What I am about to say will probably be taken very much the opposite of the way it is intended, but here we go:
Leviticus 20:10‘If there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, one who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
John 8: 1-12
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. [SUP]
2 [/SUP]Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and
began to teach them. [SUP]
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The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, [SUP]4 [/SUP]they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. [SUP]5 [/SUP]Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” [SUP]
6 [/SUP]They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. [SUP]
7 [/SUP]But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them,
“He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” [SUP]
8 [/SUP]Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. [SUP]
9 [/SUP]When they heard it, they
began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center
of the court.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Straightening up, Jesus said to her,
“Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” [SUP]
11 [/SUP]She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said,
“I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.”]
Now under the letter of the Law of Moses (from God), the Israelites were commanded to stone adulterers to death. It seems like Jesus should have asked them where the man was and said for both of them to be stoned, as it was written. So, did Jesus carry out the letter of the Law or the Spirit of the Law.
Galatians 5:22-24
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,[SUP]23 [/SUP]gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law. [SUP]
24 [/SUP]Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
1 John 2:3-17
[SUP]3 [/SUP]By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. [SUP]
4 [/SUP]The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; [SUP]
5 [/SUP]but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: [SUP]
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the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.[SUP]7 [/SUP]Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. [SUP]8 [/SUP]On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining. [SUP]9 [/SUP]The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. [SUP]10 [/SUP]The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. [SUP]
11 [/SUP]But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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12 [/SUP]I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake. [SUP]
13 [/SUP]I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. [SUP]
14 [/SUP]I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
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15 [/SUP]Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]The world is passing away, and
also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant,
not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
It is very important that you understand that I am not accusing Jesus of sin. As I do believe He was and is perfect. What I am saying is that Jesus freed us from the Law of Moses.