Shame is one of the devil’s most effective weapons. In our generation, we can experience shame for our appearance, our income status, our personal failures, the abuse which happened to us and, of course, the shame from religious people and systems that constantly remind us that we do not measure up. Jesus is not willing that any of His people live in a constant sense of shame. Part of His ministry includes His power to facilitate shame crushing encounters. In this famous passage of Scripture, Jesus comes to the defense of a woman whose sin had caught up with her. While the religious leaders of her day wanted to make a public example out of her, Jesus wanted to make a new creation out of her. The way He treats her is a great lesson for how we should expect Him to treat us when a sense of shame tries to swallow us whole.