NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE IN CHRIST JESUS

Saturday, 22ND JULY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC: NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE IN CHRIST JESUS

MEMORIZE: “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:36.

SCRIPTURE READING: Romans 8:1-4

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”

EXPOSITION:

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. That is such good news. As this passage says, God sent his Son to be a sin offering for us. By that, he condemned sin in the flesh. And the righteous requirements of the law have been fully met in us. As believers in the Lord Jesus, we do not need to fear what awaits us in eternity. But this good news is not applicable to all people. And not even to all church-going people. As Paul makes clear at the beginning, it is those who are in Christ who have no condemnation. And, at the end of this passage, he separates those who live according to the Spirit from those who live according to the flesh. The righteous requirements of the law are met only in those who live according to the Spirit, not necessarily those who go to Churches.

While a distinction can be drawn between those who live according to the Spirit and those who live according to the flesh, I do believe they go hand-in-hand. Those who are in Christ will live by the Spirit, seeking to follow his direction. While those who live to please themselves are not in Christ. Much of this chapter is making this contrast between those who live to please the Spirit and those who live to please themselves.

There is much more that could be said about this passage. But, at the very least, it is a challenge to seek to live by the Spirit. To follow his direction and look to please him rather than self. Do that, and you will live.

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, help us not to become waster of your grace of salvation given to us in Jesus name.

ii. Help us to be righteous and live in the Spirit hence forth in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Isaiah  1 – 4.

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