InJohn.17.1,John.17.2,John.17.3,John.17.4,John.1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

InJohn.16.2,John.16.3,John.16.4,John.16.25,John.16.26,John.16.27,John.16.28,John.16.32,JAnd now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.The Work of the Holy Spirit“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Everyone individual may abandon you but not Jesus would not forsake He was forsken so I would be not be abandon

To under shepherd In1 Peter 5:1-4 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. When Jesus restored the apostle Peter, He said, When Simon Peter, “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” He told him. A second time He asked him, “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” He told him. He asked him the third time, and Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time; he said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.” Jesus said feed my sheep

Note feed my sheep twice once shepherd my shepherd. Just before Peter denied Jesus declare these words when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.” Despite Peter’s colossal failure, this was part of God’s plan to refine him in preparation for his role as the rock on which the church would be built. Matthew 16:8.

The. Dr. Adrain Rogers, in the sermon on Psalm 23, 4 your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ItAbout a stubborn sheep who tend to wander away from the flock, unaware of the danger lurking him. The shepherd broke his leg and picked him up and repaired the damage, and put him on his shoulder until the leg was healed. The shepherd put him the sheep down; he went next to the shepherd and Watched him tend; the sheep. He was put in charge of leading the sheep. The apostle Paul wrote, that the shepherds and teachers, is to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.

The apostle Peter and Paul understood failure, but they also understood forgiveness. In Act 9;15, But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. Also, in Acts 265=\18, to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins those who are sanctified by faith in me. Paul was Called by Jesus He wrote I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that I preached is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Or in Acts 9; 19, for some days, he was with the disciples at Damascus. “I went to Arabia.” Every servant of the Lord needs a time of seclusion and meditation. Moses had his forty years on the backside of the desert. David was alone with God while he tended sheep on the hillsides of Judea. In a sense he was unlearning his tradition

In Galatians 1;4 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. Acts 9:19–25 (BBC): When he returned to Damascus (v. 22), he was able to confound the Jews in the synagogues, proving that this Jesus is the Messiah of Israel. This so infuriated them

that they plotted against the life of this one who had once been their champion but who was now an “apostate,” a “renegade,” a “turncoat.” Peter preached the first gospel; he was with Jesus for three years. Paul was in the Arabia wilderness for three years. Jesus equipped them to be under-shepherds, leading the other sheep through greener pastures. The apostle Paul shares in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits since he aims to please the one who enlisted him.

Tex Charles Waston God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves but in God.

Or H A Ironsides, God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves but in God. As Scriptures, For we are God’s fellow lding.

Lastly Believer Bible Commentary cannot read this without being reminded of the enormous debt which we had contracted as sinners, and of how it was all charged to the account of the Lord Jesus at Calvary. He paid the debt in full when He died as our Substitute. We are also reminded here of Christ’s ministry as our Advocate. When Satan, the accuser of the brethren, brings charges against us for wrongs we have done, our blessed Lord says in effect, “Charge that to My account.” The doctrine of reconciliation is illustrated in this book. Onesimus had been estranged from Philemon because of wrongdoing. Through the ministry of Paul (we have every reason to believe) the distance and “enmity” were removed. The slave was reconciled to his master. So we were estranged from God because of our sin. But through the death and resurrection of Christ, the cause of enmity has been removed and believers are reconciled to God

The Good Shepherd

John 1011_12 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. . 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own.

I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken. “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:22-25 And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God.” Ezekiel 34:31“My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, and David, my servant, shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them and will set my sanctuary in their midst always. Ezekiel 37:24-26.

The False Shepherd

John 10;1, 12-13 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.. 12 He who is a hired hand, not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them

Note the similarities in John 10 and Ezekiel 34, for example, the good shepherd who is Jesus and the False Shepherd who was the scribes and Pharisees. The good shepherd feeds the sheep, whereas the false shepherd fleeces the sheep. In John John 10;1, 12-13, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.. 12 He who is a hired hand, not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. Dr. John Gill wrote, John 10:12 (ENTVIIII): wolf; or any false prophet, or teacher, who are ravenous wolves, though sometimes in sheep’s clothing; or any tyrant, oppressor, or persecutor of the saints: and leaveth the sheep; as the idol shepherd, against whom a woe is pronounced, Zech. 11:17. And fleeth; not being willing to bear any reproach or persecution, for the sake of Christ; not such a keeper of the flock as David, who went after the lion and the bear, and when they rose up against him, did not flee, but caught them by the beard and slew them; nor like the Apostle Paul, who fought with beasts at Ephesus, and would turn his back on none, nor give place, no, not for an hour, that truth might continue; and the wolf catcheth them; some of them: and scattereth the sheep; the rest; so are the sheep of Christ and his churches sometimes scattered, by persecution raised against them; see Acts 8:1, 4. The Jews have a rule concerning such a hireling shepherd, which is this; “a shepherd that feeds his flock, and leaves it, and goes to the city, and a wolf comes, and ravines and the lion comes and tears in pieces, he is free; but if he leaves by it his staff and his scrip, he is guilty.

John 10:13 (ENTVIIII): The hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, &c.] And has no propriety in the sheep; had he, he would abide by them, and defend them; but because he has not, he’ll not expose himself to any danger, but leaves them: and careth not for the sheep; what becomes of them, providing only for his own safety. Abarbanel has a note on Isa. 40:11, which may serve to illustrate this passage: “he shall feed his flock like a shepherd.

In Ezi 34:1-4. The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness, you have ruled them. “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture, and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet? Ezekiel 34:18

In Ezekiel 34 11- 16, “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture, they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak. “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes Ezekiel 37:24.

