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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART
Pastor Cecil A. Thompson
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July 4, 2018
“DEAL WITH IT!”
1 John 1:8-9
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
It is amazing that when we see other people doing bad things we call them sins. When we do the same type of things we justify them as "errors in judgment" or simply "mistakes." BEEP!
In the eighth chapter of the Gospel of John, John relates an incident when the Pharisees brought forth a woman caught in the act of adultery. They eagerly pointed out that the Law prescribed that the penalty for such an act was stoning. (The accusers conveniently failed to produce her partner in the sinful act. I wonder if it was one of them?)
Jesus did not justify her sinfulness, but simply wrote with his finger in the dust and asked for the one without sin to cast the first stone. It suddenly became very quiet as each of the accusers turned and left Jesus alone with the accused woman.
Jesus did not condone her sinfulness; He simply refused to condemn her and told her to go and sin no more. He does the same thing today. He forgives our sins, but He wants us to live a life of holiness. It begins with confessing our sins!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
- - Pastor Cecil
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