Under New Management Message 1

Under New Management

Message 1

No Condemnation

Romans 8:1-4

Me:

I am a sinner

But I’m not alone

Listen to what David said about himself

Psalm 51:5 CEV

5 I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

The same is true of me

Because of sin

I am born in bondage to pain, disease, and death

Romans 8:22 CEV

22 We know that all creation is still groaning and is in pain, like a woman about to give birth.

Because of sin

My soul has been cursed

Galatians 3:10 NLT

10 But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.”

Because of sin

My soul is damned to hell

Revelation 20:14 The Message

14 Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death—Lake Fire.

We:

The bad news

So are you

i. You’re a sinner also

Romans 3:10 NLT

10 As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one.

Sin’s effects on us.

Man is not simply influenced by sin but is completely overpowered by it.

No one can escape that dominance by his own effort.

Sin is a defiling disease that corrupts every person

Degrades every individual

Disquiets (worries) every soul

It steals peace and joy from the heart

It replaces that peace and joy with trouble and pain

Sin is implanted in every human life

Its deadly force brings a universal corruption that no man can cure

Isaiah 64:6 The Living Bible

6 We are all infected and impure with sin. When we put on our prized robes of righteousness, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves we fade, wither, and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away.

The Good News

a.

“In Christ Jesus”

There are four realities for those are in Christ Jesus

No Condemnation

Romans 8:1 NIV

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

We have been set free from the curse of sin

God’s provision of salvation came not through Christ’s perfect teaching or through His perfect life but through His perfect sacrifice on the cross.

c.

Its purpose, justification

Romans 8:1 NIV

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

Romans 8:2 NIV

2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Because sin has so corrupted us (law of sin and death)

The only way we can be found righteous before a holy God

It is nothing you did

It is nothing you can do

Romans 6:23 NIV

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Christ became our substitute

Romans 8:3 CSB

3 For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering,

We have failed to keep the “law”

God sent to the son in our place

Hebrews 4:15 NIV

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

He became our sin offering

All the wrath God has stored up against sin was poured out on Jesus on the cross

Romans 5:8–9 NLT

8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.

The result of the cross is our sanctification

Romans 8:4 The Living Bible

4 So now we can obey God’s laws if we follow after the Holy Spirit and no longer obey the old evil nature within us.

Day by day moment by moment

We do not live under law

We live under grace

You are under new management

You:

Living under Grace

Can we sin and God just give more grace?

Romans 6:1–2 NLT

1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?

It is also important to realize that deliverance from divine condemnation does not mean deliverance from divine discipline.

Hebrews 12:6 The Message

6 It’s the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects.

Galatians 6:7 NIV

7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

Just imagine:

Amazing Grace

How sweet the sound

Everyone gets a second chance

Romans 10:9 NIV

9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.