HE NEVER CONDEMNS
John 8:1-11
Devotional:- “She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more”” (V. 11) NKJV
One of the tricks the devil often used against man is to make us feel condemned. To be condemned is a feeling of self-judgment. It is the act of judging oneself to death when God has not. A man with condemnation cannot be bold or courageous. He cannot exercise faith. He cannot take a risk and so cannot find it easy to succeed. The truth is that God does not condemn man. So it is like man to feel condemned, and it is the handiwork of the devil. It was said about Jesus, “for God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but that through Him might be saved” (John 3:17).
God has appointed Jesus to judge the earth. But that is not now. Condemnation is a feeling that one has been written off and is not worthy of living anymore. The only people who will face God’s final condemnation are those who refused to accept Jesus into their lives and those who continued in their sins (John 3:18-21).
Some people arrested the woman we read about today and brought her to Jesus, that He might condemn her, because people do not know that God Himself is love. He wants as many as possible to repent and be saved. He told the woman, neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.
Friend, as a child of God, you need to know that condemnation is not your portion in Christ. So going about with a guilty conscience is a trick of the devil. God’s word says, “Now there is no more condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but the spirit” (Romans 8:1). If anyone has sin, let him confess it to God. Don’t continue in the sin, and you will enjoy God’s forgiveness. So you are the one condemning yourself; God has not. Self-condemnation is a pit of death and failure. Get out of it, and your life will begin to experience
a new joy for progress in Jesus name.
Prayer: Lord, deliver me from self-condemnation.
“A CONDEMNED HEART IS LIKE A BREAD SOAKED WITH WATER”
