-The King Does Not Condemn!
-John 3:11-21

"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned..." (John 3:17-18)

IN our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus, we come to know His voice (John 10:14). It is often a convicting voice--a check in our spirit, a nudge from the Word, a point in a sermon which comes with all the freshness and authority of the King's command. Often it is an encouraging voice or a voice that compels attention.

One thing it never will be is a voice of condemnation. It is the voice of One who comes that we "may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10).

A condemning voice comes from the accuser of the brethren (Revelation 12:10). The word accuser in the Greek means prosecutor. But no case can be brought against us because Jesus died on the cross to take the blame for our sins (Romans 8:32-35).

King Jesus is constantly building us up, not pulling us down, showing us a better way that does not lead to despair by condemning us. In Hebrew the word accuser is "hasatan," or Satan. We must never accept his distinctively condemnatory voice as the voice of the Good Shepherd, our King, Jesus the Christ.
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In our often unsatisfactory lives, the distinctive voice of unfailing, unconditional love can always be recognized. That's our KING! CHRIST JESUS, King of kings and Lord of lords.

--Haven Today