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 What does it mean to be liberated in our life? What does it mean to be free? The dictionary

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 definition is freed from social conventions to be freed from enemy occupation. The Bible this

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 morning introduces us to a woman. We don't know her name, we're not told. The woman has been caught

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 jointly in the act of adultery with a man. That's really important to point out that it takes two.

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 But she's the one that they drag and yet as scripture tells us she will be liberated by love

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 and grace, humility and forgiveness. The people who accused her brought her to Jesus

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 and who was teaching in the temple courts. They brought him at that time right into the middle

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 of the heart of where the religious community meet. It's a place where people have come

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 to be with Jesus. They were fascinated with his teaching. They were there, they were gathered

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 wondering what he would do or say next. And then they drag this woman in. You couldn't arrange a more

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 public stage for this to be played out. And yet here is Jesus and the religious leaders quote the law

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 which says that we should stone her to death. What do you say? What do you say Jesus? What do you say

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 about this situation? Because we want to hear shockingly the law by which they abided said exactly that.

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 Here were the leaders seeking to discredit Jesus. They'd seen him do the miracles. They'd seen the way in

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 which he'd forgiven people. Everything that was contrary to the law. It was a catch. It was a trap.

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 They were here to set him up. Did they care about this woman? No they didn't. She was just going to be

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 collateral damage because they wanted to make their point and uphold the law. They didn't care about what

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 happened to this woman. They just wanted to enforce their way and wanted to catch Jesus out. The religious

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 leaders had heard the reports of this rabbi about his increasing influence in their lives and in the

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 lives of people. People were following him. This man was a threat. This man Jesus who shows grace to

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 tax collectors. Who gathers prostitutes. Who speaks to the unclean. Who eats with people who the religious

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 leaders would never eat with. People who they had branded as being unworthy of God's love and God's

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 righteousness and forgiveness. And so by placing this woman in front of him clearly guilty in

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 their eyes would Jesus. Would Jesus show her mercy? Would he break with the conventions? Could they

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 point their fingers at him and claim him to be a heretic? Maybe to be a false prophet? A rabbi who

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 doesn't uphold the law? You see the picture? That was their goal. That was their intention. But this

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 is Jesus. This is the Jesus that we know. Who I guess Jesus knew their hearts. He knew their motives. He knew

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 their intentions. He saw the trap before it arrived. He noticed their insecurities maybe because they had

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 come ready and they had come armed to do what they were going to do according to their law.

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 You know what? Says Jesus. Do you know what? You're right about the law. That's what the law says. You were

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 right about the punishment that she should be stoned to death. But not today. But not today.

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 Because let the one among you who is without sin be the first one to throw the stone at her.

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 At this point those who heard him began to go away one at a time. The older ones first. I find that

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 really interesting in this account that the older ones went first. Why was that? Why was that? Perhaps

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 are they older and wiser? Perhaps were they aware more of their own sin? Perhaps they knew the law better

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 than those that were younger? Perhaps they too in their hearts knew that they had no right to cast this

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 stone. Maybe the younger ones there stayed. They were in high arousal. Maybe ready and zealous to show

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 others how they upheld the law. Maybe they wanted to see blood spilt that day just to show that they were in line

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 with all the conventions. That they could be whipped up into hate. We see it again and again. We saw it crucify him.

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 A whole group that would come together and be whipped up. It happens and it happens today. But on this day

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 they knew that to act would be blasphemous and they would be the one facing the punishment.

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 So they dropped their rocks.

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 Jesus was left with the woman

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 and his disciples as well. Can you imagine the moment? I guess

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 the stillness

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 just like that the scene has been transformed.

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 What was a place of chaos

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 and hate is now being transformed

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 into a place of grace.

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 The storm of anger and judgment

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 has moved on.

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 And I love this line

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 because it is so Jesus.

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 And if you have heard this

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 in your life

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 as I have many times

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 Jesus straightened up and asked her

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 woman where are they?

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 Woman where are they?

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 Has no one condemned you?

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 What a great line.

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 No one sir

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 she said

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 then neither do I condemn you

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 Jesus declares.

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 Go now

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 and leave

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 your life

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 of sin.

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 It's a beautiful picture

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 of grace

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 that we're given this morning

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 that in a moment

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 this woman who is under judgment

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 of the law

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 is liberated

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 by love.

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 she is free.

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 We've been singing

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 about that this morning.

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 Free to leave behind her

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 what was death

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 or very nearly death

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 and to live a new life.

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 Free

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 to leave

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 her life

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 of sin.

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 Totally

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 freed.

