Freedom happened!

It seems to be the hot topic of the month, the fall of DOMA and gay marriage. As controversial as these topics are, i have read many articles and different positions on the issue. As crazy as it all has been, the one thing that has bothered me most have been the recent post of a female "minister" know as Rachel Evans. All of the post I have read on anything controversial have been from a very liberal presupposition. There are fine and she is entitled to her view on such issues. Yet, there is a certain passage that believe she misses the point on. It has been burdened on my heart all week. It happens to be the passage of the woman caught in adultery. Her focus was of course on the accusers and how they were not to judge. However, I believe that Jesus paints a very different focus. His focus was on the woman..... She knew that she was guilty by the law as did her accusers. So there was no hope in the law only the reminder that she (and we) were guilty. The story goes as Jesus stooped down to write they left one by one. He then asked her where her Accusers were. Her response is Epic.....No one, Lord! That phrase changed everything. It was her moment of conversion and her recognition that she could not. If you were not aware that the word Lord was of the most importance those times, it is the recognition of him as master and sole decider of you fate. As exciting as this is the next few words make it so much more beautiful. "I do not condemn you either." because he took that condemnation. Then Freedom happened! "Go. From now on sin no more." Not just the instruction "sin no more", but rather the freedom to "sin no more." Scripture clearly tells believers that they are no longer slaves to sin, but rather slaves to righteousness. So the focus of this story is that conversion leads to freedom.