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- 0:00to verse 11 where Jesus as he is teaching in the temple is confronted by
- 0:05the scribes and the Pharisees who bring to him a woman who had been caught in
- 0:10the act of adultery and we want to see how Jesus deals with this situation.
- 0:18As you read through these verses when you see the people involved in the passage
- 0:26here when you see the woman caught in adultery and the scribes who bring her to
- 0:31Jesus, maybe ask ourselves first who are the sinners in this passage? Who do we
- 0:39see as the sinners in this passage? Who is right and who is wrong? And perhaps
- 0:45immediately our mind goes to, well it's obvious it's the woman who was caught in
- 0:52adultery. But as you look at the passage as a whole, as you look at any part of
- 0:57scripture that speaks about people, whether it's individuals or collective
- 1:01groups, we see that in this passage everyone bar Jesus is a sinner. We know
- 1:08because that's what the Bible teaches us. And it's often easy to look at people who
- 1:15have sinned in a very public and a very obvious way and say, well that person has
- 1:20sinned. But not look at others and even look at ourselves. We know this woman has
- 1:29sinned. That is very clear to us. She's been caught in a sinful act. But we also see
- 1:37that those who bring her to Jesus, they come with their own motives which are set in
- 1:42sin as well. They came with this woman to seek to try and catch Jesus out.
- 1:49And their hearts were full of sin as well. And what's fascinating is how Jesus deals with
- 1:58this situation and how the situation is transformed and how the outcome of the whole situation is
- 2:06not what maybe anyone expected at the start, but how very quickly at the end we see what a
- 2:13precious saviour Jesus is. The Bible teaches us that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
- 2:25And as a church we meet with sinners all the time. Every day we'll be in contact with sinners.
- 2:33But another question we can ask ourselves is how do we treat them? How do we treat sinners around us?
- 2:43Do we label some as being worse than others? Some whose maybe sin is obvious and public we perhaps label them?
- 2:54Or do we treat strangers differently to those who we know and love and care for? Or do we see
- 3:03everyone in the same light? Wherever we are standing, wherever we are looking at a people
- 3:10around us, in a home or in a workplace, in a school, wherever we are, even in our church,
- 3:16as we look around and see so many faces in front of us, do we see everyone in the same light?
- 3:23Do we see all as the Lord sees us? That we are sinners ourselves? That we have fallen short of the glory of God?
- 3:35Even today I'm sure in many ways we've all sinned. But it's so easy to become like the Pharisee who we read of
- 3:45in the Gospel of Luke, in that parable that Jesus used, when the Pharisee there is praying how good
- 3:52he is and how thankful he is and how thankful he is that he's not like this tax collector, the sinner who is beside him.
- 4:01It's easy to come to have that kind of heart. And that's why we always have to look at ourselves
- 4:09and remind ourselves and remind ourselves that we are sinners, that we fall short. But in that, remind ourselves
- 4:18what a precious Saviour we have. The Psalms that we've sung from Psalm 103 and Psalm 130,
- 4:27they are Psalms we may be very familiar with and they speak to us so much about our sin.
- 4:34But they remind us too, how precious a Saviour we have. Psalm 130, those words of verse 3,
- 4:44Lord, in your presence, who can stand if you our sins record? Well, apply these words to this situation here in John 8.
- 4:56Who could stand before the Lord? None, but those who could know the Lord's forgiveness.
- 5:06So we have a wonderful Saviour. We're not saying here that God condones sin. He is a holy God. He hates our sin.
- 5:18And that's what we see as he deals with sin and all its consequences. There's a great price paid for us.
- 5:26Because, as we'll see as we read, the wages of sin is death. But we see the cross as our great hope in the midst of our sin.
- 5:37The place where God has dealt with the sins of those of his people who will come and acknowledge our sins.
- 5:45We see that he gave his son at a great price and a great cost for our sins.
- 5:54God is a holy God. He hates our sin. Yet he knows us.
