Now Paul looks to Jesus and he finds his standing in Him.

No condemnation: This place of confidence and peace comes after the confusion and conflict that marked Romans 7. If you are not in Christ Jesus, and are walking after the flesh, you have not escaped from condemnation.” (Spurgeon)ī. “It is no pleasant task to us to have to speak of this matter but who are we that we should ask for pleasant tasks? What God hath witnessed in Scripture is the sum and substance of what the Lord’s servants are to testify to the people. We perhaps need to consider the flip side: If you are not in Jesus Christ, there is condemnation for you. It has not been improved, it’s been completely transformed, changed to a status of no condemnation. The verdict is not “less condemnation.” That’s where many believe they are – thinking our standing has improved in Jesus. Christ is in believers by His Spirit, and believers are in Christ by faith.” (Poole) This is sometimes expressed by Christ being in them… and here by their being in Christ. In Christ: “This phrase imports, that there is a mystical and spiritual union betwixt Christ and believers. Joined to Him, we hear the verdict: “ no condemnation.” You can’t drown the foot as long as the head is out of water. You can’t acquit the head and condemn the hand.

It’s as if Paul begins, “I can prove what I say here.” This is what he proves: if we are one with Jesus and He is our head, we can’t be condemned. It means that what he says comes from a logical argument. They are not condemned, they will not be condemned, and they cannot be condemned. Since God the Father does not condemn Jesus, neither can the Father condemn those who are in Jesus. There is therefore now no condemnation: The simple declaration of no condemnation comes to those who are in Christ Jesus. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.Ī. Life in the Spirit contrasted with life in the flesh.

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