Day 331 - Romans 8 - 9

ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 331 - Romans 8 - 9 (No Condemnation for True Christians)
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"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. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."  (Romans 8:1-2)

In my last devotional, we learned that the Bible teaches that there is no one who is good in the eyes of God and that all are guilty of sin and are subject to the punishment of sin which is death, both physical as well as eternal death.  In our Scripture reading today, we read how all who are in Christ through faith in Him will never be subject to God's condemnation of sin.

The apostle Paul explains that the reason believers in Christ will not be condemned is because they have been freed from the power and authority of the law of Moses, Christ having completely met the law's requirements in their behalf.  In other words, the only way the the law can condemn true Christians is if it can condemn Christ who took upon His own body the punishment of death meted by the law.

Paul expounds on this thought in in the last verses of chapter 8 of the book of Romans:

           "Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.  Who is he who condemns? It            is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also                makes intercession for us.  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or                    distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?... Yet in all these things we                are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.  For I am persuaded that neither death nor              life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor            depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in                Christ Jesus our Lord."  (Romans 8:33-39)

Someone might ask, "Is there any way at all for a true Christian to bbe condemned ffor his sins?" Technically, I submit that there is one way; that is, if anyone including the Christian, could convince God the Father to stop loving His only beloved Son Jesus Christ, then it would be possible for the believer who is "in Christ" to be separated from the love of God.  As Paul wrote, the love of God which saved us from condemantion "is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  Obviously, that would be impossible and therefore it follows that it is also impossible for a true Christian to be condemned.  Hallellujah!  The Gospel is good news indeed!