- 5:59And he knows how easily we are led astray. He knows how we are made.
- 6:04He knows what we face on a daily basis.
- 6:07In Psalm 103 it speaks so much of the wonderful grace of the Lord.
- 6:13But in verse 14 it says,
- 6:15For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
- 6:22He knows us. He remembers us.
- 6:25That we are dust. That we are weak creatures.
- 6:29And as we look at this passage in chapter 8, we see how Jesus is such a loving saviour.
- 6:39He is sovereign over all and yet such a sympathetic saviour as well.
- 6:45It doesn't tell us of one who is soft on sin, but it tells us of one who loves sinners.
- 6:52And reaches out to them in grace, forgiveness and love.
- 6:59And that's a powerful reminder to ourselves of how we are to be as a people.
- 7:06As the church of God.
- 7:10Not to be like the Pharisee condemning sinners.
- 7:13Not condoning sinners.
- 7:14Not condoning sin.
- 7:17But showing grace, forgiveness and love.
- 7:21To those around us.
- 7:23And remembering it for ourselves as well.
- 7:27So I want us to see three things in these verses.
- 7:30We want to focus first of all on the woman.
- 7:34The sinful woman.
- 7:36Then we're going to see the crowd.
- 7:40The sinful critics.
- 7:41And then thirdly, we'll see a precious saviour.
- 7:47So first of all, the sinful woman.
- 7:51Now her sin is clear for us.
- 7:54From the outset, we see here the scribes and the Pharisees.
- 7:58They bring this woman to Jesus who has been caught in the act of adultery.
- 8:05We see that from verse 3.
- 8:06And they say to Jesus,
- 8:09Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
- 8:13Now in the law, Moses commands us to stone such woman.
- 8:18So what do you say?
- 8:21They have this woman and they have the answer of what is to be done.
- 8:25And in many ways you could say, well, they're right.
- 8:30They are using the law.
- 8:33The law of Moses commands us to stone such a woman.
- 8:37So they've got the basis there for how they're going to deal with her.
- 8:42She's guilty in the face of the law and before the world.
- 8:45She's been publicly humiliated here.
- 8:48And so they know the answer.
- 8:50So they're saying to Jesus, how are you going to deal with this woman?
- 8:55What do you say?
- 8:56But you notice in verse 6 how it says,
- 8:58This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him.
- 9:06And nothing is hidden from the Lord.
- 9:08He knows just why they've brought her and what their plan is.
- 9:13But isn't it interesting how they bring the woman to Jesus?
- 9:18The obvious question is, where's the man?
- 9:23Where's the man?
- 9:24How come he's not been brought to Jesus as well?
- 9:28We don't have the answer here, but we see that their attitude was one where the woman is at fault
- 9:34and that's all that matters.
- 9:37And she is being used by them to get at Jesus.
- 9:40And they're highlighting her sin.
- 9:46But we are all as guilty as this woman.
- 9:50We are all guilty before God.
- 9:53And what they don't realize is they too are guilty.
- 9:58This woman, she will know that she has sinned.
- 10:02And they know that she has sinned, but they're forgetting that they too are sinners.
- 10:07They're publicly exposing her in this way, bringing judgment upon her.
- 10:15And yet they're avoiding the sin in their own heart.
- 10:21Her sin may have been hidden initially, but it's exposed.
- 10:26And again, it's just this reminder to us that all of us are sinners.
- 10:33Whether our sin is obvious before the world or not, it's known to God.
- 10:42And say, for example, the book of Proverbs.
- 10:44It speaks this way of our sin in chapter 28, verse 13.
- 10:50Whoever conceals his transgression will not prosper.
- 10:54But he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
- 10:59Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always.
- 11:02But whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
- 11:07Again, there's that reminder to us that our sin is always before God.
- 11:15We don't hide anything from him.
- 11:19And though it's the scribes who are, as it were, highlighting this woman's sin,
- 11:24she is aware of it and the Lord is aware of it too.
