Sermon #S022 - I've
Got Receipts - (Part 1)
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Pastor Snell: John chapter 8 and
verse number one. All right.
See, so somebody's still
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turning. If you are ready,
just now just say I'm ready.
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[Congregation: I'm ready]
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Amen. John chapter 8, verse
number 1. The Bible says that
Jesus went to the Mount of
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Olives, and now, early in the
morning. What time of day was
it? What time of day was it?
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[Congregation: Early]
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The Bible says it was early in
the morning. He came again into
the temple and the people came
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to him and he sat down and
talked to them, Jesus meets with
the people early in the morning.
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Then the Bible says, then the
scribes and Pharisees brought to
him a woman caught in adultery.
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And when they had set her in the
midst, they said to him teacher,
this woman was caught in
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adultery in the very act. Now,
Moses in the law commanded us
that such should be stoned. But
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what do you say? This they said
testing him. That they might
have something of which to
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accuse him. And it's crazy that
they're willing to kill this
woman just to get it Jesus. And
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you see the great controversy at
work because you all realize the
great controversy is not about
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us. It is a battle between
Christ and Satan, we are just
caught in the middle. You all
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hear me today, friends. The
Bible says, what do you say?
Then verse 6 is this they said,
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testing him. Now, they may have
something of which to accuse
him, but Jesus stooped down and
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wrote on the ground with his
finger, as though, he did not
hear. And when they continued
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asking him, he raised himself up
and said unto them, "He who is
without sin amongst you let him
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throw a stone at her first". And
again, he stooped down and wrote
on the ground, then those who
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heard it being convicted by
their own conscience, went out
one by one, beginning with the
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oldest, even unto the last. And
Jesus was left alone and the
woman standing in the midst. And
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when Jesus had raised himself up
and saw no one but the woman he
said unto her, "Woman, where are
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those accusers of yours? Has no
one condemned you and she said,
No one, Lord." And Jesus said,
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neither do I condemn you, go and
sin no more. But again, I want
to just re-emphasize here. What
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we read here in verse number 6,
is then they said this testing
him. Now, they might have
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something of which to accuse
him. Then in verse 7, the Bible
says when they continued asking
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him, he raised himself and said,
he who is without sin amongst
you let him throw a stone at her
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first. Today, saints for just a
little while, I want to talk
about the subject, "I've Got
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Receipts". I've got receipts,
let's pray together. Father, in
this little while, would you say
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much? Father, I'm praying that
you would allow us to experience
a rare visitation of your
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spirit. Maybe not just leave
having gone through an order of
service, but Lord, we want to
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leave knowing that we've had an
encounter with you. And so Lord,
in this hour, would you make me
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your avatar? May I simply be the
tool through which you speak and
communicate with these, your
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people? And so Lord, my prayer
is that in the hearing of the
word that faith would be
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multiplied. Hide me in the
shadows of the cross that Jesus
alone might be seen, that Christ
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alone would be heard. And at the
end of our time together made
Jesus alone be praised. We ask
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this in the name of him who is
altogether lovely, it is in the
name of Jesus, that we pray. Let
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God's people say together. Amen,
and amen. [Congregation: Amen]
You may be seated in the house
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of God. You know, friends, there
are a number of lessons that can
be gleaned from our story today.
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But the first thing it teaches
us is that it is still a good
thing to meet with Jesus early
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in the morning. The Bible says
that Jesus comes into the temple
early in the morning and there
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the people come to meet with
him. And every detail of
scripture is written for our
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edification. In other words,
this gathering with Jesus takes
place before the sun even
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emerges. They meet with Jesus
while the songs of the cricket
can still be heard.
