Join me in Romans chapter 8.
Our text this morning is Romans chapter 8, verses 1 through 4, for the second time.
! Very glad to see all of you here this morning. I hope that you're expectant as I am to see what the Lord will do as we open His Word together.
Last week I was very pleased to begin our study of this precious chapter in this most treasured letter in this glorious book that we call the Bible.
We did not manage to make it far into the text as time constrained us, so I'm eager to consider our consideration of these four verses.
Before I read the text, allow me to remind you that this letter so far, Paul has given great labor to show us that everyone is guilty before God and rightly deserves His justice and our due condemnation,
but that we can be justified or declared righteous by grace alone, through faith alone, in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone.
Because of God's loving kindness, we can escape His judgment through faith, because Christ bore the wrath due us on the cross, and He fulfilled the requirement of the law for us.
By believing in Him, we lose our guilt, we gain His righteousness, and not only are we freed from the eternal verdict of our sin, but we are also set free from its power now.
This is the concisest summary I think I can faithfully give you of the first seven chapters of Romans.
Let's press on into the second week of our look at the first four verses of chapter 8.
Before I read them, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us, written for His glory and our good.
And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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.
Last week we spent the majority of our time on verse 1.
But I would be remiss to not spend a little further time on it this morning before looking at verses 2 through 4.
Verse 1 should be emblazoned on our minds.
It needs to remain there.
Some people float through life unconcerned about how they live and the consequences of their living.
However, if you are anything like me,
you may be a person that thinks constantly about how you should or shouldn't orient your life
and likely find yourself issuing sentences and handing out verdicts of condemnation against yourself for your failures.
Chapter 8 and verse 1 is salve for our weary souls.
This verse reminds us that we are not the eternal judge of the cosmos.
We are not qualified to hold the position.
But the one who is says to us,
there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
It's just incredible.
No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Of course, the clear implication is there is condemnation for those who are not in Christ Jesus.
And I spent some time last week talking about that condemnation,
that justice that is due you.
It's the most important thing about you,
whether or not you are in Christ.
The Greek word here rendered,
condemnation,
relates to the sentencing of a crime,
but focuses not on the verdict,
but on the penalty that is due the crime.
Its emphasis is not on the declaration of guilt,
but on the price that must be paid for the crime of rebellion against God.
Paul tells us that for those who are in Christ Jesus,
there is no longer any condemnation.
Beloved,
in Christ Jesus,
no longer condemnation.
Because of the completed work of Jesus Christ,
the sentence that we fully deserve has been commuted.
We have passed from death to life,
from enemies to friends.
We were once estranged,
but now we belong.
Hear me carefully this morning.
This declaration of Paul's,
there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
does not depend on you.
It does not serve at the whim of your emotions.
It depends entirely on God,
so it is sure.
God accomplishes all that he sets out to,
and all of his promises are kept.
Our salvation find its confidence in him,
not in ourselves.
Now, if some of what I just said sounds familiar to you,
that's good.
It means that you were paying attention last week.
That last paragraph was word for word,
what I said last week,
as far as I can remember.
I think that we all need to hear it again.
I know that I did,
and that I do need to hear it,
time and time and time again.
Again,
there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
A wonderful,
wonderful truth.
Let's take a look at verses 2 through 4,
as Paul continues to expand this idea.
I want to ask and answer two questions.
I did that super fast last week,
about verse 1,
and they find the answer here in verses 2 through 4.
In these verses,
we will see Paul coupling the doctrines of justification
and sanctification
in a most concise and helpful way.
So the first question is this,
how is there, therefore, now no condemnation?
We've been saying this.
We've been saying this all throughout the letter.
I have said it last week.
I have said it in the introduction to this morning,
because if you are in Christ Jesus,
you have been justified.
There's not condemnation for you
because you have been declared righteous.
Justification is a legal declaration
that your sins have been forgiven, expunged.
As far as the East is for the West,
God has forgotten them,
as if they never existed at all.
You've been forgiven of your sin
and that you have perfectly kept the law in Christ.
His righteousness has been given to you.
This is the idea, the doctrine of double imputation.
Our sinfulness given to Christ,
His righteousness given to us through faith.
The great exchange, Martin Luther called it.