- 11:28And it doesn't have to be a big sin.
- 11:31It doesn't have to be something that's public and obvious for us to be unable, as it were,
- 11:39to stand before God, as Psalm 130 speaks about.
- 11:43Lord, in your presence who can stand if your sins record whatever our sins are?
- 11:49They don't have to be big sins.
- 11:53Our sin leaves us short of God no matter what our sin is.
- 11:57Somebody once described it in this way using the example of someone who had run a race.
- 12:08And this race was a long race, trying to beat a record for the time it would take to run from New York to San Francisco.
- 12:18From one side of the United States right across to the other coast, over 3,000 miles.
- 12:24And a number of people have accomplished this.
- 12:30I think the record at the moment stands at 42 days to run across the United States.
- 12:35It sounds incredible.
- 12:37We've got some good runners in our own midst here, but I don't know if any of them could run 3,000 miles across America.
- 12:43But what one person spoke about after achieving this, they were asked, well, what was the most difficult part for you?
- 12:53What was the hardest challenge for you?
- 12:56The biggest hurdle you have to overcome?
- 12:59And they didn't speak about the challenges such as going up the mountains or crossing hot, dry, long stretches of desert.
- 13:11It wasn't what we might imagine would be the big obstacles.
- 13:15The person answered in this way, the thing that came closest to defeating me was sand in my shoes.
- 13:23Just a little thing, some grains of sand in their shoes is what came closest to defeating them.
- 13:32Not the big obstacles.
- 13:34As a reminder to ourselves, our sins don't have to be big to defeat us.
- 13:42Just the little sins are enough to destroy us.
- 13:46Any sin is enough to destroy us.
- 13:49And you see this woman's sentence.
- 13:53Her accusers were right.
- 13:55Because according to the law, she deserved to die.
- 13:58You can see that in the laws of the Old Testament.
- 14:01In Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
- 14:04She deserved to die.
- 14:08According to the law.
- 14:11And don't we all?
- 14:14The wages of sin is death.
- 14:17That is what our sin deserves.
- 14:20Whatever our sin is, that is what it deserves.
- 14:23That's what Romans 6, 23 makes clear for us.
- 14:29But Romans 6 goes on to say,
- 14:31But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 14:38Nobody gets away with sin.
- 14:42But the only hope for the sinner is to come to Jesus.
- 14:45And he offers ours and anyone in this world hope.
- 14:51As the only one who is able to deal with our sins.
- 14:57This woman is a sinner.
- 15:01And so are we.
- 15:03The second thing we want to see is the sinful critics.
- 15:07And you see here the scribes and the Pharisees who bring her to Jesus.
- 15:16In their effort to humiliate this woman.
- 15:19They bring her to the best possible place.
- 15:23The place where the large crowd is gathered.
- 15:26Where people often gather to see what is happening.
- 15:30To hear what is happening.
- 15:31In the public place, the temple is where many would be gathered on every day at occasions.
- 15:39And so they're bringing this to do it very publicly.
- 15:42They're bringing her to Jesus to catch him out.
- 15:46So that they would have something to hold against him.
- 15:49A charge to bring against him.
- 15:51But what they didn't bargain for was that they brought her to the very man.
- 15:57Who could deal with her past and her problems.
- 16:02And who could overcome them.
- 16:04And who could make them right.
- 16:07And it's so easy for us to have this kind of heart ourselves.
- 16:13Where the sin committed gets in the way of the grace on offer.
- 16:21When we're judging others.
- 16:24We're focusing on the sin committed.
- 16:28And it's not that we then forget grace.
- 16:34But we almost leave that to the last minute.
- 16:37And decide for ourselves.
- 16:39Do they deserve this grace?
- 16:43And you see that in the hearts of these scribes and Pharisees.
- 16:47They don't bring her to Jesus.
- 16:50To show her mercy.
- 16:52To show her grace.