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They meet with Jesus while the
dew drops are still resting on
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rose petals. And they value time
with Christ in such a way that
they make it a point to meet
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with Jesus before they go to
work. They make it a point to
meet with Jesus before they go
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to class. Their first activity
of the day is to have a meeting
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with Jesus. And I want to just
instruct the body on this point
that in your spiritual
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development and formation, it is
important that you get in the
habit of meeting with Jesus at
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the start of the day. Is there a
witness that knows how you begin
the day spiritually? It's going
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to determine how you end the day
spiritually. And one of the
action steps that I want to put
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before all of us today, is to
make sure that this week our
first pursuit each day is to
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begin the day with Jesus.
Are you with me? [Congregation:
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Amen] In fact, friends, I need
you to know that one of the
things that will change all of
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the outcomes of your life is to
get into the rhythm of having a
Jesus-first mentality. In fact,
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friends, Jesus sets the example.
In Mark 1:35, the Bible says
that Jesus would rise a great
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while before day and find a
solitary place where he would
pray. In fact, in Psalm 63,
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David says early in the morning,
will I seek Him? And the reason
friends, Jesus needs to be
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pursued at the start of the day
is that we're less likely to
meet with him after the busyness
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of the day has commenced. And
friends of mine, I don't know
about you but it is my life
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experience. Do I have a witness
that there is something special
that happens when you start your
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day with Jesus Christ? In fact,
when I meet with Jesus early
that meeting tends to be more
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fruitful. When I start my day
with Jesus, Revelation is more
abundant. My focus on prayer is
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greater, my spiritual bandwidth
is more immense. My heart is not
cluttered with the cares of the
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world. When I get settled with
Jesus, I get an inner strength
that gives me power for whatever
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the day may be. And see one of
the things you've got to learn
is that you got to get to a
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place where you beat the noise
of the day. In other words,
there are some parents with
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small kids that have got to meet
with Jesus before those babies
wake up, and my preaching to
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anybody today. Sometimes you got
to meet with Jesus before the
stress begins to put consume
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your soul. You've got to start
your day with Jesus before the
heaviness begins to press upon
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your life. In fact, let me say
to the brothers today that
before you watched Steven A.
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Smith, make Jesus your first
take. You all mighty quiet.
Before you start listening to
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Undisputed, you need to get with
the undefeated. You need to
start scrolling left in the
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scriptures before you start
swiping right on your phone. Is
there anybody that knows that
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before you watch The Today Show,
you need to connect with the God
that holds tomorrow?
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[Congregation: Clapping/Amen]
And see friends, I want you to
get that there are some things
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that happen some benefits of
meeting with Christ first. You
see the first thing that happens
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when you meet with Jesus first,
is you get strengthened for
whatever the day may bring. In
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other words, when I have a
powerful meeting with God and I
experienced his in-feeling, I
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get settled for the day. In
other words, I don't start the
day frantic, I don't start the
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day frazzled, and I get richness
from meeting with God, which
makes me so strong that it
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announces to every circumstance
that ain't going to let nothing
take away my joy. In other
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words, when you meet with Jesus,
you get more patience for your
kids. You got more patience with
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your spouse. You are less
irritable on the job. You've got
more bandwidth for your
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co-workers. When your meet with
Jesus, you're less likely to go
off on those that get on your
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nerves. Are you all here in the
preacher today? [Congregation:
Amen] Snell: In other words,
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what happens is the day doesn't
feel too big for you. You see
the problem with some of us is
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we go to work tired. We start
the day defeated because we've
not connected with the source.
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But when you start the day with
Jesus, you're not overwhelmed by
the day in the beginning,
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because you focus on the God
that is bigger than any problem
you may face. In other words,
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friends, you've got to start the
day with a deposit, not a
withdrawal. [Congregation:
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Clapping/Amen] Snell: In other
words, the reason we struggle is
that our withdrawals are more
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than our deposits. And is there
anybody that knows that when you
withdraw more than you put in
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you have insufficient oh where
yall at today?, are yall hearing
me today? In other words, we got
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insufficient spirituality
because we have lost more than
we put in. And see the reason
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you want to meet God first, it
makes your spiritual life
impactful because when you meet
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God first, Jesus becomes vitamin
and not medicine. [Congregation:
Amen] Oh, God. See the problem
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is some of us only call on Jesus
when we get sick but how many of
us know that if you've got Jesus
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nurturing your soul he blocked
some stuff and keeps it from
coming to pass? See for some of
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us Jesus is the only pain
medicine. He's the bailout God
and God is saying to somebody
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today that I want to get to know
you outside of your hardships.