For the law of the Spirit of life
has set you free in Christ Jesus
from the law of sin and death.
Now, here Paul uses the word law
not in reference to natural law
or the Mosaic law.
And he's going to use it in that way
in the following verses.
And sometimes Paul's writing gets a little confusing
about which particular use of this word he's employing.
Here he's using it as a principle of operation.
So you can think of it in these terms.
There's therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus
because for those who are in Christ Jesus,
the operating principle of the Spirit of life
has set you free from the operating principle
of sin and death.
What now controls us is entirely different.
I love here that the Holy Spirit,
which we can have no doubt Paul is referring to
by reading the rest of the chapter.
We know it's the Holy Spirit he's talking about.
But here he refers to the Holy Spirit
as the Spirit of life.
We should put that in our vernacular
and use it more often.
The Spirit of life.
Paul ascribes this title to him
as he introduces him
in direct opposition
to the consequence of our sin.
Our activity, apart from Christ,
brought death.
But now, in Christ,
the Spirit of life
brings life.
It's a very clever,
perhaps inspired,
play on words.
The emphasis here
is on his work
in spite of ours.
Beloved, God loves us too much
to leave us to ourselves.
Were it not for his saving grace,
we would remain utterly lost.
And he knows this.
But because of his saving grace,
we have great reason
for great confidence
in Christ Jesus.
He has saved us
if we're in him.
Listen to Paul say this elsewhere.
This is 2 Corinthians 3,
verse 4 and following.
Such is the confidence
that we have through Christ
toward God.
Not that we are sufficient
in ourselves
to claim anything
as coming from us,
but our sufficiency
is from God,
who has made us
sufficient to be ministers
of a new covenant.
Not of the letter,
here he's referring to the law,
but of the Spirit.
For the letter kills,
but the Spirit gives life.
And Paul continues
into verse 3
with another 4.
He says,
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.
Now this time,
as I mentioned,
Paul does use the word law
in reference to natural law,
or in reference to
the Mosaic law.
He is talking about
those things
that we can know
are right or wrong
because our conscience
bears witness to it,
or because he has
directly commanded it.
The law can provoke
sin in men
and condemn them for it,
but it cannot deliver them
from its consequences.
Why?
Because our sinful flesh
cannot keep the law.
He says it right there.
For God has done
what the law,
weakened by the flesh,
our very sin nature,
the way in which
we are born,
unable to keep the law.
The law can't accomplish
that purpose
because we can't keep it.
We have rebelled against it
and would continue to do so
without God's intervention.
And so praise God
for this phrase
at the beginning
of verse 3.
For God has done.
What a beautiful phrase.
Beloved, we are passive agents
in God's saving work.
I will never grow tired
of telling you this.
This is not always agreed upon
in our day.
We are passive agents
in God's saving work.
We cannot save ourselves.
We offer nothing
to the equation
but our sinfulness.
We need to hear it.
For many reasons,
we need to hear it.
And not because I think
that it's important
to tell you so,
because it's my particular
theological bend,
it's the camp
that I like to hang out in,
but because God thinks
it's important
to tell us so.
And he tells us again
and again and again.
We are taught in the Bible
that God's saving work
is monergistic.
He accomplishes it.
For God has done.
What you could not do
is the way you could read
the beginning of verse 3.
You can't do it.
God had to do it
for you.
And praise be to God.
He did.
2 Corinthians chapter 5
and verse 21.
For our sake,
God made Christ to be sin
who knew no sin
so that in Him
we might become
the righteousness
of God.
There's that great exchange
in a single verse.
Double imputation.
Christ had to come
and accomplish
what we could not accomplish.
accomplish on our own.
God has done this.
We need to rest
in these truths.
We're going to get into it
towards the end of chapter 8
and on into chapter 9
and then wrestle
with the implications of it
in chapter 10
and chapter 11.
It is glorious
and it is beautiful
and it is true.
Doctrines always taught to us.
High views of these
doctrines of grace
to give us a pillow
to rest our head on.
Not a rock to stumble over
or to pick up and throw
at somebody else.
Right?
It's meant for rest.
Right?
Remember where this started.
There is no condemnation
for those
who are in Christ Jesus.
Why?
Because God has done it.
you're going to fail
in your life.
