II. The Bible example of the operation of conscience. 1. The hypocritical condition of the Jewish religious leaders. 2. Their plot to use the woman to discredit Jesus’ teaching. 3. Their hatred was for Jesus—not for her sin or the broken law. 4. “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone!” 5. The men leave, ashamed and silent, one by one. 6. Operation of the conscience—it smites the inner life and isolates, setting us off all by ourselves.
