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    Do you feel condemnation?

    March 12, 2024 - By 

    With the judgmental attitude of many people these days, it is challenging to not feel condemnation. However, hard life might be, be encouraged by this devotional from Pastor Joseph Prince. God has and will not send you away as long as you believe him, regardless of your past mistakes.

    And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

    Colossians 2:13–14

    In the account of the woman caught in adultery, the Bible is silent on what Jesus wrote on the ground with His finger. But I believe that when He stooped down, He was writing the Law of Moses.

    I have been to Jerusalem many times. During one of my visits many years ago to the temple precinct where Jesus would have met this woman, the Lord opened my eyes to see that the floor of the temple precinct was made of hard cobblestone.

    This means Jesus was not writing on soil. He was writing with His finger on stone.

    Then, in a flash, I saw that Jesus was writing the law on stone. He was effectively saying to the Pharisees, “You presume to teach Me about the Law of Moses? I am He who wrote the law.”

    Jesus wrote twice on the ground with His finger, thus completing the typology, as we know that God wrote the Ten Commandments with His finger twice.

    Jesus wrote to confirm we don’t have to feel any condemnation

    The first set of the Ten Commandments was destroyed by Moses when he saw the Israelites worshiping the golden calf at the foot of Mount Sinai. God then wrote another set on stones and gave it to Moses for it to be placed under the mercy seat in the ark of the covenant.

    I had never heard anyone preach this before—it was a fresh revelation straight from heaven. I love it when the Lord opens my eyes to see His grace!

    Do you know why it’s so exciting to know what Jesus wrote on the ground that day? It’s so significant because it shows us that the very author of God’s perfect law does not use the law to judge and condemn us today.

    And it’s not because God simply decided to be merciful on us. No! It’s because Jesus Himself fulfilled all the righteous requirements of the law on our behalf. He took upon Himself every curse and stroke of punishment for our sins on His own body at the cross.

    We are forgiven because He was judged. We are accepted because He was condemned! There is therefore no need to feel any condemnation. God loves you.

    Whatever your challenge today, your answer is found in receiving a fresh revelation. If you know how much you are forgiven in Christ, you will be at peace.

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  • A sad condemn lady
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    God doesn’t condemn you

    October 18, 2023 - By 

    Neither do l condemn you, go and sin no more”. John 8:11

    When Jesus was on earth, a woman caught in adultery was brought before Him by the scribes and Pharisees, the religious mafia of His day.  They tried to trap Him by posing a question that was difficult to answer, “Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stones. But what do You say? (John 8:5).

    Jesus answered, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” (John 8:7). The scribes and Pharisees began to leave one by one till none of them were left. 

    The people in the crowd who wanted to condemn the woman could not. But Jesus, the only one in the crowd who truly had the power to condemn her, would not. He then asked her, “Woman….Has no one condemned you?” (John 8:10)

    Why did Jesus not condemn her?

    He spoke such words of grace to her because He loved her. Also, by asking her the question, He was giving her a chance to speak words of no condemnation to herself– “No one (condemns me), Lord.”(John 8:11)

    Jesus not only spoke words of grace to her, he also gave her the gift of no condemnation—”Neither do l condemn you; go and sin no more”. It was when she received the gift of no condemnation that she had the power to “go and sin no more”.

    Today, you have the gift of no condemnation because the Son of God was condemned for all your sins. (Romans 8:1). Today, God cannot condemn you when you sin because He is faithful and just to what His Son has done. 

    So if the devil tries to convince you that God is angry with you when you blow it, just say, “God does not condemn me today because He has already condemned Jesus at the cross 2,000 years ago!”

    Unfortunately, we still hear people saying, “Go and sin no more first, then l won’t condemn you.” Maybe you have been saying this to yourself too. But God says, “I don’t condemn you. Go and sin no more.” Be gives you the gift of no condemnation, so that you have the strength to go and sin no more!

    Devotional by Pastor Joseph Prince of New Creation Church, Singapore. 

    Condemnation bible verses

    John 3:18

    Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

    1 Corinthians 11:32

    Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

    Titus 3:11

    You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned.

    Mark 16:16

    Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

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