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From: Kent Hovind
Sent: May 9, 2008
To: The Forgiven Woman
Subject: Forgiveness              
First Read: John 8:1-11

kh: Good morning, Lord.

GOD: Good morning, Son.

kh: Lord, I have a problem.

GOD: More than one, Son! Which one would you like to deal with today?

kh: It’s with Your Word, Lord. I’ve read it for over thirty-nine years and can’t seem to get to the bottom of it. It’s an amazing book!

GOD: I know, Son. It’s the world’s best-seller four hundred years in a row.

kh: Most of my Christian life I’ve read it cover to cover and really learned a lot; but this time, with knee-mail, it’s going a lot slower. I want to stop and talk with everyone I read about. There some really great lessons to learn from these people (I Cor. 10:11).

GOD: You are slow, Son, but there is hope. I know you are wanting to talk to the woman in John 8. Go ahead, Son. Her story is not in the new corrupt Bibles for good reason. They don’t like My free forgiveness and grace. Cain had the same problem.

kh: OK, Lord. Thanks…Excuse me, ma’am. You look shocked. Are you all right?

FS (Forgiven Sinner/Woman Taken in Adultery): I am shocked! I can’t believe what just happened!

KH: What happened?

FS: Do you see that man over there talking with that group of Pharisees (John 8:12-59)?

KH: Yes, they look pretty angry at him, like they might stone him (John 8:59).
  
FS: I’ve been a pretty wicked woman. I’m well known around town as an adulteress. About thirty minutes ago, some of those Pharisees burst into my house and caught me committing adultery, so they dragged me out here to be stoned to death (Leviticus 20:10).

KH: Did they drag the man out too?

FS: No. It’s kind of crazy, but those men only seem to see the sins of the woman. It’s not real fair, is it?

KH: It doesn’t seem fair to me. Anyway, what happened?

FS: Well, I think the whole thing was a setup to trap Jesus. They were all gathered around me to stone me and they asked Jesus if he agreed with Moses’ law. They really thought they had him. I could see it in their eyes. I can almost read men’s minds.

KH: What did he say?

FS: It was so cool! He just stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finder like he was ignoring them.

KH: What was he writing?

FS: I couldn’t tell for sure. I was so scared I was going to die. It looked like he was writing dates or addresses or something. They kept asking him if he agreed that I should be stoned so he stood up and said that whoever was there without sin should throw the first rock. Then he stooped down and wrote again.

KH: What happened?

FS: It was real quiet for a moment. The men were obviously thinking real hard about what he had said. I was watching their faces. I can read men like a book. I think the stuff he write on the ground was reminding them of their own past. I think I saw Jesus write my address in the dirt but I can’t be sure. Anyway, it was real awesome to see them slowly lower their rocks and drop them. Then, almost in slow motion, the oldest ones left. They knew they couldn’t throw a rock. The younger ones seemed a little frustrated, but I could tell their mind was remembering things too. They dropped their rocks and left and…here I stood. Just Jesus and I. He wasn’t even looking at the men as they left.

KH: Did he talk to you?

FS: Oh, yes! He asked me where my accusers had gone. I told him no one was left to accuse me. The fact that he was there was eerie. I knew that he could throw a rock at me…but he didn’t. It was like he saw all my sins…and loved me anyway, not for my body like so many others. He really loved me. I can’t explain it but it was the greatest feeling I’ve ever had in my life. He looked right at me and said, “Neither do I condemn thee, go, and sin no more.” Wow!

KH: So what are you going to do now?

FS: Well…first I’m going to just look at him for a while. I’m forgiven! I’m alive! I mean really alive for the first time in my life. It’s awesome! Then I think I’d better go home and clean some things out of my house, cancel some appointments, and go find a quiet place to read my Bible and pray. I think I’ll do whatever God tells me to for the rest of my life. I’m also going to tell everyone I meet how Jesus forgave me. I bet he could do it for them too.

KH: I believe He can. Hey, can I take one of these rocks to keep on my desk as a reminder?

FS: Oh, please do! I’m going to take one to put where I can see it every day! I’m forgiven! Wow!

GOD: Son?

kh: Yes, Lord?

GOD: Put your rock where you can see it every day, too.

kh: Good idea, Lord. I will. Thanks.