One of my favorite stories in the Word of God involves a woman who was caught in adultery and about to be stoned……..until Jesus shows up in the temple courts and challenges the angry mob to have the man without sin cast the first stone……..

 

John 8  9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”  11“No one, sir,” she said.  “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”  

 

Love it.  And yet….I had to ask, how does someone:  Go now and leave your life of sin ?

 

How does a person leave their life of sin?  I am 100% positive that this woman absolutely sinned again……

 

We tend to read scripture like we do a Disney story…..one that might end:  And they lived happily ever after …..

 

And yet, that is not at all the world that we live in.

 

It is the tension of scripture…..

 

It is the fact that By His Stripes We Are Healed AND If We Claim To Be Without Sin We Deceive Ourselves And The Truth Is Not In Us …..  It is the fact that He said It Is Finished AND We Are Being Made Holy.  

How can we be without sin and full of sin at the same time?

How can we be paid in full and not yet there at the same time?

How can we be perfected and yet imperfect at the same time?

 

It is the answer no unbeliever wants to hear:  Jesus.

 

Jesus Christ.

 

It is why we make such a big deal out of Him and the world constantly tries to downplay Him.

 

You can pray…..just don’t mention Jesus

 

And so on…..

 

And yet, He told the church of Laodicea that He was about to “spit them out of His mouth” because they were neither cold nor hot.

 

The gospel is clear……He is clear.

 

We must be born again into a new kingdom…..where we are totally dependent upon Him and given the opportunity to realign in the areas where we are not.

 

When we decide to follow Him…..we must understand daily that our we now live in a world:

  • Where we have nothing without Him.
  • Where we have sinful actions, but forgiveness by Him.
  • Where we have perfection….because of Him.

 

Let’s put it this way:  You and Jesus have a 2 man team that is undefeated, unblemished, and unbreakable…………….But if you take Him off of your team——you won’t even be allowed to play the game.

 

Now…..

RESPOND

Pray & Thank Him & Recommit To Being His

Go And Tell Someone About Him

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J