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1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
2. Guilty! Caught in the act and no defense can free you. Now what do you do? There is no escape, or is there?
3. Scripture
   1. John 9:39-41
   2. Jesus:  I have entered this world to announce a verdict that changes everything. Now those without sight may begin to see, and those who see may become blind.

Some Pharisees (who overheard Jesus):  Surely we are not blind, are we?

Jesus:  If you were blind, you would be without sin. But because you claim you can see, your sin is ever present.

4. Devotional
   1. The evidence stacks up. There is no doubt. Any question of innocence has been swept away with the overwhelming reality of what lies before the judge. There is no question of the outcome. You stand at the defendant’s table with no defense. Head down, heart pounding, you know what the only verdict can be guilty because you did it. You know you did it and God, the Judge knows you did it.
      1. Something amazing happens
      2. You’re forgiven
      3. Free to live, just follow Me
      4. Past is forgotten, files stacked on the bench just disappear
   2. What we deserve
      1. Punishment for our sin
      2. Bible says only adequate punishment for our disobedience is death
      3. Separation from Him because He is a holy God and abhors evil
      4. All the ills and evil that the world can throw at us because of our selfish desires and ungodly behavior
   3. What He gives us when we come to Him with a contrite heart in true repentance
      1. Grace – unmerited, undeserved favor with Him
      2. Mercy – not what we deserve
      3. Forgiveness
      4. Sins forgotten – cast into the sea to be remembered no more
      5. Loving embrace
      6. Adoption into His family
   4. When we believe in Him we begin to see the law can only condemn us
   5. When we trust in Him for forgiveness of our sins, we experience His grace and mercy
      1. Able to feel His spirit invade our life and change our outlook
      2. Able to extend His grace and mercy to others
      3. Able to introduce Him to others because His love reaches out through us
   6. Jesus announces a new verdict that changes everything. Feel the grace and joy that brings when you accept His gift of love into your heart
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