{"id":4261,"date":"2014-10-27T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T21:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2014-11-10T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T17:45:02","slug":"the-power-of-forgiveness-102614","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=4261","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Forgiveness (10\/26\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pastor Jim’s sermon on 10\/26\/14 was on the story about the women caught in adultery who was brought to Jesus by the religious leaders who wanted to stone her.\u00a0 How does grace and forgiveness fit into holiness and The Law?<\/span><\/address>\n
Click the “Play” button to listen to the recording and then scroll down to follow along…<\/span><\/address>\n

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The message was from John 8:1-11.\u00a0 Pastor Jim read from the New King James Version.\u00a0 Click the box to open the passage…<\/p>\n

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John 8:1-11<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. <\/span><\/p>\n

2 Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, <\/span><\/p>\n

4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. <\/span><\/p>\n

5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” <\/span><\/p>\n

6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. <\/span><\/p>\n

7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” <\/span><\/p>\n

8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. <\/span><\/p>\n

9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. <\/span><\/p>\n

10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11\u00a0 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Busted!\u00a0 Caught Red Handed!!!<\/span><\/h3>\n

This woman was in trouble!\u00a0 Caught red handed in the very act of adultery, she was dragged through the crowd and thrown to the ground in front of Jesus.\u00a0 Jerusalem was packed; people were celebrating the feast of the Tabernacles. (Deuteronomy 16:16<\/a>).\u00a0 Humiliated, this woman was brought before Jesus by the religious leaders.\u00a0 It’s like getting caught speeding by the police, the town council, the mayor… and even by your parents.\u00a0 They were all there.\u00a0 This woman didn’t have a chance.<\/p>\n

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John 1:17 <\/span><\/p>\n

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Two for One Trap…<\/span><\/h3>\n

Jesus was in Jerusalem, “working the crowd” as He always did.\u00a0 He was with the people to teach them the ways of God.\u00a0 He’s minding His own business when all of the religious leaders burst in and interrupted Him with this case of adultery.<\/p>\n

But what they didn’t understand, is that God also commands us to confront someone else’s sin with humility:<\/p>\n