Title: Faith and Sin
Contents Bible: John 8: 7-11
Obviously a sinner is trembling here. At that time, socially, religiously and traditionally, he was clearly a mortal sinner. A sinner that every conscience condemns, a sinner that he himself admits. But Jesus did not condemn. He certainly didn't judge. No matter what the world said or what religion said, Jesus did not condemn. It is the same for us today. Even if my conscience condemns me, even if the Ten Commandments condemn it, my heart is troubled, even if the devil often reveals my past, my Lord Jesus does not condemn me. As in Romans 7:18-20, my pasture is totally corrupted and corrupted. If this is the case even in the eyes of human eyes, how would it be in the eyes of God? But God does not condemn me. The torment of my conscience is not God's condemnation. Let's find an example. Upon returning, the prodigal son realized that he was a sinner, confessed to his father as a sinner, and awaited disposition. The father pretends to have heard the confession, ten thousand times, as if he has no memory of the past or sees him answering the penitence as if he had no memory of it.
I, yes. God does not count the sins of those who seek you.
① For the woman in today's text, the Lord did not consider her crime.
② In Noah's day, he only rebuked the sinners who were being judged for not realizing them in Matthew 24:37-39, but he did not question the qualifications to enter the ark.
③ John 3:14 While opening a way for sinners to die from snake bites, God did not consider their past.
④ Luke 15:18-21 The return of the prodigal son
He did not pursue debauchery and squandered wealth.
⑤ Luke 23:42-43 Jesus, who was asked by a thief to repent on the cross, did not follow his past.
⑥ John 4:18 Although he realized the past of the Samaritan woman who was receiving the word, he did not ask why she lived like that.
⑦ John 21:7 In the Sea of Tiberias, ingratitude and traitor Peter's past did not matter. Though my conscience judges my conscience, my memory pains me, my heart grieves, my commandments condemn, the devil often reveals my past, but our Lord does not judge me.
Ⅱ, going one step further, the sin of a sinner who repents and returns is treated as nothing.
① Isaiah 43:25 When I repent and seek God, God listens to me and says, “All right. done. I will never remember again”, “for me, even for me” God promised not to remember such unclean things for the sake of His perfect holiness.
② Even so, if we continue to repent with remorse, God will hear us. Like Isaiah 38:17, He said, “It’s very annoying,” and promised to throw him behind God’s back. The back is not visible. The penitence of the prodigal son is like the father pretending to have heard, ten thousand words, and throwing it behind his back.
③ Still, humans keep crying over the past, and in Psalm 103:12, He promises to deal with them as far away as the east is from the west. The father clearly “returned to the brotherhood” for his son’s penance. Confession pretends to have heard, pretends not to, and in other words, instructs servants.
④ Still, because humans keep arguing, conflict, and repentance, God promises to be bothered and toss them in the deep sea like Mic 7:18-19. Dear saint! Let us meditate deeply on this divine action.
Ⅲ. Then, how can I accept as mine the love and measures that God threw into the sea, as if it was far away from the back, from the back and from the west? That is
① It is the promise of John 3:16. Greater than conscience, greater than law, warmer than heart, more logical than my memory. It's a promise. Let's accept it by faith.
② Matthew 7:21-23 “The will of my Father who is in heaven” is not ethics or morals. It is not a conscientious life. “Father” means sending the Son and telling them to believe.
③ Through this process of faith, happiness other than ethics and morals like Romans 5:1-2 is filled in the person of the believer. sinners are sinners It is the peace and happiness of the relief, peace, and freedom of being a forgiven sinner.
④ Revolution in this personality and life becomes the experience of the believer through the same procedure as in Romans 8:1-2. (Yeah, what do you know to know)
(Concluding remarks) Read Romans 8:31-39, God greater than conscience, perfect than I thought, warmer than my heart, holy, God of great love, Ah! God, who is the Sovereign of the universe, who will plan, carry out, and complete our salvation will not judge our sins. Memories, as far from the back as the east is from the west, I will trample on you and throw you into the depths of the sea. promised This fact was confirmed by the grace of the cross. Just accept it by faith. If you don't like the darkness, light it up. If you don't want to cry, smile, sin, sin, and if you have spare time, immerse yourself in the grace of the cross.