{"id":948,"date":"2009-06-10T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T12:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/romans_81_-_no_condemnation.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:41","slug":"romans_81_-_no_condemnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/romans_81_-_no_condemnation.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Romans 8:1 – No Condemnation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had planned on reading much of Romans 8 today, but I stopped on Romans 8:1 and found that I needed to park there for a while. Maybe a long while.<\/em>
\nPaul jsut spent the last two chapters explaining that because of Jesus’ death and our participation in it through our baptism, we are free from the law and sin. We are subject to neither anymore, because of Jesus. After establishing those comes the therefore:<\/p>\n

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note that he does not say no guilt, oh we are guilty as all get out, but – because of Jesus – there is no condemnation. I’m convinced that I don’t get this. I don’t fully comprehend all that Jesus has accomplished in me. I suspect most of us don’t. No condemnation. Not some, not just a little, none.
\nI spend far too much of my life wondering what people think of me. It’s somehow ingrained in my being. I wonder if I’ve let you down, if I’ve offended you, in fact, I pretty much assume that, absence of you actually saying that I’ve done good, that I screwed up and you’re mad at or disappointed with me. Silence = condemnation as far as my messed up psyche is concerned. Any negative feeling about anything (the weather, your job, traffic, etc.) – it’s somehow my responsibility.
\nThat’s a whole ‘nother topic, but here, Paul says there is no condemnation for me. God isn’t disappointed, he isn’t checking off the many ways I’ve fallen short, he isn’t considering what punishment might be suitable. He isn’t, as I certainly might, looking for an opportunity to teach me a lesson.<\/p>\n

There … is … no … condemnation.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Wow.
\nSo, why then the long face or furrowed brow? Why, rather, aren’t we dancing in the streets? Giggling with joy, foolish with this understanding? Because we forget who He is and the work He has done. We forget just how marvelous, improbable – no, impossible – and complete this transformation He has made in us is.
\nWe should be doing pirouettes on our desks, dancing in the rain and singing at the top of our lungs.
\nStop for a minute and contemplate the weight and the buoyancy of this one little verse, a single sentence, 13 little words:<\/p>\n

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let it bring the kind of smile to your face that will make folks wonder what’s gotten into you.
\nAnd then tell them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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