[Congregation: Amen] Somebody
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God is saying, I want to know
you outside of your difficulty.
I want to know you, students
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after you get financially clear.
I want to know you after you get
out of the bad situation. Is
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there anybody that's in a
relationship with God that says
I want to know him outside of
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our hardship? I want to know
Jesus for myself. And see
friends, the reason this is epic
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today is because some of us are
treating Jesus like Theraflu
when he needs to be your immune
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system. [Congregation: Amen] In
other words, when you are
connected with the strong immune
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system, what happens is he keeps
certain infections from coming
and jumping all over you.
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And I need you to know an ounce
of prevention is better than two
cups of cure. Are you all hear
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me today? [Congregation: Amen]
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And say, I want to take a moment
and I just want to preach
against some of the popular
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theology of our time. You see
one of the reasons you need to
meet with Christ early is so you
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don't have to meet with Christ
in a hurry. One of the movements
that we have accepted in the
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church, have you noticed that
everything that revolves around
devotional stuff has always been
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watered down to a
bite-sized miniature capacity?
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In other words, everything now
is about the 5-minute
devotional. It's about the
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12-second prayer, and that Jesus
is always supposed to be done on
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the go. But do I have a witness
that whatever you prioritize
you're going to commit
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significant time to I believe if
you're transitioning from milk
unto meat you ought to be
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getting to a place where you
withdraw time from ugly earthly
things so you can devote some
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time to spiritual things. The
problem with the way we do
devotion now is that devotion is
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designed to assuage
consciousness and not build
character. [Congregation: Amen]
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In other words, we just want to
go through some steps so that we
can say that we met with God
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but we never get lost in his
presence. But I need you to know
friends that if you taste and
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see that the Lord is good, you
won't always be in a rush. You
will always be in a hurry if you
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actually get in the word.
Sometimes you will lose track of
the sight of time. Has anybody
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got so lost in their prayer
closet, that you were supposed
to go, but God got so good to
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them, that you just lingered a
little bit in the overflow? Are
you all hear me today, friends?
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[Congregation: Amen/Clapping]
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And see the lie we've got to
stop telling ourselves, is that
we don't have time.
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No, no. We've got to stop
telling ourselves a lie that we
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don't have time. I need you to
know there's some stuff that we
can be deleting so that we can
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devote some time to God. In
other words, if you were able to
like 800 pictures on Instagram.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Snell: It means you got some
time. If you're in 18 fantasy
football leagues, you've got the
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tower, you're all mighty quiet.
If you work 80 hours a week in
two jobs you've got some time.
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If you spend 12 hours a day on
the phone with your boo thing,
you've got the time. Do you see
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the great prophet of our time,
Jonathan McReynolds saying, I
make time for what I treasure. I
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make time for what I want. I
choose my priorities and Jesus
you're my number one. And I need
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to know, are there any
blood-washed saints who are
saying, Jesus, I'm going to make
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some room for you in my life. So
if you need to Jesus my
Instagram time, you can move
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that over. My boo thing time,
you can move that over. My TV
time, you can move that over. My
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work time, you can move that
over. I'm living a Christ-first
life. [Congregation: Amen] Can
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the redeem say, Amen out there
today? [Congregation: Amen]
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Snell: And so friends of mine,
this teaches us some lessons and
I'm moving as quickly as I can
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today. But the second thing this
teaches is that sometimes
there's a blessing in getting
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caught. [Congregation: Amen]
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Snell: Now, hear me out, before
you tune me out. Are you all
hear me today? Now, this early
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morning prayer meeting, it's
turned strangely awkward as
Jesus is teaching the scriptures
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and a half-dressed woman is
thrown into the midst of the
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season of prayer. In fact, the
woman is still barely clothed,
and her hair is still wet with
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the perspiration she earned in
the vile deed. And it's crazy
because she has been manhandled
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by the Scribes and the
Pharisees. And she has been
pushed down into the presence of
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Jesus, and they make the
announcement, Jesus, this woman
has been caught in adultery. She
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has been caught in the very act.
