There is Now No Condemnation in Christ

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There is Now No Condemnation in Christ

Date: Aug. 10, 2019

Passage

Romans 8:1-8 (ESV)

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 8:1-2

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

1. God did what the law was powerless to do (1-4)

After intense deadly battle with sin and the law (Ch.6-7), Paul gives a climactic "therefore" and introduces Christian life in the Spirit. This is life "in Christ Jesus." The law had no power to save us. So God saved us through Jesus Christ, the sin offering for us. In Jesus, we are not condemned. Rather, all who live in Christ and according to the Spirit are righteous.

2. The mind of the flesh or the Spirit (5-8)

The fleshly, carnal mind is fixed on pleasing myself, such as through pleasure, human glory and pride. This mind is rebellious, displeases God and ends in death. The mind of the Spirit within the Christian is set on pleasing and seeking God, and growing in the mind and heart of Christ-his life and peace.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, you did what the law could not do. You set me free from the condemnation and control of sin, so I can now live according to the mind of the Spirit, desiring the life and peace of God. Thank you, Jesus.

One Word: Set free to live according to the Spirit

God Restores Eden

Revelation 22:1-9

Key Verse: 22:3

No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.

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