Romans 8:1-2

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, ² because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”

From Background Notes [BN] for October 12^th/13^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Charles Wesley began one stanza of his famous hymn “And Can It Be?” with the words “No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in Him, is mine.” He no doubt had been re-reading Romans 8:1!

The word for condemnation is katakrima, and it has to do with God’s final judgment on Sin (see 5:16, 18; 2:1-16). Since Christians are “in Christ Jesus,” they are included in the outcome of his death on the cross where he suffered and died. His death meant that condemnation for Sin had fallen on him, the one who took humankind’s place when he died. Since Jesus put an end to the penalty and power of Sin, we will no longer capitalize that

insidious noun in these Notes. Sin has become sin: defeated once and for all. Any further role sin has in the Christian’s life is due to conscious choice and not to intractable slavery.[BN,3]

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