You're going to sin
and you're going to want
to condemn yourself.
But guess what God says
of you.
If you're in Christ
there's no condemnation
for you.
We just sang a song
together
that speaks to this
very truth.
And I don't know
maybe you're like me
sometimes
I sing a song
and I know the tune
and I know the words
and I just sing it
and I don't think
very much
about what
I'm singing.
I hope that's not true of you.
We don't sing
a ton of songs here
but we sing good
true
deep songs
together.
They are
carefully selected.
They're thoughtfully selected.
We sang a song
just before the offering
called Christ
the sure
and steady anchor.
Just listen to its words.
Just in case you weren't
listening to it earlier
you might grab the hymnal
that's with you
and turn to hymn 406.
Christ
the sure
and steady anchor
in the fury
of the storm
when the winds
of doubt
blow through me
and my sails
have all been torn
and the suffering
in the sorrow
when my sinking
hopes
are few.
I will hold fast
to the anchor
it shall never
be removed.
And you might say
but look
but look Nathan
look
there's your work
in it
you're holding fast
to the anchor
what are we doing
what are we holding
on to?
Christ and his
completed work.
We're just remembering
that there's therefore
now no condemnation
for those who are in
Christ Jesus.
He did it.
He accomplished it.
We're simply
holding on to the truth
that it's
been done.
Verse 2
Christ the sure and steady anchor
while the tempest
rages on
when temptation
claims the battle
and it seems
the night has won
deeper still
then goes
the anchor
though I justly
stand
accused
I will hold fast
to the anchor
it shall never
be removed.
Christ the sure
and steady anchor
through the floods
of unbelief
hopeless
somehow
oh my soul
now lift your eyes
to Calvary
this my ballast
of assurance
see his love
forever proved
I will hold fast
to the anchor
it shall never
be removed.
What Christ has done
what he accomplished
on Golgotha
Christ the sure
and steady anchor
as we face
the waves of death
when these trials
give way to glory
as we draw
our final breath
we will cross
that great horizon
clouds behind
and life
secure
and the calm
will be the better
for the storms
that we endure.
Christ the sure
of our salvation
ever faithful
ever true
we will hold fast
to the anchor
it shall never
be removed.
God has done it
he's accomplished
the work
if you are in Christ
it's because
of him
he's sure
to keep
his promises
to you
and he did it
by sending
his own
son
in the likeness
of sinful
flesh
himself
not sinful
the implication
in that phrase
there is not
that he was
in fact sinful
like we are sinful
not
as our sinful
flesh
but like
our sinful
flesh
and for
sin
he condemned
sin
in
the flesh
he condemned
our sin
in the flesh
of Christ
and he condemned
it
so that there
would no longer
be condemnation
for those
who are in
Christ Jesus
how are we
in Christ Jesus
by grace
alone
through faith
alone
in Christ
alone
oh the rest
oh the peace
oh the joy
when we lay down
our striving
and accept the reality
that we cannot
save ourselves
but have a God
who is gracious
and merciful
slow to anger
and abounding
in steadfast love
that's Psalm
145
and verse 8
to be in Christ
Jesus means
that we receive
all the benefits
that he has purchased
and also that he has
taken all the curse
that we
have purchased
herein we see
the doctrine
of penal
substitutionary
atonement
and I have said to you
and I will continue
to say to you
you lose this doctrine
you lose
the gospel
Christ took
our penalty
in our
place
and therefore
made peace
with God
John Owen
in his work
the death of death
in the death
of Christ
which you may have
heard referenced
in verse 3
of that last song
that we sang together
written by Matt Boswell
and Matt Papa
the Mats are reading
Owen I do believe
he said this
quote
the death
and blood shedding
of Jesus Christ
hath wrought
and doth
effectually procure
for all those
that are concerned
in it
eternal redemption
consisting in grace
here
and glory
hereafter
if you want
the Nathan
simple English
of that
Christ's work
accomplished
our salvation
right
so that's
justification
that we see
here in the text
but we also
see
sanctification
in the text
and a proper
view of
sanctification
is often called
progressive
sanctification
and we always
hate to have to
modify words
like this
but there are
a lot of
erroneous views
of sanctification
