ROMANS 8
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
WITHOUT CHARGE
Paul starts this amazing chapter, with the words
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
To be justified in Christ, is to be like one that has never sinned. Note is does not mean that we will never sin again, but that we have Christ’s righteousness, it is nothing at all to do with ourselves.
Let me illustrate, If I drive very fast in a car and break the speed limit, the judge says you will pay a fine of $1000 and someone comes and pays that fine and says, I will take the rap for Him and that offence is counted to me.This is what Christ has done at the cross, he has taken my sin and instead of it being on my account, it says paid in full by his blood and sacrifice.. Amen
If we go back to Zechariah chapter 3, we see Satan in his role as accuser of the brethren, he stands in God’s courtroom, but the charge sheet against us is empty.
Likewise, with Job, after the first two chapters, where was Satan.. nowhere. It was God who justified Job and God who justifies us.. Amen
Satan cannot lay one finger of accusation on us, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t try. He is constantly slandering and accusing us, but we are clothed in the righteousness of Christ. We have his white robe of righteousness.
In Ephesians 6, it is put very well.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness
The breastplate covers the front and the back of the soldier, it is one of his most important pieces. For the soldier it is essential and also for the Christian.
A Christian is a justified sinner, he is one to whom God can say
I see you just as if you have never sinned.
No one can lay a charge against you; the charge sheet is empty and it is because it has been paid full in full by Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary
What wonder and what glory …AMEN
God bless you
Keith
ROMANS 8
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
NO CONDEMNATION
Paul starts this great chapter by saying there is Now No Condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
When Sin came into the world, through the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, man came under the condemnation of God.
Man had over him a death sentence, man was under a curse. He was alienated totally from God.
But Jesus has become a curse for us, as it says in Galatians.. Cursed is everyone that hanged on a tree.
Jesus took our place, he stood in the place of us, taking our condemnation and God’s wrath, and both of these things were placed on HIM.
The hymn writer says this
Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood
Paul puts this beautifully in Ephesians 2
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
The death and resurrection of Jesus remove God’s condemnation from us, but also there is the ministry of Intercession, that he does for us.
What a tremendous comfort to the Christian that Jesus is constantly praying for him/her.. Amazing
We are not under God’s condemnation and curse.. we are free
God bless you
Keith