https://odb.org/2023/09/21/god-covers-our-sin
When we read John 8:1-11, the emphasis is, of course, that no one, as well as Jesus, condemned the woman caught in adultery. The Jewish leaders wanted to entrap Jesus with the question of what you do to the woman in adultery as, seemingly, the law of Moses would have had the woman stoned to death. However, Jesus checked-mate the Jewish leaders by asking the one without sin to cast the first stone. As all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), no one could, in all honesty, cast the first stone. Since Jesus was the only one without sin and He didn’t condemn her either, she was free to go but Jesus ended the encounter with the words, “Go now and leave your life of sin”.
As much as Jesus was and is still compassionate, we have to remember and remind ourselves that the grace and mercy of God is not a licence to sin or do evil. As humans, we will not be able to meet the requirements of the law of God to be righteous on merit. So Jesus died for our sins and redeemed us from the path of sin that led to destruction. But we must remain on the path of righteousness that leads to eternal life. That basically means that our demeanour and approach to life and others around us is one of selflessness, humility, kindness, and compassion too. Like the woman in adultery who was not condemned by Christ, we must leave our life of sin. We can not live a life of sin and still expect to be in fellowship with God. The High Priests of the Old Testament, if they enter the Holy of Holies without consecration, may end up dead in the presence of God. Moses was asked to remove his sandals when he was in the presence of God (presumably sandals being the dirtiest part of our clothing symbolised sin). See Exodus 3:4-5.
Thus, as much as we sometimes may want to avenge some injustice wrought upon us and take matters into our own hands, best we leave that all to God to do as per His discretion and will. We carry on with life believing in faith that, like Jesus did with the woman in adultery, God will find a fresh start for us, although in our case, we are not the ones who sinned. Nevertheless, we believe that God loves us and will not abandon us, but He will find us a way when there appears to be no way. Keep ourselves pure and righteous before Him and remain on the path of righteousness. We can not avoid injustice in this world, but with God on our side, who actually can be against us?
Ronnie's Thoughts 