THE GIFT OF NO CONDEMNATION

[Grace777x70]

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… “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” [/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3, align: left"]When Jesus was on earth, a woman caught in the act of 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 stoned. 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)

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 I 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 I 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.” He gives you the gift of no condemnation, so that you have the strength to go and sin no more!

Grace Inspirations Feb 20/16[/TD]
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[HeRoseFromTheDead]

I wonder what Jesus would have said to her if he later caught her in the act of adultery?

"Go and sin no more" ?

Do his words sin no more not mean anything?

 

[FreeNChrist]

I wonder how many of those standing there, so sure they were in the right, judging and condemning the woman, holding rocks in their hands ready to be thrown at her, continued in their sin?

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

I wonder how many of those standing there, so sure they were in the right, judging and condemning the woman, holding rocks in their hands ready to be thrown at her, continued in their sin?

This is the 'grace' believer way: to gloss over and ignore the woman's guilt and need to repent by pointing the finger at the religious folks (just as they pointed the finger at the woman). Jesus wasn't pleased with the woman or them, yet he condemned no one.

 

[Grace777x70]

Here is a perfect example of religious people sounding so pious and trying to 'defend their D.I.Y righteousness/holiness"...but in effect are grace-haters and grace-fearing Pharisees ..

John 9

[SUP]13 [/SUP]They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

[SUP]14 [/SUP]Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ( I'm pretty sure Jesus does this on purpose as a lot of His healings were done on their Sabbath day )

[SUP]15 [/SUP]So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

[SUP]16 [/SUP]Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” (typical religious attack again..He doesn't keep the Law..He is lawless ) But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

[SUP]17 [/SUP]So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” ( typical response to grace being displayed ..this man being attacked)

[SUP]24 [/SUP]So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” ( typical religious sounding words )[SUP]

25 [/SUP]He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (typical response from a person that now "sees" the grace of Christ in them )

[SUP]26 [/SUP]They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

[SUP]27 [/SUP]He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” ( how many times do we keep saying the same things over and over again? )

[SUP]28 [/SUP]And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. (typical D.I.Y righteousness/holiness types response )

[SUP]29 [/SUP]We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” ( typical D.I.Y righteousness/holiness types response )

[SUP]34 [/SUP]They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. ( again typical D.I.Y holiness types response )


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38 [/SUP]He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. ( this is the response of us to the grace of the gospel of Christ shown to us )

[SUP]39 [/SUP]Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
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40 [/SUP]Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

[SUP]41 [/SUP]Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

Here is a perfect example of religious people sounding so pious and trying to 'defend their D.I.Y righteousness/holiness"...but in effect are grace-haters and grace-fearing Pharisees ..

Says the one who continually accuses others of being guilty of malice and slander because of their use of 'disparaging' labels.

 

[JesusIsAll]

A couple proofs of eternal security involve the matter of condemnation,

John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath [present tense] everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Romans 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? [the devil, deceivers] It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Psalm 34:22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

It's important the Christian move into a place where condemnation is not an issue, a place of trust in the Lord Jesus and His power to save. One will never reach that place of seeking righteousness to the sake of righteousness and out of love for God, without putting away the notion God is, as if, just looking for you to slip up, at which point His capricious love turns to condemnation. (This sounds more like Allah, i.e., Satan.) I could never love or trust a God that's unstable and capricious like this, that says He gives us eternal life, that we're justified, sanctified and will be glorified, then takes it all away, tells us there's no condemnation for those in Christ, but, on second thought, we're condemned. Thanks be to God, the obvious fact is that God is not a liar, His promises clear and without revocation.

The only issue for the individual is whether that individual is truly born again of the Holy Spirit, is of repentant faith. If so, a person is empowered by the Spirit to grow in their sanctification, is a new creature. If not, the person is not really a Christian yet, has no salvation to lose, in the first place. Sadly, this is the case of most "carnal Christians" that are friends of the world, and, therefore, still enemies of God. They have some lip service, unrepentant religion, and these are the people who need reached with the news God is not mocked, and they need to repent, convicted of sin at the foot of the cross of our crucified Savior, come into agreement with God in the matter of the gospel of salvation, desiring to turn from the evil of the world. It was the humbled and mournful publican, who would not lift his eyes to heaven, that went away justified, not the Pharisee who said he was glad he wasn't like other men (Luke 18).

As far as those here telling the born again they'll lose their salvation if they spit on the sidewalk and fail to confess it, I've had that endless bicker mainly on ignore for a long time now, relegated to the "bore me to tears some more" file. And it is also abundantly clear that those the Lord Jesus had condemnation so strong for as to call them devils were the self-righteous Scribes and Pharisees, with their pride and pride of life that placed them above other men in their own eyes, in fact, above the truly righteous God they did not really know and crucified.

We all come to the Lord sinners, and, but for His grace, are condemned, and we are not yet perfected in glory, as long as we are in the flesh cannot even dwell in heaven. All being in that same boat, having a God that demands absolute perfection, that can only be attained from Christ's imputed righteousness, who is sinless to condemn any other true Christian? If you say another can lose their salvation, they already have by your reasoning, for being in sinful flesh (Romans 7), and, by the way, you have lost yours, too. Maybe it's best to practice this false gospel, of condemnation of the saved, in the mirror.

