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We will prove that there is no way possible for a believer to be condemned by God the Father.
This means we are eternally secure.
There truly is nothing that can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.
No Judgment
condemnation = found a guilty and sentenced
Therefore is a powerful word pointing us backward to the previous discussion which has just concluded.
It is essential for us to understand WHY there is no condemnation for the believer.
Why are we not held accountable and punished for our sins.
The previous conversation went like this:
Therefore:
Because a war rages
Our minds are regenerated
This takes place at the moment of salvation.
We are “born again” and made new creatures according to 2 Cor 5:17.
Our flesh remains
Because Jesus bought us
Now two natures are at war within me, but Christ has purchased my soul.
If it were not for Romans 8, then I would be stuck forever in a tug-of-war between good and evil.
Life would look much like what is seen in movies when a character is deciding what to do and has an angel on one shoulder, but a devil on the other.
Many people believe this is how morality works for the Christian, but that could not be farther from the truth!
God did not leave us with a regenerated mind and a corrupt sin nature by ourselves!
Let’s see what it is that Jesus’ sacrifice has bought us!
Being in Christ
78 times the phrase “in Christ” is used.
In fact, we already referenced 2 Cor 5:17, which uses the phrase, “In Christ.”
The meaning of this phrase is multifaceted, but simply put for today.
We were not saved to operate on our own.
We were saved with the full intention of us being “in Christ,” both in theory and in practice.
We receive all the blessings of salvation “in Christ.”
Our sins are washed away “in Christ.”
When we were made new creatures, we were made “in Christ.”
Our home in Heaven is tied up “in Christ.”
We are not independent as believers, we are in Christ and we are to act like it!
Regardless of how we act, though, we are “in Christ.”
We receive the help of the Holy Spirit
Now comes the key to everything.
How is it that we can live heaven-filled lives on earth when we have a sin nature that constantly begs us to transgress God’s law?
The Holy Spirit!
The last phrase, “Who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit,” is not a CONDITION for salvation.
It is a RESULT of salvation!
It is not there for us to question whether we are in the spirit or in the flesh!
It is there to assure us that if we are “in Christ” then we walk after the Spirit!
Remember, we have access to all the blessings of God “in Christ.”
How do we know it’s a result?
Now when we look to fight the battle of Romans 7, the flesh against the mind.
It is no longer a one-on-one struggle.
It is a two-on-one in our favor!
It is now the flesh against the Spirit!
And one of our two is all-powerful!
But let me remind you, if you do not choose to fight the battle of the mind, you deny the opportunity for the Spirit to help you.
No Law, but what?
Lawlessness?
In America, we seem to almost worship freedom at times.
Ironically, complete freedom leaves nothing but lawlessness.
Man must be governed by something.
What was the purpose of the law?
What could the law not accomplish?
Anything to rectify the situation with sin.
The law is great at pointing out offenses and guilt, but it will forever hold the one who violates it guilty.
It can only mete out appropriate punishment and after the punishment is fulfilled, it can hold the penalty completed.
But the sin remains.
It’s still on your record.
Does grace make the us free from any law?
NO!
The whole point is for us to become RIGHTEOUS before God, not more sinful.
How is it that the righteousness which God expects could actually be lived out by the believer?
Only through the Holy Spirit!
Fleshly living does not please God.
It is the opposite of the life of faith.
The fleshly believer lives a life that ignores the God He claims to trust in.
The faith-filled believer lives out that faith in a righteous God by fulfilling the righteousness which is in the law BY FAITH through the Holy Spirit.
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