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When Joela and I 36 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 5: first started dating many years ago, we had a mutual 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 5: friend and I didn't know this at the time, but 38 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 5: my friend was talking behind my back with Joel. She 39 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 5: would say things like she likes you. She told me 40 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 5: she did, and Joel would say, well, tell you what 41 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 5: she said. What did she think about our first date? 42 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 5: He began to question her, and she began to tell 43 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 5: him just keep doing what you're doing. She really likes 44 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 5: you a lot. See. He began to hear how much 45 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 5: I liked him at the very start of our relationship, 46 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 5: and so it gave him the confidence to pursue this relationship, 47 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 5: and he began to pursue a relationship with me. He 48 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 5: found out something very important. He found out that I 49 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 5: liked him too a lot. So as we continued with 50 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 5: our relationship, discover things about one another, learning things about 51 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 5: one another, and it began to grow, and it began 52 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 5: to flourish. And twenty nine years later, it's still growing 53 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 5: and it's still flourishing. You see, Joel went from hearing 54 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 5: that I liked him to experiencing that I liked him. 55 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 5: He went from hearing to literally knowing by my words 56 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 5: and by my actions. And too often we sit on 57 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 5: the sidelines of life because we hear something is good, 58 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 5: but we don't allow it to develop a confidence in 59 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 5: us to pursue what is good, to pursue those things 60 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 5: that we want. It's like that with the love of God, 61 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 5: your family, your friends. Maybe you heard about Jesus when 62 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 5: you were young, but you know what, there's just some 63 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 5: areas of your life you cannot pursue him. You've let 64 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 5: him in maybe a little bit, but there's areas that 65 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 5: you think I don't want him to get to know 66 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 5: me in that area. He may not like me anymore. 67 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 5: You feel condemned. Sometimes people think they need to clean 68 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 5: themself up, they need to fix themself up nice and 69 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 5: shiny before they can develop a relationship with Jesus. Well, 70 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 5: they know that he loves them, they've heard it, but 71 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 5: they've never taken the next step. Or maybe they have 72 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 5: served God. But like I said, there are those doors 73 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 5: that they just won't open. And you know, when that happens, 74 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 5: our relationship doesn't deepen and strengthen. We don't develop all 75 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 5: that we can in the relationship. Listen, if I shut 76 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 5: some doors to Joel and wouldn't let him in, there 77 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 5: would be some problems. But I had confidence that he 78 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 5: wasn't gonna judge me. He knew I wasn't judging him. 79 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 5: We were in this together and we love each other 80 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 5: and we developed it. And that's what we have to 81 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 5: believe about the love of Christ. God does not condemn you. 82 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 5: In Jesus Christ. He loves you. In Jesus Christ. There 83 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 5: is no door that you cannot open to him. There 84 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 5: is no sin too great, there is nothing that you 85 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 5: have done that he will not forgive you, for the 86 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 5: Bible says, when you were yet sinners, he came and 87 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 5: gave his life for you. See, before we wherever even 88 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 5: knew him, he already fell in love with us. Let's 89 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 5: go from just hearing about the love of God to 90 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 5: truly developing and experiencing the love of God. If you're 91 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 5: sitting here today and you've got some condemnation or some shame, 92 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 5: can I tell you that is not Jesus. That is 93 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 5: the accuser, and Jesus is not the accuser. There's a 94 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 5: story in John eight that exemplifies this so very well. 95 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 5: Jesus was teaching one afternoon near the temple, and the 96 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 5: scribes and the Pharisee, that's the religious leaders of that day, 97 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 5: drag a woman to him in front of everybody, and said, Jesus, 98 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 5: this woman was caught in the act of adultery. Now 99 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 5: in the Law of Moses it says that such an 100 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 5: act and such a woman should be stoned to death. 