SF468 - FREE AT LAST - FREE FROM JUDGEMENT NO CONDEMNATION (Romans 8 1-4)

SF468

FREE AT LAST

FREE FROM JUDGEMENT: NO CONDEMNATION

Romans 8:1-4

INTRODUCTION

Theme: Freedom... From:

Judgement

Defeat

Discouragement

Fear

Man’s Condition

Sinners by nature & choice

Because of Sin...

born in bondage to death

heirs of God’s judgement

under a curse

bound to eternal Hell

God’s Salvation Promise...

Paul focuses on...

It’s reality, no condemnation

It’s reason, justification

It’s route, submission

It’s result, sanctification

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1A.       THE REALITY OF FREEDOM - NO CONDEMNATION (1a)

1B.       Comprehensive Nature Of  Our Freedom

“condemnation” = relates to sentencing for a crime, emphasis on the verdict and punishment.

No trial - Jesus has already stood trial for us.

No sentence - He has already received our sentence

No punishment - By his stripes we are healed.

2B.       Complete Nature Of Our Freedom

“no” = emphatic negative adverb of time; carries the idea of complete cessation.

Jesus completely and permanently paid the debt of sin and the penalty of the law.

3B.       Cleansing Nature Of Our Freedom

1 John 1:9

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2A.       THE REASON FOR FREEDOM - JUSTIFICATION (1b-2)

1B.       Relationship (1b)

“in Christ Jesus..”

Noah and the Ark

Placed inside not told to hold on.

2B.       Response (2)

We choose Christ and he lifts us up. - Drop a penny - catch it does not negate gravity simply overcomes it!

3A.       THE ROUTE TO FREEDOM: SUBSTITUTION (3)

1B.       Futility Of Man’s Works

Our very best efforts are powerless to remove sin’s curse from upon us.

2B.       Finality Of Christ’s Work

He was all man, yet all God - sinless!

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are‑‑yet was without sin.

Hebrews 2:14,17

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death‑‑that is, the devil‑‑For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

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4A.       THE RESULT OF FREEDOM - SANCTIFICATION (4)

1B.       God’s Requirements Met (4a)

In us - not by us!

2B.       God’s Resources Mentioned (4b)

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

This removes all the pressure!

APPLICATION

Shake The Cloud!