAUGHT BY AT LEAST TWO WIT
NESSES. QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT UNLESS HER HUSBAND WAS AN AC
COMPLICE IN A PLOT TO NOT ONLY CONDEMN HIS WIFE BUT IN THE
SERVICE OF AN HONORABLE DEED - TO RID THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
THIS MENACE - JESUS.
1. ONE WONDERS WHY THEY CHOSE A WOMAN RATHER THAN A MAN,
HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO CATCH HER "IN THE VERY ACT." IT
DOES NOT SURPRISE US THAT THIS STORY IS NOT FOUND IN THE
EARLIEST MANUSCRIPT. NOT ONLY IS THE PLOT QUESTIONABLE
BUT THE OUTCOME OF FORGIVENESS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT
MAKES ADULTERY NOT LOOK BAD ENOUGH TO A FLEDGLING CHURCH
SEEKING TO DISCIPLINE ITSELF IN THE FAITH.
2. THE LAW WAS CLEAR - DEATH BY STONING WAS THE PUNISHMENT
THE MOTIVATION OF THE RESPECTED CITIZENRY, PROTECTORS OF
THE MORAL ORDER, THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES IS CLEAR
- THEY BROUGHT HER TO HIM TO TRIP HIM UP, SAYS THE STORY.
ANOTHER PIECE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THE WHOLE SCENARIO
WAS DESIGNED TO BAIT JESUS BY GIVING HIM AN IMPOSSIBLE
CASE.
Object Description
| Title of Sermon | Jesus' Strange Company |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Condemnation, Forgiveness |
| Date of sermon | n/a |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 5 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | John |
| Verses | 8:1-11 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 529 Jesus' Strange Company.pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | JESUS' STRANGE COMPANY JOHN 8:1-11 INTRO: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE IS IN THE JUDEO - CHRISTIAN'S TRADITION ONE OF GREAT MAGNITUDE. ADAM AND EVE BECOME ONE FLESH AND TOGETHER PARTICIPATE IN THE ONENESS GIVEN TO THEM BY THE CREATOR WHO FORMED THEM OUT OF THE DUST OF THE EARTH, BREATHED INTO THEM THE BREATH OF LIFE, IM PRINTED ON THEM GOD S IMAGE, AND MADE THEM ONE. ON MT. SINAI, GOD MARRIES A PEOPLE CALLED ISRAEL. ISRAEL IS THE BRIDE OF GOD. THEY ARE BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER IN COVENANT. WHAT A SHOCK TO THE BRIDE WHEN THE PROPHET HOSEA CALLS HER A HARLOT! LATER THE CHURCH WILL BE CALLED THE BRIDE OF CHRIST AND LESS DRAMATICALLY REFERRED TO AS UNFAITHFUL. IT IS CLEAR THAT MORALITY IS RELATED TO COVENANT, A SACRED RE LATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MEN AND WOMEN. THE COVENANT WITH GOD IS NOT NEGOTIATED BUT IS INITIATED BY GOD TO WHICH THE WHOLE CREATION IS INVITED TO RESPOND. MORALITY EXPRESSES THE COVENANT GOD GAVE ISRAEL WHEN MOSES RECEIVED THE TEN COMMAND MENTS. "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS, NO GRAVEN IMAGES. KEEP THE SABBATH. HONOR MOTHER AND FATHER. DO NOT LIE, STEAL, OR KILL. Do NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. I. FOR THE WOMAN BROUGHT BEFORE JESUS IT WAS TOO LATE TO KEEP THE COVENANT. SHE, STANDING THERE IN THE MIDST OF HER ACCUSERS, IS CHARGED WITH ADULTERY. A. THAT MEANS THAT SHE HAD BEEN CAUGHT BY AT LEAST TWO WIT NESSES. QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT UNLESS HER HUSBAND WAS AN AC COMPLICE IN A PLOT TO NOT ONLY CONDEMN HIS WIFE BUT IN THE SERVICE OF AN HONORABLE DEED - TO RID THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS MENACE - JESUS. 1. ONE WONDERS WHY THEY CHOSE A WOMAN RATHER THAN A MAN, HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO CATCH HER "IN THE VERY ACT." IT DOES NOT SURPRISE US THAT THIS STORY IS NOT FOUND IN THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPT. NOT ONLY IS THE PLOT QUESTIONABLE BUT THE OUTCOME OF FORGIVENESS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT MAKES ADULTERY NOT LOOK BAD ENOUGH TO A FLEDGLING CHURCH SEEKING TO DISCIPLINE ITSELF IN THE FAITH. 2. THE LAW WAS CLEAR - DEATH BY STONING WAS THE PUNISHMENT THE MOTIVATION OF THE RESPECTED CITIZENRY, PROTECTORS OF THE MORAL ORDER, THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES IS CLEAR - THEY BROUGHT HER TO HIM TO TRIP HIM UP, SAYS THE STORY. ANOTHER PIECE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THE WHOLE SCENARIO WAS DESIGNED TO BAIT JESUS BY GIVING HIM AN IMPOSSIBLE CASE. |