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 Jesus

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 brings mercy

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 and love

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 humility

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 and grace

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 into the heart

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 of conflict

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 and judgment

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 and we so often

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 miss the essential

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 in verse 6

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 and 9

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 because when we get

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 to verse 6

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 and 9

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 where Jesus

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 bent down

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 and started to write

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 on the ground

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 with his finger

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 and he straightened up

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 and said

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 let any one of you

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 as without sin

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 be the first

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 to throw a stone at her.

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 Again he stooped down

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 and wrote on the ground.

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 Now you may be thinking

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 now

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 Clive's going to tell us

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 what he wrote

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 in the ground.

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 I'm sorry

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 to disappoint you.

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 There's been several

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 that have made

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 several suggestions

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 as to what he would

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 have written

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 and what he did

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 but we're not told.

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 But again

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 commentaries

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 have speculated

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 perhaps more than

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 focusing on

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 what he was writing

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 Jesus

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 stoops down

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 twice.

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 Jewish men

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 didn't do that

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 in the presence

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 of a woman.

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 he stoops down

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 twice

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 and shows

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 his humility

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 in the face

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 of a woman

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 who has been

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 brought to him

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 effectively

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 being found

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 in a place of sin

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 and he stoops

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 down

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 twice.

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 What an amazing

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 saviour that we have

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 who meets with us

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 especially

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 in the presence

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 and let's put a marker

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 in the sand today

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 that if anybody

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 tells you

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 that the Bible

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 is misogynistic

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 against women

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 clearly they haven't

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 read it

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 or they don't

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 understand it

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 because Jesus

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 did more

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 in three years

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 of public ministry

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 than any culture

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 has done

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 in thousands

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 of years

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 to raise up

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 the value

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 dignity

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 and richness

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 he places

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 on this woman

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 and all women.

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 Amen?

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 Amen.