- 16:54They've no thought of it.
- 16:56They had a plan.
- 16:59But they didn't realise that they were bringing her to someone who wouldn't play by their rules.
- 17:07And they try and catch him out.
- 17:10They try to stump Jesus.
- 17:12But what they realise is.
- 17:15All too soon is that they've met.
- 17:17Their match.
- 17:19And you see in verse 6.
- 17:21This is said to test him that he might have some charge to bring against him.
- 17:24But Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger.
- 17:28On the ground.
- 17:30You ever come to someone and.
- 17:32You've got something important to say to them.
- 17:35And all they're doing is maybe just.
- 17:38Carrying on on their phone.
- 17:39Not even lifting up their head.
- 17:41To look at you.
- 17:43And you're thinking.
- 17:43Well.
- 17:44I'm trying to talk to you.
- 17:45I've got something important to tell you.
- 17:47Will you not at least look at me.
- 17:49And here Jesus is.
- 17:51It's almost like he's ignoring them.
- 17:53They've got this charge.
- 17:54They've brought this woman.
- 17:55It's an important matter.
- 17:57And yet he's looking down.
- 17:58To the ground.
- 18:00Writing on the ground.
- 18:01With his finger.
- 18:03What did he write?
- 18:05We're not told.
- 18:08But there's something in what he wrote.
- 18:10That maybe caught that attention.
- 18:16What the Lord is saying.
- 18:19Should always catch our attention.
- 18:22What the Lord has written.
- 18:24Should always catch our attention.
- 18:28Because as we read God's word.
- 18:30As we look at God's word.
- 18:32What do we find in it?
- 18:33We find others.
- 18:35We find others.
- 18:36We find others who have sinned.
- 18:37And fall short in so many ways.
- 18:40But it shows us ourselves.
- 18:44And whatever Jesus is writing.
- 18:47And then as he speaks to them.
- 18:49It exposes them.
- 18:52And that's the power of God's word.
- 18:54To ourselves as well.
- 18:56It exposes our hearts.
- 18:58It exposes our sin.
- 19:02It exposes everything about us.
- 19:05And what he says then in verse 7.
- 19:08As they continued to ask him.
- 19:10He stood up and said to them.
- 19:12Let him who is without sin among you.
- 19:15Be the first to throw a stone at her.
- 19:18They had come prepared.
- 19:25They had their stones with them.
- 19:28They had already brought the charge against them.
- 19:35But also they brought the outcome as well.
- 19:38They were going to take charge in this.
- 19:40And they were going to put this woman to death.
- 19:43But Jesus exposes them.
- 19:49What Jesus was saying to them is.
- 19:51You hypocrites.
- 19:54Just like the Pharisee.
- 19:56We read of in the Gospel of Luke 18.
- 20:00The Pharisee went up to pray.
- 20:01Who thought he was so good.
- 20:03And he done all things right.
- 20:05Thankfully he wasn't like the sinner beside him.
- 20:08Who went away justified?
- 20:10Not him.
- 20:10But the sinner who repented and bowed before God.
- 20:15Pleading for marshy.
- 20:18So Jesus says.
- 20:20Let him who is without sin.
- 20:23Cast the first stone.
- 20:26And at this point.
- 20:27It's as if all the shouting stops.
- 20:31And what do you hear in the midst of this now?
- 20:35Once more he bent down.
- 20:38And wrote on the ground.
- 20:39But when they heard it.
- 20:42They went away one by one.
- 20:44Beginning with the older ones.
- 20:46And Jesus was left alone.
- 20:48With a woman standing before him.
- 20:52He had convicted their hearts.
- 20:57They had tried to catch him out.
- 21:00But this was not the time that they could do it.
- 21:03He revealed their hearts.
- 21:04He revealed their hearts.
- 21:06To themselves.
- 21:10And one of the hardest things that we so often face.
- 21:14The revelation of ourselves.
- 21:18Of who we are.
