✗ An adverse sentence | Judah Smith ✗

• Whatever you are in journey with Jesus, you belong here – you got a family in here that loves you no matter what 
• Romans 8:1-3 
• “There is no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus…” 
• Condemnation, guilt, shame should play no part in your relationship with your God 
• “God destroyed sin’s control over us by giving His son as a sacrifice for our sins…”
• Condemnation means an adverse sentence 
• A lot of Jesus followers live like in any moment, if there don’t do enough, pray enough, worship enough, read enough, give enough, their status can change without notice, suddenly you are no longer gained access and that is a tough way to live 
• Your status with God is permanent, it is unchanging, the verdict has been given, the jury has been dismissed, we don’t need a judge anymore, it is done, it is established, it is finished (Satisfied/Fulfilled) 
• Had He had sin, He could not help us with our own sin 
• Jesus was the only one capable and able of dealing with your own sin 
• He steps in, takes our place, and holds up the end of the deal which we could not and right before He passes, He declares it is finished 
• Sin is sneaky though because sin will preach to you if you let it – “See your sentence has changed” 
• All kinds of emotions, complexities, anxieties starts to set in and there is spiritually paralysis and frustration, waking up in a deficit mentality (always trying to make up your inability to fulfill and do everything that God wants you to do, so you constantly try harder in doing more, straining and striving) 
• He’s come introduce a whole new world order, a new way to be human, a new way to be alive 
• Because of Jesus, we can relate to God via trust – simply leaning in, letting Him to be our sufficiency 
• Your sentence cannot change 
• One of our challenge is we tend to like condemnation 
• When you do something bad, and you feel bad for it, it kindda feels good because that makes sense 
• If I did something bad, I oughta feel bad 
• We have misinterpreted Godly sorrow – it is not pity, shame, guilt but a sorrow that goes Godward, not inward 
• Feeling bad never helps me to get good – But our human nature trends towards that because that is logical 
• Human relationship is both sides holding up the end of the deal (mutual agreement) 
• We super impose on God in what we believe in relationships and believe that He is human 
• Because of Jesus, God knew we could not hold up our end of the relationships, so He sent His son to do what we cannot do with God 
• Jesus steps in, and we are in permanent relationship with God so no longer God in heaven goes “really?” 
• God is fully satisfied in His relationship with Him 
• Is God unpleased with Jesus? 
• We are in with Jesus now, and we are completely, entirely, unconditionally pleasing, righteous and accepted 
• We would sin less, that in the moment we sin, we turn our entire attention to enjoying God immediately 
• The moment you sin, instead of feeling bad and trying to make up for a deficit that is already made up for, but focus on Him, I suppose we would sin less 
• I wonder if I would discover the ability to sin less? - Typically we need space, but instead we go right to Him 
• Peter realized it was not normal walking on water and this was not supposed to happen and starts sinking 
• Matt 14:32 
• Peter is a little shook up emotionally, just did what was impossible and sank, can Peter can a breather/break? Peter needs time to process, no? 
• Sometimes the bible says a whole lot without saying anything 
• Peter was soaking wet and facilitating a line up so people can come to touch Jesus Jacket – Can Peter at least dry off? 
• Don’t you come to church wet, the residue of your sinkingness or lift your hands soaking wet? We don’t do wet in here. 
• No one cared that Peter almost died, and they were enamored with Jesus, even Peter – Peter just does not miss a beat 
• I wonder there lies in the power to sink less 
• You have to learn to come to church wet, I am who I am by the grace of God