In. Zechariah 11: 17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded. Two thousand years ago, the Pharisees and Scribes died if they died in unbelief. Remember Jesus took your sin. They will face Jesus, not the Shepherd or lamb but a Judge. Consider what Jesus did as a savour Believer Bible wrote, Psalm 22:2 (BBC): You have come to Golgotha where the Good Shepherd is giving His life for the sheep. For three hours, the earth has been enveloped in thick darkness. Now “Immanuel’s orphaned cry” echoes through the universe: “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Behind the poignant question lies an awful reality—the suffering Savior actually was, literally and completely, forsaken by God. The eternal Son who had always been the object of His Father’s delight was now abandoned. The Perfect Man who unfailingly did the will of God experienced the terrible desolation of being cut off from God.

The question is, “Why?” Why should the holy, sinless Son of God suffer the concentrated horror of eternal hell in those three long hours of darkness? Scripture gives us the answer. First of all, God is holy, righteous and just, and this means that He must punish sin wherever He finds it. To wink at sin or to overlook it is impossible for God. That brings us to the second point. Although the Lord Jesus had no sins of His own, He took our sins upon Himself. He voluntarily assumed responsibility to pay the penalty for all our iniquities. The debt we owed was charged to His account, and He willingly became surety for it all. But now, what can God do? All His righteous attributes demand that sin be punished. Yet here He looks down and sees His only begotten Son becoming the scapegoat for others. The Son of His love has become our sin-bearer. What will God do when He sees our sins on His beloved Son?

There was never any doubt as to what God would do! He deliberately unleashed all the fury of His righteous wrath on His own beloved Son. The fierce torrent of divine judgment broke upon the innocent Victim. For our sakes, Christ was forsaken by God so that we might never be forsaken.

Thus when we read of Christ’s deep, deep suffering, it should always be with the keen awareness that He bore it all for us. We should punctuate each statement with the words for me. He was forsaken—for me. When I hear Him cry, “Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?” I know that it was for me. And it was for my sake that the heavens were silent to Him by day and by night. This is what the Jewish Leader rejected that Jesus was the true Shepherd and also the Lamb of God who their sins and replace with His righteousness. The Pharisees were more concerned about their tradition than the gospel; for example, in John 9; 28, And they reviled the blind man , saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples. In John.12.42, John.12.43, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees, they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God. Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also, many believed in him; but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess Jesus as Saviour and Lord.

Concerning the Jewish leader, Jesus said in Matthew 23: 2-3,5- The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; Jesus express these woes said , “you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones. They understood they were as guilty as the Adulteress woman yet would not admit it.

The Under Shepherd

To under shepherd In1 Peter 5:1-4 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. When Jesus restored the apostle Peter, He said, When Simon Peter, “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” He told him. A second time He asked him, “Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.” He told him. He asked him the third time, and Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time; he said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.” Jesus said feed my sheep

Note feed my sheep twice once shepherd my shepherd. Just before Peter denied Jesus declare these words when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.” Despite Peter’s colossal failure, this was part of God’s plan to refine him in preparation for his role as the rock on which the church would be built. Matthew 16:8.

The. Dr. Adrain Rogers, in the sermon on Psalm 23, 4 your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ItAbout a stubborn sheep who tend to wander away from the flock, unaware of the danger lurking him. The shepherd broke his leg and picked him up and repaired the damage, and put him on his shoulder until the leg was healed. The shepherd put him the sheep down; he went next to the shepherd and Watched him tend; the sheep. He was put in charge of leading the sheep. The apostle Paul wrote, that the shepherds and teachers, is to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.

The apostle Peter and Paul understood failure, but they also understood forgiveness. In Act 9;15, But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. Also, in Acts 265=\18, to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins those who are sanctified by faith in me. Paul was Called by Jesus He wrote I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that I preached is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Or in Acts 9; 19, for some days, he was with the disciples at Damascus. “I went to Arabia.” Every servant of the Lord needs a time of seclusion and meditation. Moses had his forty years on the backside of the desert. David was alone with God while he tended sheep on the hillsides of Judea. In a sense he was unlearning his tradition

In Galatians 1;4 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. Acts 9:19–25 (BBC): When he returned to Damascus (v. 22), he was able to confound the Jews in the synagogues, proving that this Jesus is the Messiah of Israel. This so infuriated them that they plotted against the life of this one who had once been their champion but who was now an “apostate,” a “renegade,” a “turncoat.” Peter preached the first gospel; he was with Jesus for three years. Paul was in the Arabia wilderness for three years. Jesus equipped them to be under-shepherds, leading the other sheep through greener pastures. The apostle Paul shares in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits since he aims to please the one who enlisted him.

Tex Charles Waston God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves but in God.

Or H A Ironsides, God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves but in God. As Scriptures, For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

Lastly Believer Bible Commentary cannot read this without being reminded of the enormous debt which we had contracted as sinners, and of how it was all charged to the account of the Lord Jesus at Calvary. He paid the debt in full when He died as our Substitute. We are also reminded here of Christ’s ministry as our Advocate. When Satan, the accuser of the brethren, brings charges against us for wrongs we have done, our blessed Lord says in effect, “Charge that to My account.” The doctrine of reconciliation is illustrated in this book. Onesimus had been estranged from Philemon because of wrongdoing. Through the ministry of Paul (we have every reason to believe) the distance and “enmity” were removed. The slave was reconciled to his master. So we were estranged from God because of our sin. But through the death and resurrection of Christ, the cause of enmity has been removed and believers are reconciled to God.

