There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Mark well: the apostle does not say there is no corruption in us, but no condemnation to us; we may be corrected but never condemned, yea, corrected that we may never be condemned. And he extends this to all believers indefinitely, not to this man or that, but to any in Christ Jesus. He says there is no condemnation now, not merely that there shall be none hereafter.
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The apostle does not say there is nothing condemnable in us, for sin is in us and condemned by us; but there is not one sentence of condemnation against us, not from God the Father who justifies, nor from the Son whose righteousness justifies us, nor from the Holy Spirit who bears witness to our justification. No legal condemnation lies against us, though every sin deserves one.
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The law could never give peace or holiness; it only stirred up conflict and sin in the conscience. But the gospel does what law never could: it delivers from condemnation and brings life. That is the power Christ offers here.
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