This weeks lesson deals with loving flawed people. That just about covers us all. We are in John 8: 1-6. It is the story of the adulterous women brought to Jesus. The mob wants him to condem her and follow the Jewish law of putting her to dealth. Of course they were trying to entrap Jesus. If he refused to intervene, the woman would be stoned to death and Jesus would be blamed. If on the other hand he said she should not be killed, then he would be teaching against the "LAW".

If you read the verses, you will notice that the man was not brought to Jesus for adultery, only the women . Jewish law declared that both parties in the act should receive the death penalty (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22). What if we treated people harshly without mercy or grace? There would be a lot of dead bodies. And who would be the judge and who would judge the judge?

The good news is that God gives us mercy (Not Giving us what we deserve) and grace (Giving us what we do not deserve). The lesson in this is that while we should judge people when they sin, we should judge them on God's values and not ours. How many times have you said, '...they got just what they deserved.'

We must learn to look at our sins first and then we won't be so worried about everyone else's sin.

Pray that God will show you when you sin his Mercy and Grace. And thank him for it.