Life without condemnation

A. The Declaration (1)

1. There was condemnation before coming to Christ

John 3:18 CSB

Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

Genesis 6:5–6 NASB95

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Jeremiah 17:9 NASB95

“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

Isaiah 64:6 NIV

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

Ephesians 2:1 NASB95

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

2. Condemnation is removed only in Christ

1 Timothy 1:13 (NASB95)

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor...

Philippians 3:9 (NASB95)

...not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

B. The Reason (2)

C. The Explanation (3-4)

1. The Law enticed the flesh

2. Jesus became a Man

3. Jesus paid the penalty for sin

4. Those who walk according to the Spirit demonstrate they’re saved

Ephesians 5:8 NASB95

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light