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The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” John 8:3-5 . Note man and woman to committed Adultery so where is the man? Secondly why did Jesus not bring up? In Gotta Question it states, If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbour—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death” (Leviticus 20:10). It is important to note that the punishment was the same for both parties involved. There was no double standard that made allowances for a man’s dalliances; he was punished right along with the woman

In Deuteronomy 22:24-26 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offence punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbour, In Deuteronomy 17: 5-7 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones. On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

In verse 4 they Pharisee “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of ad

Note Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground twice in John 8:6 and

John 8:8 (BBC): These are the only recorded instances of the Lord Jesus writing anything, and what He wrote has long since been erased from the earth.

John 8: 8 Jesus said, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7 (BBC): So Jesus simply stated that the penalty of the law should be carried out, but that it should be done by those who had committed no sin. Thus the Lord upheld the Law of Moses. He did not say that the woman should be free from the penalty of the law. But what He did do was to accuse every one of these men of having sinned themselves. Those who wish to judge others should be pure themselves. Furthermore he wrote, Those who accused the woman were convicted by their conscience. They had nothing else to say. They began to go away, one by one. They were all guilty, from the oldest to the youngest. Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing nearby.

8:10 In wonderful grace, the Lord Jesus pointed out to the woman that all her accusers had vanished. They were nowhere to be found. There was not a single person in the entire crowd who dared to condemn her. John Calvin wrote, John 8:11 We are not told that Christ absolutely acquitted the woman, but that he allowed her to go at liberty. Nor is this wonderful, for he did not wish to undertake any thing that did not belong to his office. He had been sent by the Father to gather the lost sheep, (Matth. 10:6;) and, therefore, mindful of his calling, he exhorts the woman to repentance, and comforts her by a promise of grace. They who infer from this that adultery ought not to be punished.

John 8:11 (ENTVIIII): Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee; Christ came not into the world to act the part of a civil magistrate, and therefore refused to arbitrate a case, or be concerned in dividing an inheritance between two brethren, Luke 12:13, 14. Nor did he come into the world to condemn it, but that the world, through him, might be saved, John 3:17 nor would he pass any other sentence on this woman, than what he had done; nor would he inflict any punishment on her himself; but suitably and agreeably to his office, as a prophet, he declares against her sin, calls her to repentance, and bids her go and sin no more

John 8:11 (ENTVIIII): Christ here, neither by his words nor actions, contradicts and sets aside any such laws of God or man; he left this fact to be inquired into, examined, and judged, and sentence passed by proper persons, whose business it was: as for himself, his office was not that of a civil magistrate, but of a Saviour and Redeemer; and suitably to that he acted in this case; he did not connive at the sin, he reproved for it: nor did he deny that she ought to suffer according to the law of Moses, but rather suggests she ought; but as this was not his province, he did not take upon him to pronounce any sentence of condemnation on her; but called her to repentance, and, as the merciful and compassionate Saviour, gave her reason to hope for pardon and eternal life.

Gotta question wrote, Jesus reassured her with words of grace and truth: “Then neither do I condemn you. . . . Go now and leave your life of sin” (John 8:11). With her guilt and shame addressed, Jesus now offered her a new life. Forgiveness (“Go now”) should lead to holiness and newness of life (“Leave your life of sin”).

Perhaps the most striking aspect of the story of the woman caught in adultery is how skillfully it illustrates the harmony of justice and mercy in Christ’s salvation. God pronounces judgment on sin but provides a way to escape condemnation (Romans 3:23; 8:1). Jesus does not encourage the sin, but He loves the sinner. The Lord silences the critics of this world while healing hearts that are burdened with guilt and shame. God never treats sin casually but calls sinners to turn away from their old, corrupt way of life (Ephesians 4:17–24).

The incident of the woman caught in adultery shines light into each of our own hearts and exposes the widespread existence of sin. After Jesus prompted the accusers to consider their own lives, all of them dropped their stones and walked away, knowing they, too, deserved the same punishment.

This episode provides an excellent example for us to follow when we find ourselves reacting judgmentally or with an attitude of self-righteousness toward someone else’s sin. We must remember how much God has forgiven us and that none of us has the right to throw stones (Matthew 6:14–16; Mark 11:25; Luke 6:37). God wishes to reconcile the world to Himself, and Christians are called to be ministers of that reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18).

God sent His Son into the world to save us from the condemnation we rightly deserve (John 3:17). This truth is perfectly illustrated in Jesus’ interaction with the woman caught in adultery.

It worth noting Jesus call her woman not adulteress woman it also worth noting she call Him Lord not teacher as the Pharisee called Him. Indicating she understood she was forgiven since she was quite of committing adultery As Scriptures declare. 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:32,36 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%208:32,36&version=ESV

InVerse 9, and they went away one by one beginning with oldest ones

John Calvin wrote Pope to make war with Christ, had at least as much modesty as those men; but they are so destitute of shame that, while they have rendered themselves infamous by every detestable crime, they glory in the fact that they are permitted to be as abominable as they choose, without being punished. We ought also to observe how widely this conviction of sin, by which the scribes were affected, differs from true repentance. For we ought to be affected by the judgment of God in such a manner, that we shall not seek a place of concealment to avoid the presence of the Judge, but rather shall go direct to Him, in order to implore his forgiveness.

In Acts 2; 37, Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them. Acts 5:33 one repented the Pharisee wanted kill the disciples.

Jesus declares in John 8; 21 , So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

John 8:21 (Calvin Jn): I go. Perceiving that he is doing no good among these obstinate men, he threatens their destruction; and this is the end of all those who reject the Gospel. For it is not thrown uselessly into the air, but must breathe the odour either of life or of death, (2 Cor. 2:16.) The meaning of these words amounts to this. “The wicked will at length feel how great loss they have suffered by rejecting Christ, when he freely offers himself to them. They will feel it, but it will be too late, for there will be no more room for repentance.

