Pardon (Moral Restoration II)

The story of restoration is central to the story of God. God restores His people after the great flood. God restores His promise through Abraham. God restores His nation through Moses. God restores His promise through Joshua. God restores His dominion through David. Our God is a God of restoration. The story of the adulteress may be true, it may be anachronistic, or it might be a combination of different stories merged into one. The reality is, we don’t know. What we do know is that this story highlights the true extent of moral restoration, from an acknowledgement of wrong-doing to the final reprieve from consequences through grace. The consistency of Christ’s restorative nature is evident throughout the New Testament and something critical to our own realization that we, too, should crave the restoration of others.