And it's crazy because the Bible
says this happens early in the
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morning, which means they've
been watching her since last
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night. [Congregation: Amen]
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And his funny friends because
there are some of us that don't
see the goodness of God in the
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story until the men dropped the
stones. Some don't see the
goodness of God until the
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accusers are vanquished away.
Some don't see the goodness of
God until the woman receives her
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pardon. But how many of us know
that providence never operates
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in a vacuum? It is at work in
every aspect of life. And God is
so good that he can take what
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your enemies mean for bad and
turn it around and use it for
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your good. [Congregation: Amen]
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You see, friends, I believe
Grace was at work even when she
fell asleep the night before.
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That grace was at work when they
burst into the doors early in
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the morning. Grace is at work
when they dragged her out of
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some man's bed. Grace is at work
when they dragged her
half-clothed through the
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streets, and Grace didn't just
start working when Jesus started
talking, it was grace that led
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her here in the first place.
Okay. You all miss your shout.
Do you realize where they
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brought her?
[Congregation: Amen]
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Do you realize that the best
place to take a sinner is to put
them at the feet of Jesus?
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Oh God. If they wanted to hurt
her, they should have taken her
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to the Sanhedrin.
[Congregation: Amen]
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If they wanted to hurt her, they
should have taken her to the
court of law, but they took her
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to the wrong place because
they've met her no good but they
usher her to the foot of Jesus.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Do you realize that taking a
sinner to the foot of Jesus is
like taking a starving man to a
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buffet? [Congregation: Amen]
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It's like taking a thirsty man
to a well. It's like taking a
broke person to the bank, where
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yall at today.
[Congregation: Amen]
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Like the best place she
could be is in the church.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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And at the feet of Jesus. Now,
friends, I have not seen this in
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the scripture, but after this
woman gets her restoration, I
can see somewhere down the line
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where when she would see these
men in the streets, she didn't
have an attitude but she would
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go up and said, I thank
you... [Congregation: Amen]
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...for catching me. I thank you
for exposing me. I thanked you
for taking me to the feet of
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Jesus. And this may seem
like strange praise today.
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But I'm at a place where I thank
God for every trouble that leads
me to the feet of Jesus.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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I know you don't want to praise
him this way, but it may have
been their lies that led you to
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the truth. It may be your lack
that led you to your source. It
may be the heartbreak that leads
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you to the heart fixer. It may
be a lack of peace that led you
to the prince of peace. I don't
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care what took you there. I
don't care how long it took to
get you there. But as long as
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you're at his feet, give him
praise today for the ushers. No,
no. Sometimes trouble is not a
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barrier, it's an
usher. [Congregation: Amen]
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It seats you at
the feet of Jesus.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Snell: Are you all
here in the work today?
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[Congregation: Amen/Hallelujah]
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Snell: You see it's
being where she did not belong.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Snell: That was the catalyst
that pushed her where she did
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belong. Now, it's no awkward
thing to digest because getting
the blessing doesn't begin with
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pardon, it doesn't begin with
forgiveness, it actually begins
when the lie finally collapses.
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It is when her stuff is put on
the front street, that is not a
punishing act. It's oh, you all
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got quiet here.
[Congregation: Amen]
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It's a saving act:
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[Congregation: Amen]
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I need you to get
that this sister her heart,
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her heart is so darkened by
these habits that she cannot be
made repentant through sermon or
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counsel. You see, I need
you to get this about this lady
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because the Bible lets us know
that one of the things about sin
is that it thrives in darkness.
