• The Glorious Fact — Rom 8:1
  • Therefore there is now no condemnation to those in Christ
    • It is overwhelming
    • Not new — but awesome
    • The heart of the Gospel
    • The good news — The great news
  • Therefore the link to context of Rom 5:1 — assurance
  • Now — A change from a previous condition
  • No condemnation
    • No — None — Never — Nothing can condemn
    • Nothing can separate — Rom 8:38-39
  • No condemnation — No punishment
    • No curse
    • No bondage
    • No wrath
    • No hell
    • No judgment
  • Released
    • Out from under
    • What about my present sin?
    • Cannot condemn!
  • What is the difference between an unbeliever sinning and a believer sinning?
    • One — A legal matter of law
    • Other — Family relationship
  • No condemnation "
    • Gone forever
    • Settled — Certain
  • Does not say —
    • No failure — No sin — No weakness
    • No faults — No struggles — No trials
  • It does say no condemnation
    • A truth to believe
    • A glorious fact
    • Do not allow condemnation
      • Self — Satan — Others
  • Do not allow feelings of condemnation — believe Romans 8:1
  • To whom is this fact applied?
    • To them who are in Christ Jesus
    • Not universal — Not everyone
    • In Christ Jesus
      • We are placed there — put there
      • We remain there
      • Nothing can take us out
      • "In" — Union — Oneness
    • We were in Adam
      • Sharing in what He did
    • Now we are in Christ
      • The glorious fact — Rom 8:1
• The Perfect Explanation
  • Because — Reason
  • Thru Christ
    • Always only
    • His life is life — His death — His resurrection
  • Law of the Spirit of Life is the forceful, powerful, effective working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers
    • Producing fruit — Qualities
    • Now dominant
  • The law of sin and death
    • Living out of self was dominant
    • Works — Law — Etc.
    • Apart from the Holy Spirit
  • We have been set free
    • Made free
    • An action outside of us
    • We were passive
    • Set free no longer under bondage
      • Once and forever
      • Complete — Absolute
  • Who set us free?
    • The Spirit of Life in Christ
    • The grace of God in Christ
    • The rule and authority of the Holy Spirit is greater than our sin nature or the bondage of the Law
• The Divine Cause — How it comes about
  • For what the Law was powerless to do: Justify
  • Because of human weakness — Sin — Inability
    • Law had to be carried out
    • We did not obey
  • What God did — Justified
  • By sending His Own Son
    • The predestinated plan "
    • Act 2:23; 1Pe 1:2-5; Rom 8:32
    • In the likeness of sinful flesh — human
    • To bear our sin, punishment and guilt
    • To give us His nature
    • To be our Great High Priest
• The Practical Purpose
  • In order that
  • The righteous requirements of the Law might be fulfilled in us:
  • To secure holiness in us
  • Law failed because of our inability to obey
  • Grace succeeds because of God —ability to give
  • The righteousness demanded by Law has been given by grace
  • We fulfill the Law thru faith in Christ
• Application
  • Now we live
  • Not according to the sinful nature — Self — Works — Law
  • But according to the Spirit
    • Fruit — Qualities
    • Never independently
      • Under authority
      • Heart to obey
        • Taught
        • Led
        • Empowered
  • Out of gratitude
    • We love Him
    • We serve Him
• Not Just for Special Christians
  • The realm of all believers
• Point of Assurance
  • Of certainty
  • Of security
• Will We Respond?
• Is Christ our Savior?
• Will we trust Him for
  • Forgiveness
  • Deliverance
  • Set free
  • To live
  • According to the Spirit
    • Of life
    • Of God

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