out there
but the doctrine
of progressive
sanctification
simply means
that once
we've been
saved
we will
progress
bit by bit
towards
Christ likeness
this doesn't
happen with
perfection
it's an up
and a down
but we will
be moving
toward holiness
so my second
question is
why have we
been set free
in Christ
Jesus
and it's
so that
we might
be
sanctified
justification
sanctification
necessarily
leads to
sanctification
it
guarantees
it
God has
began this
work
he started
it and he
will bring
it to
completion
we must
be continually
clear on the
relationship
between the
law
and the
gospel
this gets
confused
often in
people's
thinking
what is the
relationship
between the
law
and the
gospel
the law
helps us
to see
our sin
perhaps
helps
produce it
in us
Paul
makes the
case
it
condemns
us
in our
sin
aiming at
Christ
taking us
to
the
gospel
the gospel
sets us
free from
the condemnation
that the
law brings
and
sets us
free
to obey
it
so the
law
doesn't
get done
away
with
altogether
it now
comes
as an
instructive
helper
to us
it's still
good
for
our
living
perhaps
those who
have gone
before us
can help
us
at this
point
we've been
reciting
together
the
heidelberg
catechism
this is a
helpful
instructional
tool
it's been
around for
hundreds of
years
question
60
asked
how are
you
righteous
before
god
we
answered
this
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
the
heidelberg
answer
to that
question
is
only
by
true
faith
in
jesus
christ
although
my
conscience
accuses
me
that
i've
grievously
sinned
against
all
god's
commandments
have
never
kept
any
of
them
and
am
still
inclined
to
all
evil
yet
god
without
any
merit
of
my
own
out
of
mere
grace
imputes
to me
the
perfect
righteousness
and holiness
of christ
he grants
these to
me
as if
i had
never
had
nor
committed
any
sin
and as
if
i
myself
had
accomplished
all
the
obedience
which
christ
has
rendered
for
me
if
only
i
accept
this
gift
with
a
believing
heart
how are
you
righteous
before
god
by
faith
in
christ
question
61
why do
you
say
that
you
are
righteous
only
by
faith
the
answer
not
that
i
am
acceptable
to
god
on
account
of
the
worthiness
of
my
faith
for
only
the
satisfaction
righteousness
and holiness
of christ
is my
righteousness
before god
i can
receive
this
righteousness
and make
it
my
own
by
faith
only
then
you
recited
three
today
but
why
can
our
good
works
not
be
our
righteousness
before
god
or
at
least
a
part
of
it
answer
62
because
the
righteousness
which
can
stand
before
god's
judgment
must
be
absolutely
perfect
and in
complete
agreement
with
the
law
of
god
whereas
even
our
best
works
in
this
life
are
all
imperfect
and
defiled
with
sin
one of
the
references
for this
answer
comes
from
isaiah
chapter
64
and
verse
6
which
says
we
have
all
become
like
one
who
is
unclean
and
all
our
righteous
deeds
are
like
a
polluted
garment
we
all
fade
like
a
leaf
and
our
iniquities
like
the
wind
take
us
away
question
63
but
do
our
good
works
earn
nothing
even
though
god
promises
to
reward
them
in
this
life
and
the
next
answer
63
this
reward
is
not
earned
it
is
a
gift
of
grace
question
64
does
this
teaching
not
make
people
careless
and
wicked
no
it
is
impossible
that
those
grafted
into
Christ
by
true
faith
should
not
bring
forth
fruits
of
thankfulness
and
you
all
know
how
much
I
love
John
Bunyan
and
you
may
be
familiar
with
the
fact
that
he
was
imprisoned
for
being
a
preacher
of
the
gospel
without
a
license
from
the
government
and
while
he
was
there
he
was
given
occasion
to
stand
in
the
courtyard
and
preach
and
people
would
gather
around
the
outside
of
the
jail
walls
simply
to
hear
him
and
at
night
time
when
he
was
put
back
into
the
dungeon
there
was
another
group
of
Christians
who
were
also
there
for
preaching
without
a
license
although
of a
much
different
theological
persuasion
and
they
said
Bunyan
if you
keep
telling
people
of
God's
love
for
them
they'll
live
however
they
want
to
there's
that
question
does
this
teaching
not
make
people
careless
and
wicked
and
he
responded
no
if
I
teach
God's
people
about
God's
love
for
them
they'll
live
however
he
wants
them
to
you
see
the
distinction
right
so
very
careful
the
scripture
texts
that
are
cited
for
answer
64
are
texts
like
Matthew
7
in
verse
18
Jesus
says
a
healthy
tree
cannot
bear
bad
fruit
nor
can
a
diseased
tree
bear
good
fruit
and
Luke
6
45
the
good
person
out
of
the
good
treasure
of
his
heart
produces
!
good
and
the
evil
person
out
of
his
evil
treasure
produces
evil
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart
his
mouth
speaks
where
our
affections
lie
is going
to
produce
the
way
in
which
we
live
so
if
we
belong
to
God
in
Christ
we're
going
to
find
a
growing
holiness
in
us
now
we
see
in
verse
4
that
this
is
happening
in
order
that
the
righteous
requirement
of
the
law
might
be
fulfilled
in
us
and
this
phrase
might
be
fulfilled
is one
of
those
places
I
go
you
all
know
I'm
not
a
Greek
scholar
but
I
go
and
use
my
tools
and
I
look
at
it
it's
a
single
Greek
word
might
be
fulfilled
and
I
go
oof
I
don't
know
if
that's
the
best
way
to
translate
this
but
I
also
have
no
idea
how
I
would
translate
it
it's
a
very
interesting
word
the word
means
to
and I
quote
to be
or become
satisfied
concerning
the
requirements
or
expectations
of a
contract
I
don't
know
how
you
would
make
that
flow
in
the
middle
of
that
verse
but
what I
can
tell
you
this
contextually
Paul is
communicating
that because
of Christ's
satisfaction
of the
law
the
righteous
requirement
of the
law
the
possibility
of our
fulfillment
of the
contract
exists
and
we
will
see
as we
continue
to
study
the
chapter
that
God
will
graciously
work
in
us
to
bring
about
its
completion
we
will
fulfill
the
righteous
requirement
of the
law
when
we
are
fully
and
finally
sanctified
at a
point
in our
history
that we
call
glorification
we're
going to
get there
and we're
going to
wring all
of that
out
I
promise
and I'll
reference
back to
verse 4
as we
do so
so
here it
is
it
exists
and
God
is
going
to
make
it
happen
in
our
lives
again
if
we're
justified
this
necessarily
leads
to
sanctification
if
you
are
in
Christ
then
you
walk
not
according
to
the
flesh
but
according
to
the
spirit
and
this
idea
of
walking
refers
to
the
habitual
pattern
of
our
life
what
will
be
generally
true
of
us
is
that
we're
going
to
live
our
lives
in
the
power
of
the
spirit
and
not
in
the
power
of
the
flesh
so
if
you
are
in
Christ
you
walk
according
to
the
spirit
and
in
the
coming
weeks
we
will
study
what
it
means
to
walk
according
to
the
spirit
this
is
exactly
where
Paul
is
going
he's
setting
up
his
case
for
what
it
looks
like
to
walk
according
to
the
spirit
but
I
want
to
conclude
our
time
today
by
also
setting
us
up
for
the
coming
weeks
and
issuing
to
you
a
warning
many
in
our
day
make
too
much
of
the
Holy
Spirit
and
we
can
err
and
make
too
little
of
him
I'm
not
saying
that
that's
not
also
possible
but
we
can
also
err
and
make
too
much
he
is
the
third
person
of
our
triune
God
he
is
to
be
reverenced
and
he
is
to
be
relied
upon
significant
way
in
which
God
works
in
our
lives
he
is
not
to
be
relegated
but
neither
is
he
to
be
elevated
to
a
position
that
he
would
not
want
to
hold
the
Puritans
called
him
the
shy
spirit
and
his
primary
function
apart
from
other
working
but
his
primary
function
is
to
magnify
Christ
this
is
the
primary
thing
that
the
spirit
does
in
Romans
8
9
Paul
calls
the
spirit
the
spirit
of
who
Christ
right
the
spirit
of
Christ
working
to
magnify
Christ
some
months
ago
many of
you probably
weren't
here
we were
having the
Lord's
Supper
together
and at
the
conclusion
of a
song
a lady
broke
out into
unintelligible
language in the
back corner
of this
room
and would
not
stop
and I
asked her
to stop
I told her
it wasn't her
turn to
speak
a couple
of times
and some
guys
very kindly
escorted her
out of the
room
very kindly
spoke to
her
she was
furious
we were
quenching
the spirit
she couldn't
believe it
she left
we've never
seen her
again
and some
people ask
me
just
honest
you know
well intended
question
should you
have asked
for an
