The Woman Caught in Adultery
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Her accusers expected Jesus to condemn her. Instead, Christ exposed the hypocrisy of the self-righteous and extended mercy to the guilty. From his sermon series in John, today R.C. Sproul teaches how in the gospel, Jesus covers our sin and calls us to new life.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | Join Ligonier Ministries for our 2026 Ligonier Conference, chosen by God, September 25th and 26th. |
| 0:08.0 | You'll hear gifted teachers explore how the doctrine of election anchors our assurance of salvation in God's sovereign grace, |
| 0:15.0 | knowing that he will complete his good work in us. |
| 0:18.0 | Register today and save 20% with the discounted rate at Ligonier.org |
| 0:23.6 | slash London. |
| 0:25.6 | She says, there's no one here to accuse me, Lord. |
| 0:30.6 | You might expect Jesus to say, well, I'm still here. |
| 0:34.6 | He doesn't do that. |
| 0:47.7 | Jesus said to her the sweetest words that any human being could ever hear from his lips. |
| 0:53.5 | Neither do I condemn you? Those are sweet words, aren't they? |
| 1:02.0 | The gospel truly is amazing. |
| 1:05.0 | This is the Lord's Day edition of renewing your mind, and I'm glad you've joined us. |
| 1:09.0 | Over the next few Sundays, we'll |
| 1:11.1 | be spending time in the Gospel of John with Dr. R. C. Sprole, considering some of the encounters |
| 1:16.6 | that Jesus had with people during his earthly ministry. And today, we meet the woman caught |
| 1:22.2 | in adultery. Let's join Dr. Sproll now. |
| 1:26.5 | Our scripture this morning is from the gospel according to Let's join Dr. Scroll now. |
| 1:32.5 | Our scripture this morning is from the gospel according to St. John. |
| 1:39.1 | I'll be reading from chapter 8, verses 1 through 12. |
| 1:43.0 | Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Now early in the morning he came again to the temple, |
| 1:48.0 | and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. |
| 1:54.0 | And then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. |
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