Contrasts and Conflicts

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Contrasts and Conflicts

• Chapter 8
• By Warren W. Wiersbe

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• Grace and Law (81-11)
• Jesus Taught in the court of women (820)
• Trap the act of adultery
• The law requires that both guilty parties be
  stoned (Lev. 2010,Deut. 2222) not just the
  women
• Jewish leaders dilemma
• If He said Yes, friend of publicans and
  sinners
• If He said No, He broke the law

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• Jesus passed the judgment on judges
• Hypocrites condemned another person and not
  themselves
• By Law (Deut. 177) the accusers cast the first
  stones
• Jesus asked those without sin to cast the
  stones but every accuser left convicted by their
  own conscience
• Jesus forgave the woman warned her to sin no
  more

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• For Jesus to forgive this woman He had to die
  for her sins.
• Forgiveness is free, but not cheap.
• The Law was given to reveal sin (Rom. 320)
• We must be condemned by the law before we can
  be cleansed by Gods grace
• Law and grace compliment each other, not
  compete with each other.

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• Conviction before conversion
• Christs forgiveness doesnt give an excuse to
  sin Go and sin no more
• Ps. 1304 But there is forgiveness with thee
  that thou mayest be feared
• Light and Darkness (812-20)
• 2nd I am statement
• Sun was a symbol of Jehovah God (Ps. 8411,
  Mal. 42)
• One sun in our galaxy its center of and
  source of life, God is light (I John 15)

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• Wherever the light shines, it reveals humanity
  wickedness (Eph. 58-15)
• I am statement is related to the Feast of
  Tabernacle Candelabra reminding people of the
  pillar of fire
• To follow Jesus means to believe Him and trust
  Him. The results are life and light. Unsaved are
  walking in darkness because they love darkness.
  (John 317ff)

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• Jesus claimed to be the Light of the Word, but
  Jewish court wouldnt permit bearing witness to
  himself.
• Witness - 7 times
• This witness undependable judging on the
  basis of externals, only human judgment.
• Deut. 171 1915, Num. 3530 The testimony of
  two was required validate judgment.

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• They claimed to know the law of God, but they
  didnt know God of the law
• Where is thy Father? Word father 21 times in
  chapter 8
• The father was not God, but the devil
• Religious but children of the Devil
• Life and Death (821-30)
• He warned them again that He would leave them
  and they would not be able to follow Him.
  Instead, they die in their sins.

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• Suicide? Jews were taught to honor life. If
  Jesus committed suicide, then He would go to a
  place of judgment. Actually, it was they who
  were going to the place of judgment.
• Different destinations because they had
  different origins. Jesus came from heaven, but
  they belonged to the earth.
• The believers has his citizenship in
  heaven (Luke 1020 Phil. 320, 21) but the
  unsaved belongs to this world,

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• children of the world (Luke 168). The
  Christians die in the Lord (Rev. 1413) while the
  unbelievers die in their sins because they live
  in sins.
• Jesus boldly made several claims to deity
  (826). How would Jesus was sent by God, and had
  heard from God the things that he taught? Now,
  He talked about His own death.
• Lifted up on the Cross (314, 1232) Dual
  meaning in crucifixion exaltation. suffering
  and glory

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• Salvation is a matter of life or death
• Freedom Bondage (831-47)
• Continuance in the Word discipleship was the
  proof of true salvation
• When we obey His word, we grow in spiritual
  knowledge whenever grown in spiritual knowledge,
  we grow in freedom from sin Life leads to
  learning and learning leads to liberty

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• Jesus was talking about freedom from sin,
  political freedom
• The claim that Abrahams descendants was never
  in bondage was false for they were enslaved by
  seven mighty nations in Judges and Assyrians (10
  tribes) and Babylon (2 tribes) as well as Rome.
• Difference between spiritual freedom and
  bondage is matter of whether one is a son or
  servant.

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• A servant may live in the house, but he is not
  a part of the family and he isnt guaranteed a
  future. Whosoever keeps on practicing sin is
  the servant of sin.
• The religious leaders would not only die in
  sins, but they were living in bondage to sin.
• How can slaves of sin be free? Only by the
  Son.
• How? Through the power of His Word (John
  838-47)
• The truth shall make you free (832)

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• Jesus identified Himself with the Father in
  heaven while He identified the religious leaders
  with the father from Hell, Satan.
• Jesus made a careful distinction between
  Abrahams seed (physical descendants) and
  Abrahams children (spiritual descendants due to
  personal faith - Gal 36-14)

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• The religious leaders were unlike Abraham for
  they wanted to kill Him and rejected the truth.
  Abraham was the friend of God fellowshipped
  with Him in Love (Isaiah 418). Abraham listened
  to Gods truth and obeyed unlike the religious
  leaders.
• Nature is determined by birth and birth is
  determined by paternity.
• If God is your Father, then you showed Gods
  nature (II Peter 11-4), but if Satan is your
  father, you showed his evil nature.

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• Characteristics of these religious leaders
• Rejected the truth (840)
• They did not love the Lord (842)
• They did not understand what Jesus taught
  (842,47)
• Satan is a liar and murderer.
• Religious leaders lied about Jesus, hired false
  witnesses and had Him killed.

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• Honor and Dishonor (848-59)
• When the leaders couldnt refute Jesus
  statements, they attacked His person.
• We are not born of fornication-slur on our
  Lords own birth.
• Impossible to Honor the Father without Honoring
  the Son.
• Jesus warned them that they would die in their
  sins because of their unbelief. Now He invited
  them to trust His Word and never see death(851)

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• Abraham saw His day and rejoiced
• How? He saw the future city by faith (Heb
  1110, 13-16)
• Before Abraham was I AM (858)
• The most difficult people to win to the Saviour
  are those who do not realize that they have a
  need.
• They trust their religion to save them.

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• Whose Child are you? God the Father because you
  received Jesus Christ in your life? Or Satan
  your father because you are depending on the
  counterfeit righteousness, work righteousness,
  not the righteousness that comes by faith in
  Jesus Christ.
• If God is your Father, the heaven is your home.
  If He is not your Father, the hell is your
  destiny.
• It is a matter of Life or Death!