God's Heart to Meet with Man: The Woman Caught in Adultery
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🗓️ 29 June 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Have you ever believed the lie that your sin makes you unlovable to God? I think we all have at one time or another. We will look today at the story of the woman caught in adultery. For some reason, every time I read this story it surprises me again. God is oftentimes different than we expect, much kinder in fact. May today be no different. I pray you’re met by a generous, kind, merciful Savior as you open your heart to him.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 8:7, and today's worship is When I See You by Audrey Assad.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever believed the lie that your sin makes you unlovable to God? |
| 0:09.0 | I think we all have at one time or another. |
| 0:12.0 | We'll look today at the story of the woman caught in adultery. |
| 0:16.4 | For some reason, every time I read this story, it surprises me again. |
| 0:21.3 | God is oftentimes different than we expect, much kinder in fact. May today be no different. |
| 0:27.8 | I pray that you are met by a generous, kind, merciful Savior as you open your heart to him. |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from John 8 verse 7. |
| 0:55.0 | Scripture says, |
| 0:57.0 | Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. |
| 1:05.4 | The story of the woman caught in adultery is one of the most powerful depictions of God's |
| 1:10.8 | heart to meet with man in the midst of sin and show his grace. |
| 1:16.0 | Scripture says, early in the morning he came again to the temple, |
| 1:20.0 | all the people came to him and he sat down and taught them. |
| 1:24.0 | The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. |
| 1:29.0 | And placing her in the midst, they said to him, |
| 1:32.0 | Teacher, this woman has been caught in the midst they said to him teacher this woman has been caught in the act of |
| 1:35.2 | adultery now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women what do you say |
| 1:47.0 | this they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. |
| 1:50.0 | And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, |
| 1:55.0 | Let him who is without sin among you, be the first to throw a stone at her. |
| 2:00.0 | And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. |
| 2:04.0 | But when they heard it, they went away one by one, |
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