Subtract Jesus from religion you are left in the hands of the men of John chapter 8, at the mercy of stones. Here with the woman caught in the act of adultery religion at its cruelest sees the life of this woman as expendable, as a mere means to attack Jesus. It is certainly true that all of salvation hinges on the Lord Jesus, who is the way, the truth and the life. Neither the religious world nor the world in general have any room or any place for Jesus but by the end of John 8, grace is poured out to this woman burdened with sin and a place is found finally for Jesus, a place in our heart and life.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
www.GraceinChrist.org