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The Glorious Fact &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,1);">Rom 8:1</a>
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Therefore there is now no condemnation to those in Christ
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It is overwhelming
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Not new &#8212; but awesome
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The heart of the Gospel
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The good news &#8212; The great news
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Therefore the link to context of <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Rom',5,1);">Rom 5:1</a> &#8212; assurance
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Now &#8212; A change from a previous condition
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No condemnation
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No &#8212; None &#8212; Never &#8212; Nothing can condemn
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Nothing can separate &#8212; <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,'38-39');">Rom 8:38-39</a>
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No condemnation &#8212; No punishment
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No curse
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No bondage
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No wrath
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No hell
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No judgment
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Released
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Out from under
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What about my present sin?
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Cannot condemn!
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What is the difference between an unbeliever sinning and a believer sinning?
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One &#8212; A legal matter of law
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Other &#8212; Family relationship
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No condemnation "
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Gone forever
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Settled &#8212; Certain
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Does not say &#8212;
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No failure &#8212; No sin &#8212; No weakness
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No faults &#8212; No struggles &#8212; No trials
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It does say no condemnation
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A truth to believe
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A glorious fact
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Do not allow condemnation
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Self &#8212; Satan &#8212; Others
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Do not allow feelings of condemnation &#8212; believe
<a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,1);">Romans 8:1</a>
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To whom is this fact applied?
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To them who are in Christ Jesus
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Not universal &#8212; Not everyone
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In Christ Jesus
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We are placed there &#8212; put there
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We remain there
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Nothing can take us out
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"In" &#8212; Union &#8212; Oneness
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We were in Adam
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Sharing in what He did
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Now we are in Christ
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The glorious fact &#8212; <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,1);">Rom 8:1</a>
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The Perfect Explanation
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Because &#8212; Reason
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Thru Christ
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Always only
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His life is life &#8212; His death &#8212; His resurrection
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Law of the Spirit of Life is the forceful, powerful, effective working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers
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Producing fruit &#8212; Qualities
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Now dominant
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The law of sin and death
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Living out of self was dominant
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Works &#8212; Law &#8212; Etc.
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Apart from the Holy Spirit
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We have been set free
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Made free
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An action outside of us
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We were passive
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Set free no longer under bondage
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Once and forever
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Complete &#8212; Absolute
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Who set us free?
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The Spirit of Life in Christ
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The grace of God in Christ
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The rule and authority of the Holy Spirit is greater than our sin nature or the bondage of the Law
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The Divine Cause &#8212; How it comes about
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For what the Law was powerless to do: Justify
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Because of human weakness &#8212; Sin &#8212; Inability
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Law had to be carried out
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We did not obey
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What God did &#8212; Justified
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By sending His Own Son
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The predestinated plan "
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<a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Act',2,23);">Act 2:23</a>;
<a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('1Pe',1,'2-5');">1Pe 1:2-5</a>;
<a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,32);">Rom 8:32</a>
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In the likeness of sinful flesh &#8212; human
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To bear our sin, punishment and guilt
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To give us His nature
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To be our Great High Priest
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The Practical Purpose
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In order that
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The righteous requirements of the Law might be fulfilled in us:
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To secure holiness in us
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Law failed because of our inability to obey
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Grace succeeds because of God &#8212;ability to give
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The righteousness demanded by Law has been given by grace
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We fulfill the Law thru faith in Christ
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Application
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Now we live
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Not according to the sinful nature &#8212; Self &#8212; Works &#8212; Law
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But according to the Spirit
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Fruit &#8212; Qualities
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Never independently
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Under authority
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Heart to obey
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Taught
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Led
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Empowered
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Out of gratitude
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We love Him
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We serve Him
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Not Just for Special Christians
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The realm of all believers
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Point of Assurance
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Of certainty
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Of security
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Will We Respond?
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Is Christ our Savior?
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Will we trust Him for
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Forgiveness
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Deliverance
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Set free
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To live
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According to the Spirit
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Of life
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Of God
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