interpretation
and I
said no
because I
can tell
you that
was not
the spirit
of Christ
why do I
know this
because we
were in the
middle of
taking the
Lord's
supper which
is all
about the
magnification
of Christ
the spirit
of Christ
was in
this room
doing a
work in
our hearts
as we
sang true
songs
as we
had the
elements
as we
were thinking
together
about the
sacrificial
work of
Jesus Christ
on our
behalf
the spirit
was doing
a work
in here
but not
in her
and we
can just
be sure
of that
why
because the
spirit
magnifies
Christ
does not
distract
the spirit
never says
hey look
at me
I'm that
poor pitiful
part of the
trinity that
you don't pay
much attention
to
not at all
listen to
martin lloy jones
speak of
the spirit
he says
the spirit
does not
glorify
himself
he glorifies
the son
this is to
me one of
the most
amazing and
remarkable
things about
the biblical
doctrine of
the holy
spirit
the holy
spirit
seems to
hide himself
and to
conceal
himself
he is
always as
it were
putting the
focus on
the son
and that is
why I
believe
and I
believe
profoundly
that the
best test
of all
as to
whether we
have received
the spirit
is to
ask
ourselves
what do
we think
of and
what do
we know
about
the son
is the
son real
to us
that is
the working
of the
spirit
and let
me pause
and that's
a miraculous
thing
when people
come to
faith in
Jesus
Christ
they're
going from
spiritual
death
to
spiritual
life
how
amazing
need we
look further
for miracles
again back
to the
quotation
he is
glorified
indirectly
he is
always pointing
us to
the son
and so
you see
how easily
we go
astray
and become
heretical
if we
concentrate
over much
and in
an unscriptural
manner
upon the
spirit
himself
yes
we must
realize
that he
dwells
within us
but his
work in
dwelling
within us
is to
glorify
the son
and to
bring to
us that
blessed
knowledge
of the
son
and of
his
wondrous
love
to us
it is
he who
strengthens
us
with the
might
in the
inner
man
that we
may
know
this
love
this
love
of
Christ
the way
he works
the spirit
of
Christ
another
Dan Phillips
who is a
contemporary
pastor
once said
show me a
person
obsessed with
the Holy
Spirit
and his
gifts
real or
imagined
and I will
show you a
person
not filled
with the
Holy Spirit
show me a
person
focused on
the
person
and work
of
Jesus
Christ
never
tiring
of
learning
about
him
thinking
about
him
boasting
of him
speaking
about
and for
and to
him
thrilled
and
entranced
with his
perfections
and beauty
finding ways
to serve
and exalt
him
tirelessly
exploring
ways
to spend
and be
spent
for him
growing
in character
to be
more
and more
like him
and I
will show
you a
person
who is
filled
with the
Holy Spirit
so
the work
this morning
of the
Spirit
in our
lives
those of
us who
are in
Christ
Jesus
who are
filled
with the
Spirit
because we
are in
Christ
is to
help us
believe
this text
to help
us to
see it
and go
there is
therefore
no
condemnation
for me
because
I'm in
Christ
I can
hold that
I can
take that
into my
week
I can
have the
truth
of that
inform
me
because
the
Spirit
of
life
has
set
me
free
for
life
in
Christ
Jesus
I'm no
longer
bound
to my
sin
I've
been
set
free
to live
because
God
has done
God
has
accomplished
what I
couldn't
accomplish
on my
own
he sent
his
son
to die
in my
place
to take
my
sin
and to
give
me
his
perfect
life
and now
I have
freedom
to run
and space
to go
obey
God's
good
law
for me
this is the
miracle
that the
Spirit
will do
this morning
in our
hearts
if we
would ask
so let me
read the
text one
more time
I just
summarized it
but let me
read it
and pray
that he
would do
that work
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
let's
pray
together