- 21:21Of what we have done.
- 21:23Against God.
- 21:25Of how we have sinned.
- 21:27Against God.
- 21:28And the more we see ourselves as being sinful.
- 21:33The more we realize.
- 21:34We can do nothing about it ourselves.
- 21:37But what's sad about this is.
- 21:40One by one.
- 21:43They went away.
- 21:45They went away.
- 21:48Away from the very place.
- 21:49And the very one.
- 21:50Who could help them.
- 21:52Their hearts.
- 21:53Were hard.
- 21:54And they turned away.
- 21:57From the one.
- 21:58Who could help them.
- 22:00But who was left.
- 22:03The woman.
- 22:05And only the woman.
- 22:07Standing.
- 22:09Before him.
- 22:11We have the sinful woman.
- 22:14And the sinful critics.
- 22:17And as we come to the conclusion.
- 22:19What we see is.
- 22:20The sympathetic.
- 22:22Saviour.
- 22:22She is left.
- 22:25Before.
- 22:26Before.
- 22:26Before.
- 22:26The Lord.
- 22:29And she was facing him.
- 22:33In this moment.
- 22:35In verse 10.
- 22:35Jesus stood up.
- 22:36And said to a woman.
- 22:38Where are they?
- 22:39Has no one.
- 22:40Condemned you?
- 22:42And she said.
- 22:43No one Lord.
- 22:46Just the two of them.
- 22:48Face to face.
- 22:51Only Jesus.
- 22:52Could have cleared the temple.
- 22:54In this way.
- 22:56And here she stood.
- 22:57Before the only one.
- 23:00In the world.
- 23:01Who was qualified.
- 23:02To take up a stone.
- 23:05And stoner.
- 23:07Or to take up all the stones.
- 23:09And stoner.
- 23:11And she was facing.
- 23:13Her ultimate judge.
- 23:15And he shows.
- 23:16And he shows.
- 23:18Mercy.
- 23:21Jesus said.
- 23:23Neither do I.
- 23:25Condemn you.
- 23:27What powerful words.
- 23:29In there.
- 23:31Neither do I.
- 23:32Condemn you.
- 23:34And.
- 23:36There is an image.
- 23:37Of how every sinner.
- 23:39Must appear.
- 23:40Before the judgment seat.
- 23:41Of Christ.
- 23:42Face to face.
- 23:45With the Lord.
- 23:47And our sins.
- 23:49Deserve.
- 23:50Condemnation.
- 23:52And the only way out of this.
- 23:55Is to come in repentance.
- 23:58To come saying.
- 24:00Lord.
- 24:01Be merciful to me.
- 24:03A sinner.
- 24:04And the wonder of grace.
- 24:07Is that it's on offer.
- 24:09To us all.
- 24:12Jesus.
- 24:13Teaches her.
- 24:15Repentance here.
- 24:16I do not condemn you.
- 24:18Go.
- 24:19And from now on.
- 24:20Sin.
- 24:21No more.
- 24:21Now he's not saying there.
- 24:23She's going to be perfect.
- 24:24And never have another sin.
- 24:26In her life.
- 24:28But he's saying.
- 24:29Go and turn.
- 24:30Away from sin.
- 24:34And she has the word.
- 24:35Lord.
- 24:36On her lips.
- 24:38No one.
- 24:39Lord.
- 24:40And as she stands before him.
- 24:42She receives.
- 24:43Two blessings.
- 24:45Two gifts.
- 24:46From God.
- 24:48First of all.
- 24:49You see.
- 24:50She has a new master.
- 24:51A new Lord.
- 24:54Her simple.
- 24:55Confession.
- 24:57Here.
- 24:58No one.
- 24:59Lord.
- 24:59Lord.
- 25:02That's all it takes.
- 25:03For the sinner.
- 25:04To be saved.
- 25:05To recognize.
- 25:07The Lord.
- 25:07Is the only one.
- 25:08Who is able.
