John 8:1-11 is the
poignant story of humanizing and personalizing sin. What begins as a religious
test for Jesus and a humiliating experience for the woman ends with the
"religious" and the "sinner" personally confronted with
Jesus' mercy and justice. Grace and truth meet fully in Christ (John 1:17).
Conversations about sin are more easily played in the political,
religious and theoretical moral realm than they are in the personal realm. It's
easier to point our finger than it is to confess our sin. Rather than join the
piling on about Trump's "hot mic" recording, what if we divulged our
own struggle with lust? Instead of Hillary's emails, what if we talked about
the ways we hide from others?
Being trustworthy, transparent and direct (dealing with one
another squarely and without hidden agendas) is how we live well in
relationship to one another. May Jesus' Way shape our words and our lives in Conversations Close to the Heart.
If you missed this weekend's message, or any other in this series, you can listen here.
Read Joshua 6:1-17a in preparation for this
weekend's message entitled, Breakthrough Prayer.
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