Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
The Persistence of the Jews
Text: John 8: 7-9
THE PERSISTENCE OF THE JEWS
They were not satisfied with the silence of Jesus. They wanted His spoken opinion on the problem they had presented to Him.
“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.’ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last.
John 8:7-9
1. “So when they continued asking Him”
a. They were insistent.
b. They were not going to accept the silence of Jesus as an answer.
2. “He raised Himself up and said to them”
a. Jesus was not running away from the problem.
b. He was ready to give an answer to the Jews.
3. An astonishingly brilliant answer
a. “He who is without sin among you”
i. Who was without sin among the Jews indeed?
ii. There were deep and dark sins that lay hidden in the depths of the heart!
b. “Let him throw a stone at her first”
i. The Jews had come prepared to stone the woman caught in sin.
ii. Jesus challenged the people to throw their stones in judgment if they were without sin.
4. “And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground”
a. What did Jesus write?
b. John did not note what Jesus wrote.
5. “Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one”
a. The oldest among them was not without sin.
b. Once he left, the others followed suit. Their conscience had convicted them of their own sins!
6. The comment of Isaiah on human righteousness comes to mind
“But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags…”
Isaiah 64:6
经文：约翰福音 8：7-9
犹太人的坚持
他们対耶稣的沉默不滿意。他们要祂对他们所呈现的问题说出祂的想法。
“他们还是不住地问他，耶稣就直起腰来，对他们说：‘你们中间谁是没有罪的，谁就可以先拿石头打她。’于是又弯着腰，用指头在地上画字。 他们听见这话，就从老到少，一个一个地都出去了。”
《约翰福音 8：7-9a》
1. “他们还是不住地问他”
a. 他们很坚持
b. 他们不打算接受耶稣的沉默为答案
2. “耶稣就直起腰来，对他们说”
a. 耶稣不是要逃避问题
b. 祂已准备好给犹太人一个答复
3. 一个令人惊叹英明的答案
a. “你们之间谁是没有罪的”
i. 犹大人中有谁是真正没有罪呢？
ii. 在内心深处都隐藏着深黑的罪!
b. “谁就可以先拿石头打她”
i. 犹太人来此已打算拿石头打犯罪的妇人
ii. 耶稣挑战他们，他们若没有罪就能拿石头打她
4. “于是又弯着腰，用指头在地上画字”
a. 耶稣写了什么？
b. 门徒约翰没留意耶稣写的字
5. “他们听见这话，就从老到少，一个一个地都出去了”
a. 他们当中年老的非无罪
b. 他一离开，其他人也都跟随着。他们的良心已自责他们的罪!
6．这令人想起以赛亚对人们正义的评论
“我们都像不洁净的人，所有的义都像污秽的衣服……”
《以赛亚书 64：6》