Monday, April 29, 2013

No More Condemnation!


Guilt. Condemnation. Self-loathing. Insecurity. So many people in our culture live under a burden that crushes. The result? Depression, self-medicating with alcohol or drugs, pushing those who love us away, even suicide. But it doesn't have to be that way!

"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." (Romans 8:1-2)

NO CONDEMNATION! Not based on our worthiness or goodness, but based on being "in Christ Jesus." Jesus death fully paid for every sin, and when a person surrenders to Jesus through faith, they are placed in Christ and become a new creation! "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Cor 5:17)

Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son." (John 3:18)

Are you in Christ by believing in him? Take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ by believing what he said is true about you and rejecting the deceptions of the evil one, who only wants to discourage you and tear you down. Walk in the new life he has given you and reject guilt & condemnation!

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