- 25:10To help.
- 25:11Because there's no one else.
- 25:12Who can save.
- 25:13Romans again.
- 25:14Reminds us of that.
- 25:16In chapter 10.
- 25:16If you confess.
- 25:17With your mouth.
- 25:18That Jesus is Lord.
- 25:19And believe in your heart.
- 25:21That God raised him.
- 25:22From the dead.
- 25:22You will be saved.
- 25:25There's a simplicity.
- 25:26To it.
- 25:27Simplicity.
- 25:29That every sinner.
- 25:30Needs to hear.
- 25:32That there is salvation.
- 25:33In Jesus Christ.
- 25:35Yes.
- 25:36We can.
- 25:37Condemn the sin.
- 25:38Of all we see around us.
- 25:40And ourselves included.
- 25:42But we can show them.
- 25:44That there is a gracious.
- 25:44Savior.
- 25:46One who is able to save us.
- 25:47From all.
- 25:48Our sins.
- 25:51A new Lord.
- 25:53Is what.
- 25:54Every sinner.
- 25:55Needs.
- 25:57And Jesus.
- 25:58Is the one.
- 25:59Who is able to give.
- 26:00Every sinner.
- 26:01A new life.
- 26:03Somebody put it like this.
- 26:04Jesus specializes.
- 26:05In taking.
- 26:07Wasted.
- 26:07Ruined.
- 26:08Lives.
- 26:09And saving them.
- 26:10By his grace.
- 26:11And restoring them.
- 26:13To usefulness.
- 26:15There's a powerful reminder.
- 26:17For ourselves.
- 26:18There.
- 26:18As we come in.
- 26:19To contact.
- 26:20With sinners.
- 26:22As a people.
- 26:23It is Jesus.
- 26:26Who takes.
- 26:26Wasted.
- 26:27Ruined.
- 26:28Lives.
- 26:30And saving them.
- 26:30By grace.
- 26:31Restores them.
- 26:33To usefulness.
- 26:33And how many.
- 26:35Testimonies.
- 26:35Have you heard.
- 26:36Over the years.
- 26:37Of people.
- 26:38Who are far.
- 26:39Away from God.
- 26:40Who are at.
- 26:41Their wits.
- 26:42End.
- 26:43And the Lord.
- 26:44Brought them.
- 26:45To salvation.
- 26:47The world.
- 26:48Would have condemned.
- 26:49Them.
- 26:49In their sin.
- 26:51But Jesus.
- 26:52Showed grace.
- 26:53And saved them.
- 26:54From their sins.
- 26:55The apostle.
- 26:56Paul.
- 26:57So often.
- 26:58Stands out.
- 26:59The world.
- 27:00Would have condemned.
- 27:01Him.
- 27:02But Jesus.
- 27:03Showed grace.
- 27:05I'm sure.
- 27:05I've mentioned.
- 27:05This man.
- 27:06Before.
- 27:07Bill Gilvere.
- 27:08He was.
- 27:10Well known.
- 27:10In the Glasgow.
- 27:11Ganglands.
- 27:12In the 40s.
- 27:13And 50s.
- 27:14He was one.
- 27:15Who was feared.
- 27:16Always.
- 27:17Carrying a weapon.
- 27:18Around him.
- 27:18To intimidate.
- 27:20Or to cause harm.
- 27:21To those.
- 27:22He came into contact with.
- 27:23And yet.
- 27:24By the grace of God.
- 27:25He was transformed.
- 27:27And used.
- 27:28And became a powerful.
- 27:30Evangelist.
- 27:31Some of you will know.
- 27:33Suraj.
- 27:34In Nepal.
- 27:35He was in.
- 27:36The college.
- 27:37At the same time.
- 27:38As me.
- 27:39He came over to Scotland.
- 27:41To study.
- 27:41But longed.
- 27:42To learn.
- 27:44Theology.
- 27:45And be able to go back.
- 27:46To his people.
