Daily Devotional

-May 10, 2021-

Good morning, happy Monday,

-No Condemnation To Those in Christ-

“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).

Before salvation we were in sin, condemned, separated from God, dead in our trespasses and sin, under the bondage of sin and the devil. In Romans 2:1-3 Paul describes it as, “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked, according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. We call this our former life, emphasis on the word former.

Now there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. He has transformed us and made us no creatures in Christ. We are free from the wrath to come, forgiven of our sins. We have eternal life and a home in heaven, all by His grace through faith. This is what the foremost life.

Jesus did not come to condemn us, He came to save us. In John 3:16-17, He said, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

It is like the weight of the world that was upon us is rolled away, and we are set free. Charles Wesley wrote in his beautiful hymn, “No condemnation now I dread: Jesus, and all in Him, is mine! Alive in Him my living Head, and clothed in righteousness divine, bold I approach the eternal throne, and claim the crown through Christ my own.”

From an object of wrath to a child of the King, He changed our lives and given us a new song to sing. We are so incredibly blessed! Jesus bore our sins and our condemnation on the cross. Let us thank Him today that we have brought near by the blood of Christ. May we live as people in holiness and righteousness!

Have a blessed day living as a child of the King. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean