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.
Rom 8:1-2
Someone quoted a website that suggested the reason we sin is because we are condemned by the law.
So remove the law and condemnation and you will walk without sin.
Now in isolation this sounds theoretically sane. The idea is because we are restricted we rebel and test the boundary, and look for ways to break the law, because how dare we be limited.
But when you are in high rise building the barrier is there to stop you falling to your death. If you remove the barrier and you walk there you will fall to your death.
At the heart of the gospel there is "God loves you" but with conditions. He loves you because you can become a child of God rather than being a lost sinner. Now the power of sin is being unloved, abandoned, betrayed, giving up and lashing out because of pain, loneliness, hatred, bitterness.
So when you know you are loved, have let love flow from your heart, founded your life on being pure, you can walk in righteousness. With love you walk with the law of the Spirit, with streams of living water flowing from you.
Condemnation is no longer there because there is nothing to condemn, because you walk in love. The law is there, but it just confirms you walk with Jesus, not why. It is Jesus's love through the cross that empowers your every move.
Now in my life I have known this idea as impossible, a distant idea or horizon, but now it is here. Many have found this walk, but Jesus takes each step and helps us. But to know how and why matters, and to know you can with the Holy Spirit.
Rom 8:1-2
Someone quoted a website that suggested the reason we sin is because we are condemned by the law.
So remove the law and condemnation and you will walk without sin.
Now in isolation this sounds theoretically sane. The idea is because we are restricted we rebel and test the boundary, and look for ways to break the law, because how dare we be limited.
But when you are in high rise building the barrier is there to stop you falling to your death. If you remove the barrier and you walk there you will fall to your death.
At the heart of the gospel there is "God loves you" but with conditions. He loves you because you can become a child of God rather than being a lost sinner. Now the power of sin is being unloved, abandoned, betrayed, giving up and lashing out because of pain, loneliness, hatred, bitterness.
So when you know you are loved, have let love flow from your heart, founded your life on being pure, you can walk in righteousness. With love you walk with the law of the Spirit, with streams of living water flowing from you.
Condemnation is no longer there because there is nothing to condemn, because you walk in love. The law is there, but it just confirms you walk with Jesus, not why. It is Jesus's love through the cross that empowers your every move.
Now in my life I have known this idea as impossible, a distant idea or horizon, but now it is here. Many have found this walk, but Jesus takes each step and helps us. But to know how and why matters, and to know you can with the Holy Spirit.