The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Romans 8:1-4,
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit."
In Jude's beautiful doxology he declares, "To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy..." Jude 24. Just what is the source of that "great joy"? It is the very thing Paul tells us in Romans 8:1-4. "There is therefore now no condemnation..." Christ Jesus has set us free from the condemnation brought us by the law of sin and death. It will be in this state we will stand before God in the resurrection!
Paul tells us that it is through Jesus Christ that we can find freedom from what has beguiled mankind for ages. There is simply something wrong with us! We know it intuitively. We all struggle with a sinful nature that permeates our very being. "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9.
In this wonderful passage that portrays all three members of the Trinity working together on our behalf, we see God the Father has sent his Son to be a sin offering for us! This means all the sinfulness of our lives has been paid for in God's courtroom by Jesus Christ. Now we have been freed from sin and live according to God's Holy Spirit! There is no longer any indictment that stands against us. No condemnation! We can look forward to coming into God's presence free from guilt - undefiled!
Just how can it possibly get any better than this?! This truly is "good news"!!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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