Holy Joes I've known have actually been some of the worst sinners, all sorts of slime in the closet, controlling, hateful and abusive in their families, who live in fear of them, adulterous, secretly downloading porn, you name it, while calling everybody else a sinner. Such narcissism is a primal trait of psychopaths. I've not known one holy Joe, superior to other men, who didn't get caught with his pants down, one way or another. Show me somebody self-righteous, "I'm not like other men" and dismissive of the salvation of others, and my bet is that it's only a matter of time until the beast rears its ugly head. It's a favorite pastime of the devil, to try to lay guilt on the children of God, create doubt, which is in opposition to faith, by slander or any subtle means possible. Read Job, for the details of that game, and a game some are playing here.

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

Walking after the flesh= walking in ongoing sin. That path leads to destruction.

 

[coby]

I wonder what Jesus would have said to her if he later caught her in the act of adultery?

"Go and sin no more" ?

Do his words sin no more not mean anything?

He didn't, because she didn't sin anymore because He didn't condemn her and she genuinely repented.

 

[crossnote]

The self righteousness of the 'righteous' or the self righteousness of the 'unrighteous' is all the same 'self and unrighteous' stuff.

The pharisee criticizing the tax collector was wrong, but no less wrong of us criticizing the pharisee.

 

[Grace777x70]

I suppose this is where Jesus would give them the "Woe are you..white washed tombs" "O generation of Vipers" " You brood of vipers".

I think I will leave that part up to Him to do.......

The self righteousness of the 'righteous' or the self righteousness of the 'unrighteous' is all the same 'self and unrighteous' stuff.

The pharisee criticizing the tax collector was wrong, but no less wrong of us criticizing the pharisee.

 

[Txroads]

I still think folks are led to believe, especially those that are new and still searching, that forgiveness and grace are difficult to obtain and easily taken away... Seen it... Heard it....i like the account of the woman caught in adultery and the thief in the cross......the woman caught in blatant adultery accusers and condemners all around not a soul willing to come to her rescue opinions cast and her sentence decided...... Jesus told her where are your accusers, the thing is she never tried to make an excuse for what she'd done, she didn't try to deny it, she didn't say a single word except no one my LORD.... Does that remind folks of anything?.... The thief in the cross....condemened... Hanging... He admitted his sin... But I bet he wasn't every baptized, never confessed what he had done... All he asked was Jesus please remember me.......thats what we need to share with the world around us.... That's the first thing they need to hear.... Then we can start showing them where to go from there.....

 

[FreeNChrist]

This is the 'grace' believer way: to gloss over and ignore the woman's guilt and need to repent by pointing the finger at the religious folks (just as they pointed the finger at the woman). Jesus wasn't pleased with the woman or them, yet he condemned no one.

I guess Jesus was a "grace" believer, eh??

 

[crossnote]

I suppose this is where Jesus would give them the "Woe are you..white washed tombs" "O generation of Vipers" " You brood of vipers".

I think I will leave that part up to Him to do.......

But do you when you are attacking 'religious' people? such as in post #5...

Here is a perfect example of religious people sounding so pious and trying to 'defend their D.I.Y righteousness/holiness"...but in effect are grace-haters and grace-fearing Pharisees ..

 

[Grace777x70]

That is not naming any one person specifically.....now if I said you were self-righteous and pious....then that would be wrong in my case...I'm describing a mindset....to me that is different....if people get offended by a description of a mindset then most likely they are doing the very thing that the mindset represents..

The Pharisees were sure offended with Jesus.

..I know when I hear teaching on a way of thinking which is a mindset...then I repent and pray about it to the Lord..I don't blame the person describing the mindset......

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But do you when you are attacking 'religious' people? such as in post #5...

 

[Gr8grace]

[SUP]14 [/SUP]Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ( I'm pretty sure Jesus does this on purpose as a lot of His healings were done on their Sabbath day )

On a Sabbath and he made mud! The Jews had a man made law made up for the Sabbath. One could not spit in the dirt on a Sabbath.............it was considered making mortar for bricks. One could only spit upon rocks or places that had no dirt on the Sabbath.

 

[Grace777x70]

And the religious people got mad over that?...wow...gives a whole new meaning to ..strain at a gnat and swallow a camel..

..Jesus certainly offended them. Then when they couldn't refute His words from scripture...they started to attack Him personally.......it's the nature of the beast.

On a Sabbath and he made mud! The Jews had a man made law made up for the Sabbath. One could not spit in the dirt on a Sabbath.............it was considered making mortar for bricks. One could only spit upon rocks or places that had no dirt on the Sabbath.

 

[Joidevivre]

I have never felt condemnation from Jesus even when sinning. And believe me, I have really sinned.

I have only heard "you are better than this - you are grieving me - won't you stop and consider? - there is so much more waiting for you to experience - come up higher - this is only going to continue to hurt you - come to me and find not only rest for your soul, but perfect satisfaction - you don't need to do this anymore - I will help you and never leave you".

It is a gift not to be condemned. But even more of a gift to know that you are loved unconditionally, and that your Lord will never stop with his encouraging, loving words, pulling you ever more deeply into his love. That is what finally reached me - not words of condemnation.

 

[Grace777x70]

I had the same experience...thank you for sharing your story...

I have never felt condemnation from Jesus even when sinning. And believe me, I have really sinned.

I have only heard "you are better than this - you are grieving me - won't you stop and consider? - there is so much more waiting for you to experience - come up higher - this is only going to continue to hurt you - come to me and find not only rest for your soul, but perfect satisfaction - you don't need to do this anymore - I will help you and never leave you".

It is a gift not to be condemned. But even more of a gift to know that you are loved unconditionally, and that your Lord will never stop with his encouraging, loving words, pulling you ever more deeply into his love. That is what finally reached me - not words of condemnation.