The Power of The Power of KindnessKindness

Kindness makes a Kindness makes a person attractive. person attractive. If you would win If you would win the world, melt it. the world, melt it. Do not hammer it.Do not hammer it.

John 7:53 – 8:11John 7:53 – 8:11

The scribes wrote The scribes wrote up the up the RULESRULES and and

the Pharisees the Pharisees attempted to attempted to PRACTICEPRACTICE and and ENFORCEENFORCE them them

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The Law The Law commanded both commanded both the the MANMAN and the and the WOMANWOMAN to be put to be put

to deathto death

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Jesus stood to Jesus stood to either contradict either contradict

MOSESMOSES or the or the ROMANROMAN

governmentgovernment

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He could have He could have refused to give an refused to give an OPINIONOPINION but that but that

would have would have endangered herendangered her

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Jesus did not Jesus did not describe the woman describe the woman

as an innocent as an innocent victim or say victim or say

anything about her anything about her FORGIVENESSFORGIVENESS

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The woman The woman didn’t didn’t

demonstrate demonstrate FAITHFAITH or or

repentancerepentance

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Every saint Every saint has a past has a past and every and every

sinner has a sinner has a futurefuture

(1) Kindness (1) Kindness PROTECTSPROTECTS

(2) Kindness (2) Kindness CREATESCREATES

Living KindnessLiving Kindness

The beautiful The beautiful thing about this is thing about this is that every one of that every one of us has the us has the capacity to be capacity to be kind to everybody kind to everybody that we meet.that we meet.