Video description:
Did Jesus reveal His divine identity when He wrote on the ground?
In John 8, the scribes and Pharisees invoke the Law of Moses against the woman caught in adultery—but Jesus responds by writing with His finger. Is John showing us that Jesus is the very God who wrote the Law on stone for Moses?
This passage also creates a serious Protestant dilemma. If the account was preserved and received through the authority of the historic Church, can a Protestant consistently accept it while insisting upon Sola Scriptura?
Watch as the discussion connects the woman caught in adultery, the finger of God, Jeremiah’s prophecy, the living water and the authority through which Christians received the biblical canon.
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0:00 The Protestant Dilemma
0:42 Why John 8 Is Textually Disputed
2:38 Who Determines the Canon?
4:29 Can Protestants Make Canonical Judgments?
5:26 Inspired Additions to Scripture
9:20 The Church Is the Pillar of Truth
13:31 Christ’s Words Preserved Through Tradition
15:45 Where Is the Man Caught in Adultery?
20:29 Jesus Wrote the Law With His Finger
24:09 “Neither Do I Condemn You”
26:53 Jesus and the Rivers of Living Water
31:11 The Protestant Is Invited Home
Biblical references
John 7:37–39 — Jesus gives rivers of living water
John 7:53–8:11 — The woman caught in adultery
John 20:30–31; 21:25 — Not everything Jesus did was written
Exodus 31:18; 32:15–16 — The tablets written by God’s finger
Exodus 34:1 — The replacement tablets
Deuteronomy 9:10 — God writes the commandments
Leviticus 20:10 — Penalty prescribed for adultery
Deuteronomy 17:6–7; 19:15 — Witnesses required under the Law
Deuteronomy 22:22 — Both adulterer and adulteress held accountable
Jeremiah 2:13 — Yahweh is the fountain of living water
Jeremiah 17:13 — Those who forsake Yahweh are written in the earth
Joshua 24:26–33 — Material recorded beyond Joshua’s own final acts
Acts 20:35 — A saying of Jesus preserved outside the Gospels
1 Corinthians 11:2 — Holding firmly to apostolic traditions
2 Thessalonians 2:15 — Traditions transmitted orally and in writing
1 Timothy 3:15 — The Church as the pillar and foundation of truth