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 Let's not forget

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 his teaching

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 to the religious leaders

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 too that day

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 because

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 they had to

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 look at themselves

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 they had to

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 look at the hate

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 in their own eyes

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 they had to look

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 at their religious

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 piety

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 their holier

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 than thou

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 attitudes

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 with unforgiveness

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 in their hearts

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 and stones

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 in their hands

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 these leaders

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 seeking to

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 discredit him

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 yet Jesus

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 liberated them

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 too

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 because he revealed

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 to them

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 where they were wrong

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 they too

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 had to walk

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 away

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 wrong

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 about how

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 the law

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 of God

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 is designed

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 to work

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 and yes

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 they should

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 love the Lord

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 their God

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 with all their heart

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 with all their soul

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 with all their mind

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 etc

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 but they should

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 also love

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 their neighbour

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 as themselves

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 on these two

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 laws

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 hang

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 all the

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 prophets

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 and the prophets

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 as Jesus

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 reminds us

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 yes there will

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 be a judgement

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 yes there will

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 be a death

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 but it won't

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 be hers

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 and it won't

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 be yours

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 and it won't

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 be from these

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 stones

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 it will be

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 from me

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 says Jesus

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 and it will

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 be from a cross

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 that's the freedom

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 you see the link

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 I was thinking

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 as I read

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 through this scripture

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 Jesus humbles

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 himself twice

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 before this woman

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 and before the crowd

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 in front of this woman

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 who said

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 and he's done

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 the same

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 for you and me

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 humbling himself

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 by entering

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 this world

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 as a vulnerable

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 baby

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 and secondly

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 as he humbles

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 himself on a cross

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 by dying for us

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 and rising again

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 that we can have

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 freedom

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 and eternal life

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 there's so many

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 links in this scripture

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 that you don't

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 take it just

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 at face value

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 there is so much

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 in here

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 that speaks

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 of the Jesus

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 that we know

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 and that we love

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 and that played

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 out that day

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 on the stage

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 to free us

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 to liberate us

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 from the power

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 of death and sin

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 to free us

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 from any power

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 the enemy may try

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 to hold over us

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 from the accusations

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 from the judgment

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 from the people

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 who point

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 at us

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 that we

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 are free

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 within the love

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 of God

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 in him

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 there is

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 no condemnation

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 I just sensed

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 this morning

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 that there may be

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 those of us

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 who need to hear

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 that afresh

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 that in Christ

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 there is

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 no condemnation

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 as people

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 come with their

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 stones

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 to judge you

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 in Christ

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 there is

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 no condemnation

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 we are forgiven

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 and we are free

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 when we meet

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 with Jesus

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 we don't know

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 what happened

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 to this woman's

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 story

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 we don't know

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 what happened

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 after

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 after this

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 dramatic

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 encounter

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 we can only

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 imagine

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 one can only

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 imagine

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 somebody

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 who is

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 forever changed

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 who walks

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 away

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 her eyes

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 have been

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 opened

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 to the actions

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 of what she

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 was doing

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 sin no longer

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 held an appeal

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 it once did

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 and she walks

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 free

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 considering what

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 a free life

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 would be

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 what has been

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 left behind her

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 and what lays

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 before her

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 in freedom

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 that she has

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 in her life

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 and when we

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 meet Jesus

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 sin no longer

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 has a hold

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 sin no longer

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 has its fatal

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 attraction on us

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 grace changes

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 our perspective

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 when we are

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 born again

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 in the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 he breaks

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 through

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 and once

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 we lived

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 only to

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 please ourselves

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 but when we

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 have been forgiven

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 our motivation

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 changes

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 we are now

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 live

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 to please

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 God

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 do we know

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 that powerful

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 forgiveness

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 in our lives

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 I hope we do

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 I sincerely

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 hope we do

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 as we worship

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 as we give

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 thanks for our

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 liberation

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 our freedom

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 here this morning

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 to be able

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 to just come

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 and to worship

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 as one

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 without fear

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 of people

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 breaking in the

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 doors

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 to drag us

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 out

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 are we giving

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 thanks for our

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 liberation

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 as we heard

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 as we sang

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 about day

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 by day

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 moment

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 by moment

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 we have

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 moved from

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 death to

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 new life

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 in Christ

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 and before

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 we walk

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 away today

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 I suppose

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 the challenge

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 is for me

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 and I hope

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 the challenge

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 is for you

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 is what

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 stones do

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 we need

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 to drop

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 where we

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 judge other

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 people

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 what stones

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 do we

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 carry

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 that we

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 hold on

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 to

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 that we

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 hold on

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 to firmly

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 where suddenly

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 judgment

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 comes to

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 mind

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 and the

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 stones

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 maybe

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 that we

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 need

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 to drop

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 knowing

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 the love

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 maybe one

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 two

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 maybe more

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 how many

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 stones

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 do we

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 need to

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 drop

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 today

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 and what

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 do those

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 stones

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 look like

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 for us

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 that we

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 carry

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 to pass

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 judgment

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 on others

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 our thoughts

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 our comments

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 harsh opinions

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 maybe even

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 just that

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 glance

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 Jesus

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 says

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 to those

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 that

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 gathered

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 drop

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 your

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 stones

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 and leave

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 this one

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 to me

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 leave

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 this to

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 me

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 walk

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 away

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 remembering

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 and give

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 thanks for

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 the good

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 life

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 that I

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 have given

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 you

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 to live

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 because you

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 are liberated

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 and free

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 because of

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 what I have

00:14:56.079 --> 00:14:56.399
 done

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.000
 and what I

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.719
 continue to

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 do

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 the liberating

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 love of God

00:15:00.459 --> 00:15:01.079
 invites us

00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.440
 to leave

00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.080
 the judgment

00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.639
 to him

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.700
 to look

00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.600
 at ourselves

00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.460
 to drop

00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:06.120
 the stones

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.660
 we so

00:15:06.660 --> 00:15:07.360
 often pick

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:07.660
 up

00:15:07.660 --> 00:15:09.400
 to throw

00:15:09.400 --> 00:15:09.920
 at others

00:15:09.920 --> 00:15:11.220
 and in

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 doing so

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.580
 he raises

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.200
 us up

00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.080
 to new

00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:15.620
 life in

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 him

00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:18.920
 shall we

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 pray

00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:25.100
 raise us

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 up Lord

00:15:25.580 --> 00:15:26.160
 we pray

00:15:26.160 --> 00:15:28.879
 free us

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.759
 from seeking

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.700
 to be

00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:32.060
 judge

00:15:32.060 --> 00:15:32.900
 and jury

00:15:32.900 --> 00:15:35.320
 we leave

00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:35.740
 that to

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.140
 you Lord

00:15:36.140 --> 00:15:37.259
 forgive us

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 our sin

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 thank you

00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:40.920
 Lord that

00:15:40.920 --> 00:15:41.460
 you free

00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:41.980
 us to

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.520
 sin no

00:15:42.520 --> 00:15:42.800
 more

00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:45.240
 Lord give

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.100
 us clean

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.940
 hands and

00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.320
 a pure

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.740
 heart

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:49.900
 in Jesus

00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:50.400
 name

00:15:50.400 --> 00:15:52.360
 Amen