There Is No Condemnation

When we are walking with the Lord.

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, ………

Wait for it

Wait

let it sink in for a few minutes

Pay attention to how much it bothers you to just rest in Christ

Hold

Hold

Hold

Ok

……who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”–Romans 8:1

Your difficulty resting in Christ alone and waiting on the end of the verse shows your belief in a works based doctrine. You can’t wait to finish the verse and make yourself feel like you are doing the work. We can’t wait to condemn others, because we walk so holy. Right? We want to make sure they are walking rightly too. Right?

The fact is that when you are in Christ Jesus for real, you are walking in the Spirit. God is sanctifying you. It is not an effort on your part to fix yourself. Your job is to abide in Christ. To endure the growth and relationship He brings. To turn to Him. To not run away. To not think you are doing it all. To confess your sins daily and let Him cleanse you, washing your feet; because we get dirty walking in this world.

When you are saved, you are in Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit guides you in your walk in the Spirit with Him.

Not your efforts to stay holy or walking.

You are holy and walking when you are really saved.

Adam walked with God, in the cool of the day. It was a relationship and that is what God desires. To restore that relationship. He died for us and rose, to fix it. And all we must do is turn to Him and abide in Him.

Our flesh seeks to pull us away and get us to fear and doubt. The demons whisper into our minds and move things in our lives to get us living in the flesh and not walking in the Spirit.

We learn of this battle in Galatians chapter 5.

Our fleshly mind automatically thinks we need to quit sinning. But, the fact is that we will just sin in other ways. It doesn’t stop, it changes form and manifests differently. God has to work these things out of us.

We turn to God and abide in Him. Trust Him to protect us, help us and grow us. We confess our sins to Him, and He forgives us and cleanses us and works to change things in our lives, so we are walking right with Him. That is how we defeat sin in our lives. We remember that it was already defeated 2000 years ago, and it was defeated in our lives when we turned to the Lord to be saved. So, we turn to Him again and let Him guide us and cleanse us. He will show you.

When we fail. When we sin. Trouble can come into our lives. Galatians Chapter 6 speaks of reaping and sowing. We reap what we sow, whether good or bad, it comes back to us. Blessings or trouble.

When we Walk in the Spirit, we turn to God and let Him guide us in the good and bad. We let Him protect us and cleanse us and teach us through the bad or good. It doesn’t matter, all of it works together for our good because we are in Christ.

We are not condemned. We are in Christ and walking with Him, in the Spirit. We are growing in Him.

I pound this concept all the time. Because our flesh and reality wants us to fix it ourselves, or run from God.

That’s the worst thing.

This world draws us into it and tries to get us to forget God. The demons leave traps and give us great ideas, which lead to trouble. Our flesh desires, these things. We want the feeling it gives us, but hate the feeling of condemnation and guilt and shame we have because we give in to it.

Tell yourself out loud.

There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.

Say it again

There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.

Believe it. Trust God. Trust His promises.

There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. I am saved in Jesus name!

Those feelings of guilt, fear and shame, are demons poking at your flesh to get you to run from God. Like Adam and Eve hid in the Garden. (Gen. 3)

Stand in the Armor of God. Stand on His promises. (Eph 6:10-18)

This is what Walking in the Spirit is about.

Abiding in Him.

When we continue to abide, and are led by the Holy Spirit, and grown by Him we will develop the Fruit of the Spirit, and they along with the Armor of God, and standing on God’s promises work to help us abide and serve.

All of it is about our salvation and growth in Him so He can save others, and grow the Kingdom, through us.

He helps us to abide as we walk with Him and have a relationship with Him. If you have ever met Jesus Christ, and been changed by Him, you cannot reject Him. You might deny. You might betray. You might sin and fear.

But, there is a truth inside of you that will not go away. It would be like rejecting your own child. You know the truth, and you know to turn to Him, like Peter did. Peter denied, but could not ignore the truth, and turned to Him again. (The Gospels)

The Lord will not let you go, if you know Him. He calls you, and seeks you like God in the Garden of Eden, (Gen. 3)

It’s part of the Walk. Growth. Recovery. Confession. Forgiveness. Failure. Again and again…

But, when we abide in Him and walk with Him there is no condemnation and all things work together for our good.

Praise Jesus.

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