Title: Experiencing GRACE (2 of 4)
Series: Experiencing Jesus
Author: David Ireland
Text: John 8:1-11
1.0 We're In a 4-Part Series Titled, Experiencing Jesus
1.1 Can Jesus be experienced these days? Yes!
A) Jesus is experienced when you witness or experience His divine traits like His mercy, forgiveness, wisdom, or even His grace.
1. Jesus captivated people from all walks of life because of His messages, miracles, and wisdom.
i. He also upset religious leaders by His strong claims and righteous character to the point that they called Him all kinds of names.
ii. Names like Blasphemer, Glutton, Drunkard, Beelzebub, and Deceiver.
2. When people experienced Jesus, they didn't seek to become better people, or a more religious person. They sought to become brand new people by the power of God's Amazing GRACE.
James Ryle, pastor and author wrote, "Grace is the empowering presence of God enabling you to be who God created you to be, and to do what God called you to do."
3. Let's explore a Bible story where a most unlikely woman experienced GRACE.
John 8:1-11 (NIV)-1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, unt ...
Series: Experiencing Jesus
Author: David Ireland
Text: John 8:1-11
1.0 We're In a 4-Part Series Titled, Experiencing Jesus
1.1 Can Jesus be experienced these days? Yes!
A) Jesus is experienced when you witness or experience His divine traits like His mercy, forgiveness, wisdom, or even His grace.
1. Jesus captivated people from all walks of life because of His messages, miracles, and wisdom.
i. He also upset religious leaders by His strong claims and righteous character to the point that they called Him all kinds of names.
ii. Names like Blasphemer, Glutton, Drunkard, Beelzebub, and Deceiver.
2. When people experienced Jesus, they didn't seek to become better people, or a more religious person. They sought to become brand new people by the power of God's Amazing GRACE.
James Ryle, pastor and author wrote, "Grace is the empowering presence of God enabling you to be who God created you to be, and to do what God called you to do."
3. Let's explore a Bible story where a most unlikely woman experienced GRACE.
John 8:1-11 (NIV)-1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, unt ...
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