No Condemnation in Christ Jesus

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No Condemnation in Christ Jesus

Date: Apr. 27, 2023

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.

Because we are delivered from our sin by Jesus Christ our Lord, we are set free from the law of sin and death. We are also set free from any condemnation by God. There is now no condemnation. Once, our sin condemned us. Our sin was too powerful for the law to save us. But God saved us by sending Jesus to be a sin offering. Because of his sacrifice, we are free. In doing this, God met the requirement of the law, that sin demands a punishment. Jesus took the punishment and condemnation so we would not.

There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who live by the flesh. They are condemned because they are hostile to God and have their minds on the fleshly desires. They cannot please God, and their end destination is death. The other type is those who have their mind set on the Spirit. Those people have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. Their end is life and peace. Which are you? When we accept Jesus into our hearts, we are those who are of life and peace. We are not condemned. We are free in him.

Prayer: Prayer: Father, I am not saved by the law, but by you. Now I am no longer controlled by the law of sin but by the Spirit, who has set me free. Thank you, Lord!

One Word: One Word: There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus

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Acts 10:36-48

Key Verse: 10:40

but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,

Today's Question

What is repentance unto life?

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