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And one of the things, do I have
a witness that when you first
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start in any sin, you're very
careful about covering up your
tracks and making sure that
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nobody sees what you're doing.
But the problem with sin is that
the more you get away with it,
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the more Invincible you become
and the less cautious you are in
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your covering. So at first, when
the lady would go over to John's
house, what would happen is she
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would make sure to see who was
watching. She would have a watch
out on one side but
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because she's gotten away with
it so long that she's woken up
in that joint in broad daylight,
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in fact, she is so consistent
that her enemies don't have to
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look for her.
[Congregation: Amen]
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All they got to do is wait for
her because they know every
Tuesday, every Thursday, and
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every Saturday night, she going
to be creeping over at John's
house. Are you all with me
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today? [Congregation: Amen]
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And I need somebody to know
that somebody's always watching.
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[Congregation: Amen/Clapping]
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She had this to get that one
thing about human nature and
it's not just you, it's human
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nature. Human nature has a bend
toward evil. Are you all still
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with me, church?
[Congregation: Amen]
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We have a natural inclination
toward sin and not just saying
but the covering of our sin.
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The problem with sometimes is
that God is so merciful that God
won't let you blow up the first
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time. What he will do is he will
allow some grace. But what
happens is we confuse grace as a
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license for sin.
[Congregation: Amen]
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And what should be helping us
turn around actually makes us
bolder in our dirt. You are all
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at the brand-new today?
[Congregation: Amen/Clapping]
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Because it's quite as it's kept,
though nobody gets caught the
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first time.
[Congregation: Laughing]
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Come on, tell the truth. That's
what you told your parents, but
nobody gets pregnant the first
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time. There are some scares
along the way, but we didn't
turn around am I telling the
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truth? like, nobody goes to jail
for the first crime they commit.
In other words, there are
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usually. They can
anybody look back at their life
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and realize that there were some
times there was some margin
where God gave us to turn
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around. But the problem is that
some of us will not turn around
until certain things are drawn
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from the darkness.
[Congregation: Amen]
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And put into the light. And so I
need us to understand something
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about the truth. Like for those
that are living with a lie right
now, I need you to know man, the
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truth is the one element that
cannot die. [Congregation: Amen]
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I mean, the truth is like that
blade of grass that burst
through the concrete crack.
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And I want to encourage somebody
that is living with a painful
lie, I need you to know,
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the one thing about secret
sin is that it's strongest in
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secret. And that's what God
has done certain things hit the
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light because it is not until it
hits the light that we can find
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our salvation. I need us to kind
of think through this with the
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scriptures because I needed to
know that some of the greatest
blessings in the scripture are
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when some people got caught. And
you see, the blessing of the
woman is not just when she was
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forgiven, it was when she got
caught. I can see you all still
are not convinced. Let's look at
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my man Samson. He had gotten
away with it, and he always had
his strength but he didn't turn
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around and depend on God until
he got caught and that's when he
realized that his help came from
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God. You all still aren't
convinced. Remember your boy,
Jonah was doing good, running
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from the presence of God but he
didn't realize his full
potential until he got caught in
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the belly of a whale and then he
made supplication unto God.
Okay, you'll be convinced here.
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Remember there was a thief on
the cross who is out there
living his best life
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and had gotten away with it. But
one day he was caught and put on
the cross next to Jesus,
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and it was there on the cross
that he met his savior, we're
saying today I say unto you that
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you will be with me in paradise.
In other words, God blesses some
by covering, and sometimes he
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saves you by letting it come to
the light. [Congregation: Amen]
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What a powerful message by
Pastor Debleaire Snell!  Thank
you so much for joining us for
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the Breath of Life Television
Ministries broadcast. We hope
and pray that you have been
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blessed through today's message.
Remember, that Jesus cares and
loves us so much. Join us next
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week for Part Two of “I've Got
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