Section 6
the sinful woman. He asked her if anyone con demned her, and she said, "No one, Lord." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you" (8:11). That was music to the woman's terrified soul.
This incident manifests the Lord's wisdom. The people came to condemn the sinful woman, but the Lord's question convicted them of their own sinfulness.
THE SOURCE OF SIN—THE DEVIL
The Devil is the source of sin (8:44). Sin is the nature of the Devil, and sin, the nature of the Devil, is a lie. Sin is a lie, a falsehood. Everything that is sinful is unreal. The issue of the lie is death and darkness. Death and darkness, as falsehoods, are opposed to reality. Since the Devil is the father of liars, he is the source of sin. The divine ele ment of God, working as life and light within man, sets man free from the slavery of sin. But the evil element of the Devil, working as sin by death and darkness within man, enslaves man to sin. His nature is a lie and brings in death and darkness. With darkness is falsehood, the oppo site of the truth, the reality.
The Devil is the evil father who has brought forth sinful children (1 John 3:10). The sinful children are all the followers of the Devil. Thus,