Thus also, in the present day, when Christ knocks at our door, we ought to go immediately to meet him, lest he be wearied by our slothfulness and withdraw from us. And indeed we have learned, by many experiments in all ages, how greatly this departure of Christ is to be dreaded.

These same Pharisee clearly heard the gospel through John Gospel and in Acts 5 29-32 where Peter and John But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.” So they are with excuse







But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
John 6:20 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%206:20&version=ESV
In other passage John wrote,rr said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
John 4:25-26 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%204:25-26&version=ESV
In the gospel of John he mention I AM seven times, I AM the bread John 6: 35,41,51, I AM the light , I AM the door, John 10; 7,10,14, I AM Good shepherd John 10,11, 14, I AM the respiration and the life John 11:25 , I AM the way,the truth life John 14:6 and I AM the Truth Vine John 15:1, 5
Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “ I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘ I am has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Exodus 3:13-15 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Exodus%203:13-15&version=ESV
Believer Bible Commentary wrote, Exodus 3:14–22 (BBC): Moses anticipated questions from the children of Israel when he returned to them as the Lord’s spokesman, and he wanted to be able to tell them who sent him. It was at this point that God first revealed Himself as Jehovah, the great I AM. Jehovah (more precisely Yahweh) comes from the Hebrew verb “to be,” hāyāh. This sacred name is known as the tetragrammaton (“four letters”). English Jehovah comes from the Hebrew YHWH, with vowel markings supplied from Elohim and Adonai, other names of God. No one knows for sure the true pronunciation of YHWH because the ancient Hebrew spelling used no actual vowels in its alphabet. However, the pronunciation “Yahweh” is probably correct. The Jews consider YHWH too sacred to utter. The name proclaims God as self-existent, self-sufficient, eternal, and sovereign. The fuller name I AM WHO I AM may mean I AM BECAUSE I AM or I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE.
Jesus clearly indicate the He is God and Jewish leader understood real clear understood Jesus claim as God

Despite Jesus is God who came as a man people in Jesus day or even in this present day So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he trnow say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
John 6:41-42 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%206:41-42&version=ESV 
Despite that Jesus is God and man as scriptures clearly spell it out. Yet the Jewish people and the in this present age refuse to believe that is God. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
John 6:58 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%206:58&version=ESV
Or This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 5:18 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=John%205:18&version=ESV

C. S Lewis wrote “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” 
Whether believer he is God or not you can not deny he exist in history . You could put this to organ music it or your work tail off in Church program 
It comes down to believing he is the Son of God who came to redeemed humanity from Eve and Adam curse of sin. 
Than asks David Richard Berkowitz known as Son of Sam, Charles Tex Watson the worst of worst killer they carry the burden of sin when confess their sins the burden was lifted From them 
Or the average rebellious teenager who was brought up in Christian home felt this heavy burden on there shoulder, and when they confess they no longer bore theirs sins one minute they felt like grab the moment your eyes the pretty the Christian songs the Bible and the Church services come alive David Berkowitz wrote, “ I spent a good while on my knees praying to Him. When I got up it felt as if a very heavy burden an invisible chain that had been around me for so many years was suddenly broken. A peace flooded over him. He did not understand what was happening. But in his heart He just knew that my life, somehow, would be different. He slept like a baby.
Or Tex Charles Watson wrote Tex than confess repent, and believed in Christ. There was a peace and ecstatic joy that he never felt before in his life. When he went back to his cell , he looked into the mirror, and he saw a smile on his face that brightened up his cell. According to Tex, he never experience this while on drugs or alcohol. The only experience he felt was unending sadness, no rest, and no pleasure in his life only misery.

Or Lee Strobel   a former  Atheists attempting to prove to his wife God did not exist  wrote, “the cross what we cannot do for ourselves: he has paid the death penalty that we deserve for our rebellion and wrongdoing, so we can become reconciled with God. I didn’t have to struggle and strive to try to do the impossible of making myself worthy. Over and over the Bible says that Jesus offers forgiveness and eternal life as a free gift that cannot be earned (see Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). It’s called grace- amazing grace, unmerited favor. It’s available to anyone who receives it in a sincere prayer of repentance. Even someone like me. Yes, I had to take a step of faith, as we do in every decision we make in life. But here’s the crucial distinction: I was no longer trying to swim upstream against the strong current of evidence; instead I was choosing to go in the same direction that the torrent of facts was flowing.” “admitting and turning from my wrongdoing, and receiving the gift of forgiveness and eternal life through Jesus. I told him that with his help I wanted to follow him and his ways from here on out..

  “To paraphrase Martin Luther King Jr., I may not yet be the man I should be or the man, with Christ’s help, I someday will be-but thank God I’m not the man I used to be! Maybe that sounds mystical to you; I don’t know. Not so long ago it would have to me. But it’s very real to me now and to those around me. In fact, so radical was the difference in my life that a few months after I became a follower of Jesus, our five-year- old daughter Alison went up to my wife and said, “Mommy, I want God to do for me what he’s done for Daddy.” Here was a little girl who had only known a father who was profane, angry, verbally harsh, and all too often absent. And even though she had never interviewed a scholar, never analyzed the data, never investigated historical evidence, she had seen up close the, influence that Jesus can have on one person’s life. In effect, she was saying, “If this is what God does to a human being that what I want for me.”

