The Day I Met Jesus by Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth l Inspirational Words l Jesus l Meeting Jesus l Faithful Words About Jesus

The Diary of a Woman Caught in Adultery

Who is this woman?

She’s you.

We have all sinned. In short, we are all made of clay; we all have the propensity to sin. It’s interesting that John 8 opens with a group of men wanting to stone a woman, and it ends with a group of men wanting to stone Jesus. Self-righteous men exposed an adulterous woman. A merciful prophet exposed the hypocrisy of religious leaders. According to Jesus, only the guiltless could rightfully carry out such a righteous sentence of justice. In this story, Jesus Christ didn’t overturn the Law. Instead, He reestablished righteousness on the basis of grace. He essentially said to the woman, “Don’t sin like this again.” Not because she might be stoned. But because grace had rescued her - and she now possessed a new identity as a beautifully loved child of God.

The Diary of a Prostitute Who Loved Much

The woman is a dirty prostitute - ritually impure and utterly contagious in her impurity. The home she’s entered belongs to a so-called pure and clean Pharisee. She chose to love Jesus at great cost to herself. She poured out her devotion and her economic livelihood upon Him unashamedly and outrageously in the presence of self-righteous Pharisees. Luke closes the curtains on this scene with Jesus commending the woman, announcing that she has indeed been forgiven and that her faith has saved her. Jesus did not imply that her actions earned forgiveness. Her love became proof that she had already been forgiven. Her act of affection was her response to God’s unfailing grace. Point: True faith is demonstrated when we allow ourselves to receive God’s generous forgiveness in Christ. And the proof of that faith is love. What is more, faith brings forth peace.

The Diary of a Desperate Samaritan Woman

Here stood a despised and desperate woman. Thrice an outcast in Jewish thought. An unclean Samaritan. A woman who had been with five different husbands. And a woman with a sixth man who didn’t wish to marry her. But on that special day, the seventh man arrived. And He would turn out to be the Messiah. Jesus told this woman that drinking from Jacob’s well would eventually leave her thirsty (John 4:13). In the same way, the wells of this world will always run dry . . . eventually. Not so with the water that Jesus Christ offers to us. He is the Spring of living water, the well of eternal life which can be received and enjoyed now. This water is “the gift of God.” You simply must receive its life-giving qualities. He is the living water that never runs dry.

Diary of a Woman with a Flow of Blood

Text: The primitive church, feeling the woman with the flow of blood deserved a name, called her Veronica. Here she was, an unclean woman touching a holy man and thus rendering Him unclean too. The authenticity of Veronica’s faith is revealed by the fact that she risked something to touch Jesus. Point: the One who touched lepers and dead bodies wasn’t afraid of getting His holy hands dirty with the problems of this fallen world. When we experience crisis in our lives, most of us alternate between rock-solid determination and weak-hearted second-guessing. Dear child of God, perhaps the Lord has allowed you to be put into a desperate, hopeless situation beyond measure. When life crowds you with its pressures and problems, there is always room to stretch your hand toward the Lord Jesus and touch Him.

Diary of the Woman Whom Jesus Loved

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How much is Jesus worth? He was worth lavishing everything on Him, as “the woman” (Mary of Bethany) demonstrated. Then the disciples criticized her act—and they were yet to grasp His inevitable fate. But Mary did. And her actions proved it. If you will walk in the steps of Mary and give what’s most precious to Jesus, people - even fellow Christians - will say you’re wasting your life. Learn to be like Mary and waste that which is most precious to you on Jesus. For only by wasting ourselves on Christ do we live life to its highest and fullest purpose. Every sacrifice we make, every quiet, unseen act of love, is chronicled by our Savior for that day when our deeds will be made known in the next life. God sees you. So waste your heart for His sake. Anything less is the real waste.