[Discoveries] 05-14-07 Sunshine after the storm

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*"... neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your 
life of sin." -- John 8:11*/

In this passage, Jesus shows us His intentions. If we are tempted, if we 
have sinned in our minds or in our actions, Jesus doesn't want to 
condemn us; He wants to set us free. Jesus knows, better than we do, how 
we got into the mess we may be in -- and He knows how to set us free.

In the passage above, a group of religionists wanted to use a woman who 
had sinned as a tool for discrediting Jesus. But, instead of running 
Jesus out of town, they ran into their own hypocrisy. The woman, instead 
of being stoned, was restored by the genius of Jesus. As each accuser 
walked away, she became less and less a pariah, and more and more part 
of the human community where we all have sinned and need the grace of 
God. And the grace of God was given. Jesus pardoned her offenses; 
pouring into her heart the love that she had sought in all the wrong 
places.

This is the template, my friends, for God's dealing with us. We are 
caught. We are exposed. We have no place to hide. But the gracious words 
of Jesus Christ, like sunshine after the storm, restore us and make us 
whole again.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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