There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. (Rom 8:1-17)

The awful power of Condemnation!

Judged, criticised, rejected

The living dead!

Even worse when we feel condemned by God - as we deserve!

But imagine what it would be like to know - NO condemnation!

If you are in Christ... this is your reality!  

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Rom 7:24

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Rm.7:25

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.  Rm.8:10

1.  NO condemnation – how is this possible? v2-8,

‘for’?

(2)  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. (3)  For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, (4) in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (5)  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. (6) To [for, because] set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. (7) For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. (8) Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 

We have no condemnation, because…

How is this possible?

1.  God acted in his Son to remove the curse of sin. 

2.  He gives the Spirit to those who are ‘in him’. 

3.  And you will know this is true, because you are now truly alive. 

2.  NO condemnation – what is it?

v.13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

"For"...

(14) For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. (15) For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" (16) The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (17) and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. (18) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (19) For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. (20) For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope (21) that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (22) For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. (23) And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (24) For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? (25) But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

A life of no condemnation means we have become part of God’s family "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God." v14

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Rm.8.15-17

‘no condemnation’ means you now know you belong. 

You are Heirs

3.  NO condemnation – who is this for?

How do I come to know this ‘no condemnation life’? 

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, v1

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. v2 

‘No condemnation life’ is for those who are “In Christ Jesus”.

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. v11 

The Spiritbears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, v16

The Spirit [gives] life, if Christ is in you v10

This Spirit dwells in you, in all, who have said yes to Jesus!

No condemnation now I dread,

Jesus, and all in Him, is mine:

Alive in Him, my living Head,

And clothed in righteousness Divine,

Bold I approach the eternal throne,

And claim the crown,

through Christ, my own.