Saturday, August 28, 2010

"Being Right With God"

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:1 & 2) 'Condemnation': the result of judgement; which is what judgement we were previously under as the result of the Law; which, because we could not keep, nor, could not free ourselves from, had us condemned in sin and in death. But, there is a new judgement that has been established, which was the judgement of Jesus Christ in the flesh; which was a judgement of righteousness, leading to Life. In other words; because Jesus was here, in the flesh, which is the corruptible flesh which we all are in; yet He was able to remain without sin, and was thus judged sinless; which made the Way for the flesh to be set free from the condemnation of sin. And yet, He was crucified on the cross for our sin, being found without sin within Himself; which then established the satisfaction of the judgement for all the sin of the flesh, which was under the Law. Therefore, what could not be satisfied by the flesh, was satisfied by His flesh, which was the perfect sacrifice unto God to satisfy the judgement of sin, and to remove the condemnation of death in the flesh. Did you get any of that? Okay, maybe I should just say this: Even though we are still in this flesh, which is still corrupted by sin, that sin has been removed by the righteousness that Jesus fulfilled while He was in the flesh. And yet, the sin which we might commit in this flesh, as long as we are walking in the Spirit, is no longer condemning us, because we have been set free from the judgement which that sin was under. Does that mean we are free to sin? No! But when we do sin, we are to ask forgiveness for the sin that we might commit, and continue to walk in the Spirit, knowing that there is no condemnation to us for that sin which was manifested by the flesh, because the sin of the flesh has been dealt with once and forever by Jesus Christ. "For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His Own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8:3 & 4)

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