John 8:9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Here we have a woman who is caught “red handed” in sin. The people who followed the law wanted to kill her based on the law’s punishment for adultery. They bring her to Jesus and Jesus responds with his famous saying “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her” (v. 7).

This is one of the first times someone had the opportunity to receive grace. The law wanted to punish her but, Jesus offered grace. As believers, we are under that same covenant. We are under the covenant of grace. Whatever sin(s) we have committed, we have been forgiven and have the opportunity to leave our life of sin. We don’t have to experience any guilt or shame. We have to learn to receive this grace and walk out this sinless life.