John Calvin. wrote, O the place of true rest, a place which I consider not unworthy of the name of inner-chamber, where God is seen, not as if disturbed with anger, or distracted by care, but where his will is proved to be good, and acceptable, and perfect. That vision does not terrify but soothe, does not tranquillizes the senses. Here is proper rest. A tranquil God tranquillizes all things, and to see him at rest, is to be at rest. The great I AM is the only bring true peace to our souls.

The face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. John 20:7-9

Note  linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. John 20:7 (BBC): By now Peter had caught up and he went into the tomb without hesitation. There is something about his impulsive manner that makes us feel a kinship to him. He too saw the linen cloths lying there, but the body of the Savior was not there.

The detail about the handkerchief was added to show that the Lord’s departure was orderly and unhurried. If someone had stolen the body, he would not have carefully folded the cloth! 

If body was stolen the average grave robber or disciple would not challenge a train Romans guard they would not have a chance against them . Neither a guard would not abandon there posts maybe fall a sleep we’ll on duty  they would be putting to death. In Acts 16:17 when the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

Also In Acts 12:19 And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death.

Matthew 27:62-66  The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Also in  Matthew 28:12-15 when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. Lasrly And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, Luke 24:2  It would be impossible for the disciples since the disciples did not understand even thou Jesus plainly told them they were afraid. A grave robber because they afraid of their own shadow.

The women went to the wrong tomb again weto examine the scriptures

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. John 19:38-42 –

Jesus was laid a new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. Matthew 27:60-61

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.Luke 23:55-56 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. Mark 15:47

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back— it was very large.Mark 16:1,3-4

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.Luke 24:1-3

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. John 20:1,11

Also note he  John saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. John 20:9–10 (BBC): 20:9 Up until now, the disciples did not really understand the OT Scripture which stated that the Messiah must rise again from the dead. The Lord Himself had told them repeatedly, but they did not take it in. John was the first to understand.

20:10 Then the disciples returned to wherever they were staying—probably in Jerusalem. They doubtless concluded that there was no use waiting by the tomb. It would be better to go and tell the other disciples what they had found.

He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. Luke 24:6-7,9  

The Apostle Peter stated clearly stated in Acts 2:29,31-32  Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

All Pharisees had to do produce produce Jesus body and where He was buried, and the disciples would been laugh out of town and dismissed as a delusional. The silent of the Jewish leader and they persecuted when the discples continue preached the gospel.

Jesus without doubt is one the key figure in history, Yet Wikipedia claim Jesus has several burial sites, There located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. A second site, known as the Garden Tomb, located just outside Jerusalem the Old City. Other key religious leader such as Muhammad, Confucius, and Bahá’í you know where they were buried For example: Muhammad is buried in the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, The grave of Confucius, founder of Confucianism, is in his home town of Qufu, Shandong Province, China, and Bábism The Shrine of the Báb, the burial location of the Báb, the founder of Bábism and one of three central figures of the Bahá’í Faith, is located on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel. Yet, the historian can only speculate where Jesus was buried. The fact there not shrine built around His tomb speaks volumes

The delusion theory the follower of Christ were delusional again let exams scripture In The Case for Christ Lee Strobel wrote,“The disciples were fearful, doubtful, and in despair after the Crucifixion, whereas people who hallucinate need a fertile mind of expectancy or anticipation. Peter was hardheaded, for goodness’ sake; James was a skeptic-certainly not good candidates for hallucinations. Also, hallucinations are comparably rare. They’re usually caused by drugs or bodily deprivation.”

“if we establish the gospel accounts as being reliable, how do you account for the disciples eating with Jesus and touching him? How does he walk along with two of them on the road to Emmaus? And what about the empty tomb? If people only thought they saw Jesus, his body would still be in his grave.” Furthermore Thomas states Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” John 20:24-25,27-28

Or Saul later became Paul persecuted the church But Saul, still breathing threats and against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

In Acts 9:1-2 He encounter Jesus in Acts 9: 3-5 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. The Apostle Paul wrote, Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:6 -Rather difficult convince a hard-headed, a skeptic a person or who any one who persecuted the church and 500 witness not good candidates for hallucinations. Remember many of them martyred because they the gospel and believe in the Resurrection. The late Chuck Colton wrote  Call I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren’t true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world-and they couldn’t keep a lie for three weeks. You’re telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible.

Lastly my mother away on March 08 2012 it was sad day for me.and my sibling but also a happy day she was set free from all the physical infirmity, and free from the medication she had to take and lastly she longer. had to bear the sins anymore she while here on earth in my journal I wrote,Her mouth was left wide opened as thou she was asleep. Often while she was sleeping on the Lazy boy her mouth would be wide opened while a sleep as scripture states, in 1 Corinthians 15; 18 “Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ (have perished).” To me mother is only fell asleep and would wake in heaven.

Later I wrote, If mother could speak to us today likely she would states these words from, 2 Samuel 12;23 Why should we fast or wept will it bring me back however you will come to me some day if believe in Christ. That whoever believe in Him reign wih without the resurrection we would be without hope.

Dr Habermas wrote when his wife pass way due cancer he wrote “My wife was upstairs dying. Except for a few weeks, she was home through it all. It was an awful time it was trying time for him personally Several student called him stating“aren’t you glad about the Resurrection? ” His student were right

“As I would sit there, I’d picture Job, who went through all that terrible stuff and asked questions were was God, but then God turned the tables and asked him a few questions. I knew if God would come to me, I’d ask only one question: ‘Lord, why is Debbie up there in bed?’ And I think God would respond by asking gently, ‘Gary, did I raise my Son from the dead?”

