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July 10 - John 8 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Wednesday.
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  It is the 10th of July and I don't know how I've done all of
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  these podcasts through the years saying hello friends, when in
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  real life if I meet someone I cannot help the first word
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  coming out of my mouth being Gday.
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  Gday works for morning, afternoon, evening, night.
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  It is the greatest, I guess hello works as well.
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  Hello friends. Good day friends.
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  Good to have your company because here we are.
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  Here we are in the middle of the week and we are continuing to
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  gather together each day at the foot of our Apostle John to hear
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  his words, to hear his recollection as he shares,
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  inspired by the Spirit, these stories of Jesus life.
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  Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it illuminating about the
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  character of our Saviour, about his life, about his mission and
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  what he wants us to know about him?
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  What a treat. And so that is exactly what we
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  are going to do as you and I, friends, as we're going to read
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  together. John chapter 8.
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  Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next
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  morning he was back again at the temple.
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  A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.
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  As they were speaking, the teachers of religious law and
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  the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act
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  of adultery. They put her in front of the
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  crowd, Teacher, they said to Jesus, this woman was caught in
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  the act of adultery. The law of Moses says to stone
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  her. What do you say?
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  They were trying to trap him into saying something they could
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  use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the
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  dust with his finger. They kept demanding an answer,
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  so he stood up again and said, all right, but let the one who
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  has never sinned throw the first stone.
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  Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
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  When the accusers heard this, they slipped away 1 by 1,
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  beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the
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  middle of the crowd with the woman.
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  Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, Where are
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  your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn
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  you? No, Lord, she said.
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  And Jesus said, neither do I go and sin no more.
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  Jesus spoke to the people once more and said I am the light of
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  the world. If you follow me, you won't have
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  to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads
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  to life, the Pharisees replied. You are making those claims
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  about yourself. Such testimony is not valid.
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  Jesus told them these claims are valid even though I make them
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  about myself. For I know where I came from and
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  where I'm going. But you don't know this about
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  me. You judge me by human standards,
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  but I do not judge anyone. And if I did, my judgement would
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  be correct in every respect, because I am not alone.
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  The Father who sent me is with me.
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  Your own law says that if two people agree about something,
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  their witness is accepted as fact.
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  I am one witness and my Father has sent me is the other.
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  Where is your father? They asked.
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  Jesus answered, Since you don't know who I am, you don't know
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  who my Father is. If you knew me, you would also
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  know my Father. Jesus made these statements
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  while he was teaching in the section of the temple known as
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  the Treasury, but he was not arrested because his time had
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  not yet come. Later Jesus said to them again,
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  I'm going away. You will search for me, but will
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  die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going,
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  the people asked. Is he planning to commit
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  suicide? What does he mean you cannot
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  come where I'm going? Jesus continued.
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  You are from below, I am from above.
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  You belong to this world. I do not.
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  That is why I said that you will die in your sins, For unless you
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  believe that I am who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.
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  Who are you? They demanded Jesus replied The
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  one I have always claimed to be. I have much to say about you and
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  much to condemn, but I won't, for I say only what I have heard
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  from the one who sent me, and he is completely truthful.
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  But they still didn't understand that he was talking about his
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  Father. So Jesus said, When you have
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  lifted up the Son of Man on the cross, then you will understand
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  that I am here. I do nothing on my own, but say
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  only what the Father taught me, and the one who sent me is with
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  me. He has not deserted me, for I
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  always do what pleases him. Then many you heard him say
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  these things, believed in him, Jesus said to the people who
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  believed in him. You are truly my disciples if
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  you remain faithful to my teachings, and you will know the
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  truth, and the truth will set you free.
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  But we are descendants of Abraham, they said.
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  We have never been slaves to anyone.
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  What do you mean you will be set free?
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  Jesus replied, I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a
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  slave of sin. A slave is not a permanent
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  member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.
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  So if the sun sets you free, you are truly free.
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  Yes, I realised that you were descendants of Abraham and yet
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  some of you are trying to kill me because there's no room in
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  your hearts for my message. I'm telling you what I saw when
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  I was with my father. But you were following the
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  advice of your father. Our father is Abraham, they
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  declared. No, Jesus replied, for if you
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  were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his
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  example. Instead, you were trying to kill
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  me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God.
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  Abraham never did such a thing. No, you are imitating your real
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  father, they replied. We aren't illegitimate children.
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  God himself is our true Father. Jesus told them If God were your
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  Father, you would love me because I have come to you from
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  God. I am not here on my own, but He
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  sent me. Why can't you understand what
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  I'm saying? It's because you can't even hear
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  me, for you are the children of your Father, the devil, and you
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  love to do the evil things he does.
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  He was a murderer from the beginning.
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  He has always hated the truth because there is no truth in
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  him. When he lies, it is consistent
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  with his character, for he is a liar and the father of liars.
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  So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don't believe me.
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  Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin?
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  And since I'm telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?
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  Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of
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  God, but you don't listen because you don't belong to God,
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  the people retorted. You Samaritan devil, didn't we
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  say all along that you were possessed by a demon?
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  No, Jesus said, I have no demon in me, for I honour my Father
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  and you dishonour me. And though I have no wish to
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  glorify myself, God is going to glorify me.
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  He is the true judge. I tell you the truth, anyone who
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  obeys my teaching will never die.
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  The people said, now we know you are possessed by a demon, even
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  Abraham and the prophets died. But you say anyone who obeys my
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  teaching will never die. Are you greater than our father
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  Abraham? He died, and so do the prophets.
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  Who do you think you are? Jesus answered.
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  If I want glory for myself, it doesn't count, but it is my
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  Father who will glorify me. You say he is our God, but you
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  don't even know him. I know him.
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  If I said otherwise I would be as great a liar as you.
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  But I do know him and obey him. Your father Abraham rejoiced as
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  he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.
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  The people said you weren't even 50 years old.
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  How can you say you have seen Abraham?
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  Jesus answered, I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even
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  born. I am At that point they picked
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  up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and
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  left the temple. All our Father, you are a holy,
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  mighty and perfect God, and we stand before you in awe and
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  wonder of all that you are. We are broken people.
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  We are sinful people, our lives are surrounded and filled with
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  sin. Our human nature drives us
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  toward sin, and we just so desperately need rescuing by
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  you. Thank you, Father, that You sent
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  us your Son Jesus, and through Him you told us your truth, Your
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  truth, that You are light and You are love, and that through
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  You there is a way for us to be redeemed and set right and made
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  wholly and pure, to be in Your presence forever.
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  I thank You for the love that drove you to do this for us, and
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  thank you for the generosity that opened your heart to
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  include us in your plan. You are a good, good God our
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  Father, and we are so grateful for all that you've done for us.
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  And thank you for Jesus, for the truth that He spoke, and for the
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  words that we're able to read each day in Your Word to hear
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  what it is that you have to say to us.
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  Shape us, change our hearts, soften us, draw us ever closer
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  to You. And we pray all of this in His
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  name. Ah, man.