{"id":1718,"date":"2010-05-18T16:02:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T22:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2010-05-18T16:02:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T22:02:40","slug":"romans-81-no-condemnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-81-no-condemnation\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 8:1 – No Condemnation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 8:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

T<\/span>here is<\/span><\/em> therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no condemnation declared against born-again Christians; instead, we are declared as righteous.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This word \u201ccondemnation<\/span>\u201d is an interesting word. The Greek word is katakrima<\/span><\/em>, which means, \u201cthe result of a legal judgment in which there is a condemnatory ruling against someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last verse of chapter seven the Apostle Paul was thanking God for the fact that with his mind he serves the Law of God even though with the flesh he serves the law of sin. He has spent most of the past three chapters discussing the doctrine of justification by grace through faith and then describing the fact that sin has had dominion over us and describing the battle that exists between the sin nature and the intellect.<\/p>\n

In this verse he proclaims the great truth about these past three chapters. Even though sin has dominion over us in the flesh, because we have been declared as righteous by God, \u201cThere is<\/span> now no condemnation to those who are<\/span> in Christ Jesus.<\/span>\u201d Even though our sin nature still causes us to fall and commit sin and, as Paul said back in Romans 6:23<\/span><\/strong>, \u201cThe wages of sin is death,<\/span>\u201d he also said in that same verse, \u201cthe gift of God is eternal life.<\/span>\u201d Because God declared us righteous and gave us eternal life, there is no condemnation on us.<\/p>\n

Back in chapter four, Paul talked about the fact that righteousness was reckoned, or imputed, to us by grace. This reckoning, or crediting, is a legal term that means that righteousness is declared and placed in one\u2019s account where righteousness did not exist before. Since we have been declared righteous, there can be no condemnatory ruling against us.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is<\/span><\/em> therefore now no condemnation to those who are<\/span> in Christ Jesus.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul completes this verse with a statement of fact, not a condition. He is NOT saying that there is no condemnation to those \u201cwho are in Christ Jesus\u201d on the condition that they \u201cdo not walk according to the flesh.\u201d He is saying that a characteristic of those who are in Christ Jesus is the fact that they do not walk according to flesh but according to spirit. One of the signs of a true Christian is that they have a manner of life that is characterized by things of the spirit and one that is not characterized by fleshly things.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have had people ask me, \u201cWhat do you think about Christians who get saved and then go back to living the same way they did before they got saved?\u201d The only logical answer to this question, according to what Paul has just taught us is, \u201cThey never really got saved!\u201d Jesus, during his earthly ministry, taught his disciples, \u201cEven so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruits, nor can<\/span> a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.<\/span>\u201d (Matthew 7:17, 18<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

What does your fruit say about you? Are you in Christ Jesus?<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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