101 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 5: I'm sure they came. They came with stones in their hand, 102 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 5: and dragging that woman along. They stood her there at Jesus' feet. 103 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 5: I can only imagine a hush, hush that came over 104 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 5: the crowd because they said, Jesus, what do you say 105 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 5: about this? The Bible says that he kneeled down. Now 106 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 5: wait a minute. That woman is standing there. I can 107 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 5: only imagine as she has her eyes glued to Jesus 108 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 5: to see what the verdict is. When he began to 109 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 5: kneel down, I can only imagine her heart beginning to 110 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 5: flutter in her chest, thinking, Oh, no, what is he 111 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 5: going to do? He going to pick up a rock? 112 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 5: Is he going to start this execution right now? Because see, 113 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 5: we read that story quickly, but when it's happening to you, 114 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 5: it's happening in slow motion, you got time to think 115 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 5: about it. Why else would he bend down if he 116 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 5: wasn't going to pick up a rock? Can you imagine 117 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 5: that going on in her mind? But the scripture says 118 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 5: that he knelt down and he began to write in 119 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 5: the dirt. Then he stood up again, and he looked 120 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 5: at those accusers, and he said, those of you without sin, 121 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 5: you cast the first stone. He looked at them, and 122 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 5: then he knelt down again. The scripture says that one 123 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 5: by one, one by one, they begin to walk off, 124 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 5: from the oldest to the youngest. You know, that's just 125 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 5: like Jesus, he gives you time to think about it. 126 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 5: He tells you something, and then he gives you time 127 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 5: to think about it. He stood up again, looked around. 128 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 5: Was no one He and the woman. Can you imagine 129 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,679 Speaker 5: that woman standing there, still trembling. She's standing there thinking 130 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 5: what just happened? 131 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 6: You know? 132 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 5: The law that they talked about was the law of 133 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 5: Moses that was given to Moses by God, and it 134 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 5: was written on tablets of stone by God's own finger, 135 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 5: was written on Mount Sinai Jesus when he knelt down. 136 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 5: We don't know what he wrote. He didn't come to 137 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 5: abolish the law. The scripture tells us. He came to 138 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 5: fulfill the law. And I find it quite interesting that 139 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 5: the same law that was written by God's finger, he 140 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 5: sent his son to write something else with his finger 141 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 5: in the dark, and that was mercy. We don't know 142 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 5: what he wrote, but it had to have been mercy, 143 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 5: because he looked at that woman and said, where are 144 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 5: your accusers? Is there anyone here condemning you? She said no, sir, 145 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 5: and he said I don't condemn you either. He said, 146 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 5: go and sin no more. As she stood face to 147 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: face with Mercy, she went from hearing about Jesus. Everybody 148 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 5: in the town knew about Jesus. They had heard something 149 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 5: about him. She probably heard, yes, he performed some miracles. Yeah, 150 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 5: he's a nice man. But she went that day from 151 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 5: hearing about Jesus to experiencing the love of Jesus. She 152 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 5: went from hearing to knowing this love, standing face to 153 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 5: face with Mercy. Can you imagine that day her heart 154 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 5: was opened in such a way that when she walked off, 155 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 5: she didn't walk off condemned. She walked off convinced. This 156 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 5: is a man of love. This is a man that 157 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 5: just touched me. I mean, Mercy opens the door of 158 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 5: our heart for repentance. He told her, go back and 159 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 5: sin no more. I'm empowering you and I'm strengthening you 160 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 5: by my mercy and my grace to stand against sin. 161 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 5: You see, grace does not give us a license to sin. 162 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 5: Grace gives us a power to stand against sin, the 163 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 5: power to say no to sin. That day, Jesus was 164 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 5: in a very intimate place with that woman, a part 165 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 5: of her life. She wouldn't want no one to see, 166 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 5: but everyone saw, and they saw Jesus not pick up 167 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 5: a rock, but take his own finger and write mercy 168 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 5: in the dirt. If you're here today, I want to 169 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 5: tell you Jesus isn't contemding you. Rocks they hurt Jesus 170 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 5: love it. Heals no today with anybody's throwing rocks at you. 171 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 5: If there's condemnation in your mind, because there's air of 172 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 5: your life you really don't want to expose to Jesus, 173 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 5: know today that he is not going to condemn you. 174 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 5: He wants to convince you that yes, there is power 175 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 5: to turn that thing around and go another way. He 176 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 5: wants to strengthen you and give you the power you 177 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 5: need to live the life He's called you to live. Amen. 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