I wrote seven on that topic! Of course he was raised from the dead. But I want to know about Debbie!” “I think he’d keep coming back to the same question-‘Did I raise my Son from the dead?’ ‘Did I raise my Son from the dead?’until I got his point: the Resurrection says that if Jesus was raised two thousand years ago, there’s an answer to Debbie’s death in 1995. And do you know what? It worked for me while I was sitting on the porch, and it still works today.

But there wasn’t a time when that truth didn’t comfort me. Losing my wife was the most painful experience I’ve ever had to face, but if the Resurrection could get me through that, it can get me through anything. It was good for 30 A.D., it’s good for 1995, it’s good for 1998, and it’s good beyond that.”“As I would sit there, I’d picture Job, who went through all that terrible stuff and asked questions of God, but then God turned the tables and asked him a few questions. I knew if God were to come to me, I’d ask only one question: ‘Lord, why is Debbie up there in bed?’ And I think God would respond by asking gently, As scriptures declares What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:42,55-57. Dr. Henry Morris wrote these words concerning Jesus resurrection “, the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. Everything else that was said or done by Christ and the apostles are secondary in importance to the resurrection. If the resurrection did not take place then, Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.

Dr. Henry Morris wrote these words concerning Jesus resurrection “, the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. Everything else that was said or done by Christ and the apostles are secondary in importance to then, Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.

I “Death is our greatest enemy, and it has conquered all men but Christ. No man is wise enough to outwit death or wealthy enough to purchase freedom from death or strong enough to vanquish death. The grave always wins the victory, and every person sooner or later returns to the dust

The Plain Gospel

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way, he said to them, Matthew 20:17-19 https://biblegateway.com/passage?search=Matt.20.17-Matt.20.19&version=ESV

And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. 32 For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. 33 And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day, he will rise.” But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

Luke 18:31-34 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Luke%2018:31-34&version=ESV

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Matthew 26:2 –

His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. John 12:16 – 

Note But they understood none of these things. It was hidden from them, and they did not grasp Jesus said, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days, I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When, therefore, he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. John 2:18-22 

In other passage He said  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. John 3:14-15  Jesus stated  32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. John 12:32-33 –

The Apostle Peter wrote, Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 1 Peter 1:10-11 

Daniel said in Daniel 12:8-10  I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” He said, “Go your way, Daniel,  for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

It is clear from the Old Testament and the New Testament  that the prophets, the disciples, and Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews they, did not  understood any of things Jesus taught it them even He clearly spelled it out.

Even thou  Jesus stated it three times to His disciples, See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he willing be raised on the third day. The disciples were witnesses when  Jesus was arrested, was put on trial by the pharisee, beaten, handed over to Gentiles and died and rose from the dead. As the Scriptures declare,  When, therefore, he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

 Another example is when Jesus declares to Nicodemus, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.   Nicodemus understood the snake in the wilderness referring to Bronze Snake found in Numbers 22; 4-9 since he understood and was familiar with the story. where  Jewish were complaining about food and God sent fiery snakes and many of the people died And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

What Nicodemus did not understand so must the Son of Man  must be lifted up, until Jesus was lifted up When  He was crucified on the cross is when Nicodemus connected the dots.  Remember it was Nicodemus and Joseph who buried Jesus,  So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. John 19:40 

How many has us  declares the plain  gospel that Jesus is Son who sacrificed Himself on the cross took the Father wrath and  humanity sins and arose from the dead after three days 

The scriptures throughout the Old and New Testament plainly this  spell out. As scriptures declares, “For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7.

During my rebellious years my parents taught me the gospel, the church I  attend taught the gospel yet these thought these Christian were holier than thou. Until I understood Jesus took my place every sins I committed was forgiving by Christ . Also learn My mother was sinner just like me she said Paul I am not perfected 

Such men  like Noah , Abraham ,Issac ,Jacobs, Moses, King David the Apostle Peter and Paul they all failed God  miserly  yet they  understood God forgave them and they understood God’s grace As Scriptures declares, Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1  or Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20-21

 That why we need to pray for the lost since they the gospel clearly for them as well .  Since Jesus redeemed mankind from Adam curse their Jesus came for them as well so that why we need the Holy Spirit transformed theirs lives. As scriptures declares, no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Or how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.  They need our prayers well they are still a live there still hope, 

Yet not  all will not accept Jesus  as Lord even a lavished  life style  For example, the parable  of rich man  and Lazarus  found in Luke 16: 19- 31 19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. They both died the rich man was living a lavished 

Paul funeral and was remember for the  great deeds he accomplished well here on earth while poor  man thrown pile garbage heaps  long forgotten not peep was mention concerning his death

Yet heaven tell a different story The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

And the rich called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

Since poor man  is in heaven is likely told about God  and mercy yet dismissed as nobody forgetting who gave him the wealth in the first place As Scriptureses, You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 8:18  or  1 Samuel 2:7cThe Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honour. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world. 

    As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 –

It not suggesting  nor parable is not suggesting that all wealthy people are going to hell or every poor is person going to heaven. The salvation plan is meant for the wealthy and the poor The rich  simply did believe and Lazarus believe in God

This Friday is Good Friday a important day for those who follow Christ is day where we commentate and where we reflect on the Jesus death

The meaning of the New Testament Greek word most often translated “worship” (proskuneo) is “to fall down before” or “bow down before.

described as “the kissing-ground” between believers (the Bride) and Christ (the heavenly Bridegroom). While this is true, 4352 (proskynéō) suggests the willingness to make all necessary physical gestures of obeisance.

As Westminister state ,Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Thomas Boston Cor. 10:31…Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

The church that does not operate under the biblical theology of worship is in danger of failing to give God glory and failing to offer worship that is pleasing to Him. Worship is as misunderstood a doctrine as any other within the church. Contrary to popular belief, worship does not begin and end with the singing portion of our church services. Worship is also not limited to bowing in reverence before God. To begin with, worship is determined by God Himself, not by our sincerity, pious feelings, or musical skill.

Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.The church that does not operate under the biblical theology of worship is in danger of failing to give God glory and failing to offer worship that is pleasing to Him. Worship is as misunderstood a doctrine as any other within the church. Contrary to popular belief, worship does not begin and end with the singing portion of our church services. Worship is also not limited to bowing in reverence before God. To begin with, worship is determined by God Himself, not by our sincerity, pious feelings, or musical skill

Whether that is singing, kneeling, dancing, bowing, or raising our hands, Christ-centered worship is very much needed in all of our churches. Isn’t it astounding that God in his infinite grace will allow sinners such as us to come before him boldly and humbly before the throne of grace? : Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need

True worship comes out of knowing God and His good and glorious nature (Acts 17:23). Worship is a life of giving (2 Corinthians 9:7-15); we give our lives, time, and finances. We need to always remember that we are called to worship God with our every action and with every day of our lives.

Worshipped is a way of life for the follower of Christ it more than singing and lifting your hands. Worship is also prayer, conversation concerning about God reading and studying scriptures and listening to good sermon. As scriptures declares, So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

My mother a choir director piano player and singer told me a story about a high priest use sing let say he was not gifted singer while performing other duties, He decide to hire a while known opera singer and the audience gave him a standing ovation. While in time of prayer did see that performance yesterday and the Lord said it did not reach the heaven. The moral of the story the High priest was worshipping God while the opera singer was putting on a performance crowd While I appreciate band such as Rush, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton Ray.Vaughn and they are gifted musician and their stage presentation unbelievable it bring temporary joy that lately momtarary Yet Christian Artist uses their musical skills to worshipped and honour his name. music has stirring the soul especially times of trouble watersThe la RC Spoul wrote,

The worship to which we are called in our renewed state is far too important to be left to persona preferences, to whims, or to marketing strategies. It is the pleasing of God that is at the heart of worship. Therefore, our worship must be informed at every point by the Word of God as we seek God’s own instructions for worship that is pleasing to Him

Oswald Chamber wrote, Worship and intercession must go together; one is impossible without the other. A.W. Tozer God wants worshipers before workers; indeed the only acceptable workers wroteare those who have learned the lost art of worship.

The worship to which we are called in our renewed state is far too important to be left to l

Lastly The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. — Billy Graham, Note, Worship is. unselfish Christian service.

In Jothan Edwards journal he wrote, “Once, as I rode out into the woods for my health, in 1737, having alighted from my horse in a retired place, as my manner commonly has been, to walk for divine contemplation and prayer, I had a view that for me was extraordinary, of the glory of the Son of God, as Mediator between God and man, and His wonderful, great, full, pure, and sweet grace and love, and meek and gentle condescension. This grace that appeared so calm and sweet, appeared ineffably excellent with an excellency great enough to swallow up all thought and conception – which continued, as near as I can judge, about an hour – which kept me the greater part of the time in a flood of tears and weeping aloud. I felt an ardency of soul to be, what I know not otherwise how to express, emptied and annihilated; to lie in the dust, and to be full of Christ alone; to love Him with a holy and pure love; to trust Him; to live upon Him; to serve and follow Him; and to be perfectly sanctified and made pure, with a divine and heavenly purity. I have, several other times, had views very much of the same nature, and which have had the same effects.”

Worship and Confession

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15 Powerful Quotes on the Importance of Worship

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When I discuss consequence of our sins I get the impression I showing a lack of forgiveness. It true that Jesus forgave us for all our trespass especially in those believe who in atoning His works on the cross and all your past, presence and futures sins are nailed to the cross.

However, there are times when the consequence of our sins will continue to linger or pay price. For example a woman forgave the man who raped her and also decided to testify in court in order to stop him from raping again. Or Forgiveness is necessary for you to be free from the black hole of bitterness

I will tell the story on David and Bathsheba both who committed adultery and David committed murder First what the law states, Secondly on Grace and Forgiveness, and lastly, the consequence of their actions.

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“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbour, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Leviticus 20:10 

Both David and  Bethsheba, by law, should be put to death by stoning. Even David openly admitted that he should put put to death  Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.” 2 Samuel 12:5-6 In Psalm 51:4 he states Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

God display grace instead of the law. If they were stoned no Joseph and no Mary no Jesus and  there no hope. Secondly, God made convent with David that his  kingdom would be forever without David

When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.  Your throne shall be established forever.’”God display grace instead of the law.

 David knew that God forgive since utter these words Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:1-2,7,9-10 

Let us consider David consequences The Prophet Nathan utter these words Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’” David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.”

2 Samuel 12:9-10,12-14  

Bottom line  is there consequences for your action yes if you seek forgiveness your sins no longer be remember in  heaven, For example the thief on the cross caught forgiveness yet still die on the cross

To me one hardest choice for me make is letting a family member go. Especially if cherish i him go respect him because your are very close.

Especially a parent letting their child choose to rebel especially the mother. Often speak my experience in  how I treated mother during my rebelous year I treated her like dog poop and mock her Christian faith  in which I came to regret while forgive for action. She was first person told about  accepting Christ yet it  took her fours months see the fruits of the Spirit and She believes me. 

My role is pray for my family member especially since there in hands since they are in hands anger. angry God As Scriptures declares For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer, Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immorality , nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

For example Tex Watson murder seven people and openly admitted he  violate this act is now serving  a life section in prison while in prison he accept Christ and sought  His forgiveness.Yet still  in Prison and like die there yet God forgive him.Yet in his own words he was ultimately responsible for taking the drugs and committing the horrifying murders,

It was a tragedy not only for the victims but for their families, to whom I eternally and humans bly apologize. I owe a debt to society that I can never repay.”

