Steve Nelson

Jesus said, "I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again.” John 8:11.

Jesus just spoke the most difficult words ever heard by mortal ears. Sin no more. How is that even possible? If you’re like me you might have tried, many times, only to fail again and again. In this story a broken woman has just met a man who not only saved her life, but exposed the secret lives of her accusers. Certainly, a man who could do this must have the ability to help achieve this impossibility. Truthfully, if it were possible for us to sin no more, then we really wouldn’t need God’s help.

The awesome news for us is that God promises to step right into our hopeless world and make us new. The first step toward this freedom begins as we do what this woman did. Come into his presence. It is not until we come to him that a new life can begin. 

Today, if you accept his offer of forgiving grace, he promises to renew your life. If you do this now then you have been gifted heaven’s greatest gift — a new heart and new life. Today you too are forever free because of God’s gift of love and grace to you!

One more thing. This is the key to growing spiritually stronger. God desires for you to share your new life with others. Start with your friends and family. Tell others that the one who has rescued you will save them too! And never stop giving your heart to him and telling others what he has done for you! Thank you for taking this journey with us. I pray God’s continued blessing on your life and future with him.

(Steve Nelson is pastor at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Powell.)