- 27:47In Nepal.
- 27:47And God.
- 27:48Is using him.
- 27:49There now.
- 27:50In a powerful way.
- 27:52But I remember.
- 27:53Hearing his testimony.
- 27:54And him sharing it with us.
- 27:56He's just.
- 27:56Not the biggest.
- 27:58One to look at.
- 27:59But he was someone.
- 28:00Who was feared.
- 28:01He was in gangs.
- 28:02He carried knives.
- 28:03If you're walking.
- 28:04Towards him.
- 28:05If people are walking.
- 28:06Towards him.
- 28:07They cross over the other side.
- 28:08In fear of him.
- 28:09But now.
- 28:11The Lord.
- 28:12Is using him.
- 28:13In a powerful way.
- 28:15And how many testimonies.
- 28:16Are there.
- 28:17To the grace.
- 28:18Of God.
- 28:20A gracious.
- 28:20Savior.
- 28:22If you are one of the Lords.
- 28:23Here tonight.
- 28:25You have a testimony.
- 28:26To give.
- 28:28Of the grace.
- 28:29Of God.
- 28:31We are sinners.
- 28:32Who deserve.
- 28:34Death.
- 28:34Because that is the consequences.
- 28:37Of sin.
- 28:39But thanks be to God.
- 28:41We have our Savior.
- 28:43A Savior Christ Jesus.
- 28:46Who is able to transform sinners.
- 28:48Into people.
- 28:50Of beauty.
- 28:51People of.
- 28:52A glorious transformation.
- 28:54People who are used by him.
- 28:56To show others.
- 28:58The riches of the gospel.
- 29:00We don't condone.
- 29:02Sin.
- 29:04But we put forward.
- 29:08A gracious.
- 29:08A gracious.
- 29:09Savior.
- 29:11And so as we.
- 29:13Go on in this life.
- 29:14Let us remember.
- 29:15Our own sin.
- 29:17That we are just like the tax collector.
- 29:20Beating our breast.
- 29:21Lord be merciful to me.
- 29:23A sinner.
- 29:26We're just like this woman.
- 29:28A sinner.
- 29:29Condemned before God.
- 29:32But by the grace of God.
- 29:33We can be a new creation.
- 29:36Because if anyone is in Christ.
- 29:38He is.
- 29:39A new creation.
- 29:40The old has passed away.
- 29:42Behold.
- 29:43The new.
- 29:44Has come.
- 29:45And that is what we long.
- 29:47To see.
- 29:49But do we invite people.
- 29:52To Jesus.
- 29:54Or do we drag them.
- 29:56Like the scribes.
- 29:57Condemning them.
- 29:58For their sin.
- 29:59Instead of showing them.
- 30:02A wonderful.
- 30:03A wonderful.
- 30:04Savior.
- 30:05Let us remember.
- 30:07We are all sinners.
- 30:08Before God.
- 30:10But that we have a precious.
- 30:11Savior.
- 30:13Who can make all things new.
- 30:15And all things right.
- 30:18May we praise.
- 30:19His name.
- 30:20That we can stand.
- 30:22In his presence.
- 30:24With our sins.
- 30:26Dealt with.
- 30:27No longer.
- 30:29Condemned.
- 30:30Because we know.
- 30:32His mercy.
- 30:33And that we would show.
- 30:35That mercy.
- 30:36To others.
- 30:37May God bless.
- 30:39These thoughts.
- 30:40To us.
- 30:40We are going to conclude.
- 30:41By singing.
- 30:43To God's praise.
- 30:44In Psalm 36.
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- 30:45To I килogKnife.
- 30:46Thank you.
- 30:47To I track him.
- 30:48To God's praise.
- 30:49Want to peace.
- 30:51Bye.
- 30:55Now.
- 30:56Bye.
- 30:56No longer.
- 30:57Bye.
- 30:57I youngsters.
- 30:58You can see.
- 30:59Bye.
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