Susan Labianca daughter of Rosemary Labianca who became a Christian started corresponding with Tex through mail, Tex corresponded back thinking she writing to encourage him. She finality came to visited Tex in prison. She finally revealed herself as the daughter of Rosemary Labianca. Tex was stunned, and in tears, Because Susan became a follower of Christ as a Christian she felt obligation to forgive Tex for killing his mother and step dad, because Tex was a brother in the Lord, and has change.

Both Tex and Susan learned over period of time that bitterness is an awful weed that consumed your heart, soul, and mind As scripture states, has changed and became a new creature In Christ he learned to forgive himself as Christ did

On March 29, 1971, Atkins was found guilty, seven murder and was sentenced to death. The California Supreme Court 1972 over turn the deathnow serving life.

First arrived in prison she received a bible toss it aside, but unknown to her, a large number of people were praying for her. She start reading the Bible. In 1974 Susan Atkins became corresponding with born-again Christian Bruce Davis, a clan member. In September of 1974, Jesus knocked her hardened, and she accepted Jesus as my personal Savior and Lord gone was her bitter heart, and replace with soft heart. According to Susan Christ assured her that in the depths of her soul that “old things had passed away, behold all things

Although Susan denies killing eight victims. Yet still was there where she uttered these words she did not stop the murders from occurring, making her equally responsible for her actions. Even Sharon Tate plead with Susan to spare her and the unborn baby she showed no mercury your going die bitch.

Susan Atkins feels asleep while still in prison, and she woke up in heaven. They read Psalm 23 to her, and she recited it back, “ Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me. The evil she committed on August 09 10 1969 will not be remember no more in heaven. She died in prison. Fellow inmate recite Psalm 23 while dying. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

She assures that her sins were forgiven and no longer remembering more in heaven even though she died in prison.

You also include David Berowitz known as Son Sam He the following, “I was involved in the occult and I got burned. I became a cruel killer and threw away my life as well as destroying the lives of others. Now I have discovered that Christ is my answer and my hope. He broke the chains of sin, self-will, and depression that had me bound. He has turned me from a path leading to eternal damnation in the lake of fire tOn o the blessed assurance of eternal life in heaven. God has miraculously transformed “Son of Sam” into “Son of Hope.” He wants to perform the same kind of transformation in your heart and life today!” He wrote this prison when sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison

Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Sean Sellar, and Karla Faye Tucker, committed horrible crimes such as murder sexuality deveinte and eventually excutated but Jeffrey Dahmer was murder in prison. Sean wrote in journal From his Journal Feb 03 1999; God is real. This is not a show. This is no delusion. From the Creator we come, and to the Creator we are supposed to return. But we must return to Him by choice. We must give ourselves wholly to Him. He came to us a man. His name is Jesus. He is real. And to all my friends, all who have loved me, all who fought for the value they saw in my living, Thank you. With all my heart, Thank you. The world is hurting. Be its healers.

Change it. I’m going to spend time with my Father now. I have a short journey to make tonight. His final words were, “All the people who are hating me right now and are here waiting to see me die, when you wake up in the

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. – Romans 13:i9-10 https://biblegatewray.com/passage?search=Rom.13.9 

Note. “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. or Jesus states, And a secound is like it: you shall your neighbour as yourself Matthew 22:39 Lastly Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 1 Corinthians 13:4   

In Luke 10: 27 A lawyer said to Jesus   “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke10:27 The lawyer asks Who is your neighbour? While he was trying trap  or test Jesus, however, he ask good question, who is your neighbour?

In Leviticus 19:18)    18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of one lecture your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. 

 Gotta question wrote, Our neighbor is thus anyone in our proximity with whom we can share God’s love. We are called not only to love those who are similar to us or with whom we are comfortable, but all whom God places in  our path. In fact, Jesus said, “I tell you, love your enemies and pray fr those who persecute you.

Who is your neighbour ? The late Dr. Schaeffer in one of his lecture address who is  your neighbour is  the persons  you encounter everyday whether if it briefly or long period of time treat them with respect. Whether your  rich or the poor or the least or the greatest the noble or the ignoble the beautiful, or the ugly the good, or the bad, the the moral or the immoral the despise or the well bred or the genus or Orthe retard people these are your neighbour 

 For example the Jews despise the Samaritan. For instance  Jews treated the Samaritan like dogs and Samaritan felt same .  The Samaritan woman illustrates this point in John 4 ;9 “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaritan?” For the   have no dealings with Samaritans. Or In John 4:2 the disciple marvelled that he was talking with a woman, who was Samaritan and immoral  in verse 26 Jesus revealed that He was the Messiah  It Good Samaritan who gave aide not the priest or the Levite

In this way, Jesus himself is the Good Samaritan.  Dr. Tim Kellor wrote, By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need – regardless of race, politics, class, and religion – is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.”

We must say to ourselves something like this: ‘Well, when Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.” No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely. That is why I am going to love my neighbour as myself

The Christian is freed from the bondage of sin; the penalty of sin; the guilt of sin; the dominion of sin; the power of sin. And finally, we are freed from the fear of death and hell—such things we are freed from. 

Jesus asks the lawyer  Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” The lawyer said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 

The question is do I love my neighbour unfortunately I miss the mark in this area I do love the my neighbours nor do love the Lord God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, As the declares, For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Romans 7:15,18-19 Furthermore he states, Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Romans 7:2 Paul Tigchelaar