Romans 8:1-2
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death." (NIV emphasis is mine)
Hallelujah, Lord! I praise You today and always for your loving-kindness to me a wretched sinner.
Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 8:34 "Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us."
Lord, this world is not my home as now I am a citizen of Heaven even though I am still on this earth.
Philippians 3:20 "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,"
Will I still sin in the foreign land? Unfortunately, yes.
We just dealt with that yesterday.
Am I forgiven? YES!
You paid the price for all sin:
John 3:16-17 " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
Will all people accept Your forgiveness and great salvation? No.
Some may choose to trample Your precious live giving blood under their feet and ignore so great a salvation.
John 8:18 "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
Will I sin in heaven? NO! THANK YOU, LORD!
God and sin cannot abide together anywhere as He is holy, and when this earthly body dies, the sin nature will die with it. I will be given a new resurrection body!
1Corinthians 15:42 "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;"
Do I need to daily confess and repent of the sins I commit or the good I do not do? ABSOLUTELY!
1John 1:9-10 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us."
This restores our fellowship and enables me to be empowered by Your Holy Spirit to accomplish Your will. Like a rebellious child who comes to the parent in true contrition and asks for forgiveness the fellowship is restored.
Oh, Lord, that we, Your children would understand the truth of these verses. So many of Your blood bought children live in self condemnation, and some even after they have come to You for forgiveness. This is very sad, and in itself is sin because it is a sin of mistrust and unbelief.
Holy Father keep me from this sin!
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