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When Joel and I 36 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 5: first started dating many years ago, we had a mutual 37 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 5: friend and I didn't know this at the time, but 38 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 5: my friend was talking behind my back with Joel. 39 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 4: She would say things like. 40 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 5: She likes you. She told me she did, and Joel 41 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 5: would say, well, tell you what she said. 42 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 4: What did she think about our first date? 43 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 5: He began to question her, and she began to tell 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 5: him just keep doing what you're doing. 45 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 4: She really likes you a lot. 46 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 5: See. He began to hear how much I liked him 47 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 5: at the very start of our relationship, and so it 48 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 5: gave him the confidence to pursue this relationship, and he 49 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 5: began to pursue a relationship with me. He found out 50 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 5: something very important. He found out that I liked him 51 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 5: too a lot. So as we continued with our relationship, 52 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 5: discovering things about one another, learning things about one another, 53 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,279 Speaker 5: and it began to grow, and it began to flourish. 54 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 5: And twenty nine years later, it's still growing and it's 55 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 5: still flourishing. 56 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 3: You see, Joel. 57 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 5: Went from hearing that I liked him to experiencing that 58 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 5: I liked him. He went from hearing to literally knowing 59 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 5: by my words and by my actions. And too often 60 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 5: we sit on the sidelines of life because we hear 61 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 5: something is good, but we don't allow it to develop 62 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 5: a confidence in us to pursue what is good, to 63 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 5: pursue those things that we want. It's like that with 64 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 5: the love of God, your family, your friends. Maybe you 65 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 5: heard about Jesus when you were young, but you know what, 66 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 5: there's just some areas of your life you cannot pursue him. 67 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 4: You've let in maybe a little bit, but there's areas that. 68 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 5: You think I don't want him to get to know 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 5: me in that area. 70 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 4: He may not like me anymore. You feel condemned. 71 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 5: Sometimes people think they need to clean themself up, they 72 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 5: need to fix themself up nice and shiny before they 73 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 5: can develop a relationship with Jesus. Well, they know that 74 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: he loves them, they've heard it, but they've never taken 75 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 5: the next step. Or maybe they have served God. But 76 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 5: like I said, there are those doors that they just 77 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 5: won't open. And you know, when that happens, our relationship 78 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 5: doesn't deepen and strengthen. We don't develop all that we 79 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 5: can in the relationship. Listen, if I shut some doors 80 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 5: to Joel and wouldn't let him in, there would be 81 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 5: some problems. But I had confidence that he wasn't gonna 82 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 5: judge me. He knew I wasn't judging him. We were 83 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 5: in this together and we love each other and we 84 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 5: developed it. And that's what we have to believe about 85 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 5: the love of Christ. God does not condemn you in 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 5: Jesus Christ. 87 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 4: He loves you. In Jesus Christ. There is no door 88 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 4: that you cannot open to him. 89 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 5: There is no sin too great, there is nothing that 90 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 5: you've done that he will not forgive you, for the 91 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 5: Bible says, when you were yet sinners, he came and gave. 92 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 4: His life for you. 93 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 5: See, before we wherever even knew him, he already fell 94 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 5: in love with us. Let's go from just hearing about 95 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 5: the love of God to truly developing and experiencing the 96 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 5: love of God. If you're sitting here today and you've 97 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 5: got some condemnation or some shame, can I tell you 98 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 5: that is not Jesus. That is the accuser, and Jesus 99 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 5: is not the accuser. There's a story in John eight 100 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 5: that exemplifies this so very well. Jesus was teaching one 101 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 5: afternoon near the temple, and the scribes and the Pharisees, 102 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 5: religious leaders of that day, dragged a woman to him 103 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 5: in front of everybody, and said, Jesus, this woman. 104 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 4: Was caught in the act of adultery. 105 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 5: Now in the Law of Moses it says that such 106 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 5: an act and such a woman should be stoned to death. 107 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 4: I'm sure they came. 108 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 5: They came with stones in their hand, and dragging that 109 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 5: woman along. 110 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 4: They stood her there at Jesus' feet. I can only 111 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 4: imagine a hush, hush that came over the crowd, because 112 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 4: they said. 113 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 5: Jesus, what do you say about this? The Bible says 114 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 5: that he kneeled down. Now wait a minute. That woman 115 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 5: is standing there. I can only imagine as she has 116 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 5: her eyes glued to Jesus to see what. 117 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 4: The verdict is. 118 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 5: When he began to kneel down, I can only imagine 119 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 5: her heart beginning to flutter in her chest, thinking, Oh no, 120 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 5: what is he gonna do? Is he gonna pick up 121 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 5: a rock? Is he going to start this execution right now? 122 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 5: Because see, we read that story quickly, but when it's 123 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 5: happening to you, it's happening in slow motion. You got 124 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 5: time to think about it. Why else would he bend 125 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 5: down if he wasn't going to pick up a rock? 126 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 4: Can you imagine that going on in her mind? 127 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 5: But the scripture says that he knelt down and he 128 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,239 Speaker 5: began to write in the dirt. Then he stood up again, 129 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 5: and he looked at those accusers, and he said, those 130 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 5: of you without sin, you cast. 131 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 4: The first stone. He looked at them, and then he 132 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 4: knelt down again. 133 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 5: The scripture says that one by one, one by one, 134 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 5: they begin to walk off, from the oldest to the youngest. 135 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 5: You know, that's just like Jesus, he gives you time 136 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 5: to think about it. He tells you something, and then 137 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 5: he gives you time to think about it. He stood 138 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 5: up again, looked around, no one, just he and the woman. 139 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 5: Can you imagine that woman standing there, still trembling. She's 140 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 5: standing there thinking what just happened? 141 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 4: You know? The law that they. 142 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 5: Talked about was the law of Moses that was given 143 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 5: to Moses by God, and it was written on tablets 144 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 5: of stone by God's own finger, was written on Mount 145 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 5: Sinai Jesus when he knelt down. We don't know what 146 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 5: he wrote. He didn't come to abolish the law. The 147 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 5: scripture tells us. He came to fulfill the law. And 148 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 5: I find it quite interesting that the same law that 149 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 5: was written by God's finger, he sent his son to 150 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 5: write something else with his finger in the dark, and. 151 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 4: That was mercy. We don't know what he wrote, but 152 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 4: it had to have been. 153 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 5: Mercy, because he looked at that woman and said, where 154 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 5: are your accusers? Is there anyone here condemning you? She 155 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 5: said no, sir, and he said I don't condemn you either. 156 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 5: He said, go and sin no war. As she stood 157 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 5: face to face with Mercy, she went from hearing about Jesus. 158 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 5: Everybody in the town knew about Jesus. They had heard 159 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 5: something about him. She probably heard, yes, he performed some miracles. Yeah, 160 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 5: he's a nice man. 161 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 4: But she went that day. 162 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 5: From hearing about Jesus to experiencing the love of Jesus. 163 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 5: She went from hearing to knowing this love, standing face 164 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 5: to face with Mercy. Can you imagine that day her 165 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 5: heart was opened in such a way that when she 166 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,119 Speaker 5: walked off, she didn't walk off condemned. She walked off convinced. 167 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 5: This is a man of love. This is a man 168 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 5: that just touched me. I mean, Mercy opens the door 169 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 5: of our heart for repentance. He told her, go back 170 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 5: and sin no more. I'm empowering you and I'm strengthening 171 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 5: you by my mercy and my grace to stand against sin. 172 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 5: You see, grace does not give us a license to sin. 173 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 5: Grace gives us a power to stand against sin, the power. 174 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 4: To say no to sin. 175 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 5: That day, Jesus was in a very intimate place with 176 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 5: that woman, a part of her life. 177 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 4: She wouldn't want no one to. 178 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 5: See, but everyone saw, and they saw Jesus not pick 179 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 5: up a rock, but take his own finger and write 180 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 5: mercy in the dirt. If you're here today, I want 181 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 5: to tell you Jesus isn't contemding you. Rocks they hurt 182 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 5: Jesus love it. Heals no today with anybody's throwing rocks 183 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 5: at you. If there's condemnation in your mind, because there's 184 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 5: areas of your life you really don't want to expose 185 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 5: to Jesus, know today. 186 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 4: That he is not going to condemn you. He wants 187 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 4: to convince you that. 188 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 5: Yes, there is power to turn that thing around and 189 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 5: go another way. He wants to strengthen you and give 190 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 5: you the power you need to live the life He's 191 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 5: called you to live. Amen. 192 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 6: Amen, Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. 193 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 6: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 194 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 6: those all over the world. Visit joeloustin dot com slash 195 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 6: give Hope to give a gift today. 196 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 197 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 198 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 5: podcast to keep you inspired all through the week. 199 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 3: We're praying for you. 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