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1. No Condemnation!

Romans 8:1-17

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Dennis Kastens

... old routine." Instead, it supplies us with the one thing that we must have above all else. It offers to us a treasure that cannot be matched anywhere else. It offers to us life’s highest good! It reassures us weekly (and we need it that often!) that there is "No condemnation," namely that God delights in mercy! O depth of love, to me revealing The sea where my sins disappear! In Christ my wounds find perfect healing, There is ...

2. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

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James Merritt

... hear this. Whenever you come to the cross of Christ and you not only confess your sin to Him, but you confess Him as your Lord and Savior, then you can know this verse of scripture is true about you for the rest of your life. "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1, NASB) If you have ever wondered how God reacts when you fail or what God says when you just come to Him and confess when you mess up, then you ought to frame these words and hang them on your ...

3. No Longer Damned

Romans 8:1-11

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William G. Carter

... measure up: "I don't have enough time for my children." "I don't like the way my house looks." "I wish I had more hours in the day." "This dress makes my legs look fat." Nobody believes that verse from Romans 8, verse 1: "Therefore, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." You listen to some people, and it sounds like the Christian life is all about being condemned. Somewhere in our past, we had some finger-wagging preacher trying to scare us out of hell. I recall such a minister, now in ...

4. Sin

Romans 7:15--8:13

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Will Willimon

... this war within him, this battle between his will and his actions -- but also his momentous, liberating discovery that, ''There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus...For God has done what the law...could not do..." No condemnation. No need for the drivel of positive thinking, rather silly acts of self-esteem building and self image polishing. We're free. No condemnation, for God has done for us what we can't do for ourselves -- namely, to love ourselves as we are -- sin and ...

5. What Does the Bible Really Say about Divorce?

Mark 10:1-12

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King Duncan

... No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” So, even if we interpret Jesus’ words literally to mean that remarriage of a divorced person is a sin, forgiveness is available there is no condemnation not by the Master. And if not by the Master, then who dares condemn the divorced person? If the tragedy of divorce has happened in your life, don’t listen to the legalistic Pharisee who would kick you when you are down. Divorce is not ...

6. Turn Out the Lights! The Party's Over!

Daniel 5:1-31

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Bill Bouknight

... Son." In John 3:36 we read, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him." But here comes the good news, as declared by St. Paul to the Romans and to us: "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…" (Romans 8:1) How can you be sure that you are forgiven and eternally saved? It is so clear in Romans 10:9—"If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from ...

7. Week Five Of Lent

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Richard Gribble

... the woman's accusers. As the scribes and Pharisees looked down possibly they saw their own transgressions against the Law of Moses. According to that law all present should have received punishment, but unlike the Daniel reading all leave without any stripes. Jesus makes no condemnation of the woman or her accusers. The point here is that God alone is the one to judge, not any of us who walk the human journey each day. It is easy to accuse others; our righteousness sometimes "impels" us to tell someone what ...

8. A Jiffy for Eternity

John 3:1-17

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... for us. He is not motivated to condemn but to save us. For Nicodemus the Pharisee this was a new vision of God. All his pharisaical training to this moment had been directed toward making him a judge of other people but now he meets the God of no condemnation. No wonder he was motivated to challenge his fellow Pharisees with those words, "Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?" (John 7:51). Meeting this God who comes to us in Christ has a ...

9. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Now let's look at Romans 8:1-2 (NRSV) [1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from ... wiped away forever. Batman on the other hand need to hear what Paul writes in Romans 8:1-2 (NRSV) [1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the ...

10. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2; Luke 18:9-16

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans 8:1-2 (NRSV) [1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from ... wiped away forever. Batman on the other hand need to hear what Paul writes in Romans 8:1-2 (NRSV): [1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from ...

11. A Trip to God's Woodshed

Hebrews 12: 5-11

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James Merritt

... God could deal with us when we sin. First of all, God could condemn us. Even after a person is saved, the first time they sin God could just go ahead and send them to hell. But God really cannot do that, for the Bible says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." (Rom. 8:1) Then again God could condone us. God could just stick his head in the sand and ignore our sin and overlook it. But God cannot, and will not do that, because He is a holy and a righteous and a ...

12. There's A Man Going Around Taking Names

John 1:19-28

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Thomas Long

... "not guilty." Like John, the Christian community knows that there are two trials going on. The accusations and condemnations of the world are painful, but they finally have no lasting power, because our case has been pled before another judge in whom there is no condemnation. "There stands among you," said John to his accusers, "one whom you do not know," and when, the next day, John saw Jesus himself, he continued his testimony in the trial which really matters, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the ...

13. A Scream And A Laugh

Colossians 1:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... the Holy of Holies and be with God. A longing for the certainty that our sins are forgiven, and that we are accepted by God, and loved eternally. That's what Paul is saying here. In every letter, Paul sang the joy of this experience: "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1) The Cross is our proof that God has accepted us and no power in the universe can separate us from his love. That's the reason a church in New York City painted a black cross against a white ...

14. Week One Of Lent

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Richard Gribble

... quite lenient in his attitude toward the sinner. There are several examples of how Jesus defends the disciples (or even Himself) when they break the sabbath law. We know well the story of the woman caught in adultery and how Jesus shows no condemnation. Jesus even forgave those who participated in his agonizing and shameful death on the cross. Today, however, Jesus says that anger with a brother or sister, abusive language or holding others in contempt will be placed on a par with murder. It appears ...

15. A Guiding Presence

Romans 8:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... the sermon is based, comes from Paul’s letter to the church at Rome, the 8th chapter. I’m beginning with the first verse and reading through the 11th verses, and I’m reading from the Revised Standard Version. This is the word of the Lord, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. Sending his own son in the ...

16. Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round

Romans 8:1-11

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Steven E. Albertin

... still are stuck. You are trapped on the merry-go-round and can't get off. Let me ask you: Are you baptized? Have you received holy communion? Have you tasted the bread in your mouth and wine on your lips? Have you heard the announcement that "there is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"? Then "you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit." God has stopped the merry-go-round. You can join Alex and all of the other saints, and breathe a sigh of relief. You can get off the merry-go ...

17. A Word For All Reasons

John 20:19-23

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John M. Braaten

... disciples, Jesus once again appeared in the room without warning. There was a moment of shocked silence as the Lord turned, his eyes locked on those of Thomas. The "doubting disciple" must have cowered beneath Christ's piercing gaze, yet there radiated no condemnation but compassion, not judgment, but love. Then Jesus spoke the words, "Peace be with you." There is no doubt that they are aimed directly at Thomas. These four words reached out to embrace him with an absolutely awesome affection. At that moment ...

18. We Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

1 John 1:5-2:2

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J. Howard Olds

... of our sins being washed away, the pastor became grateful that the city would allow the installation at all. Whiter than snow, yes whiter than snow Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. We are Cleansed. God gets the stain out whereby we feel no condemnation. I am alive in Christ. Leslie Weatherhead once said, “The forgiveness of sins is the most therapeutic idea in the world. It is like the dawn breaking after a long night of torture." O, would that today, down in the privacy of somebody's soul a ...

19. Sexual Ethics for the 21st Century

John 8:1-11

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J. Howard Olds

... sin is different and in a sense worse than any other kind of sin." While I respect my friend, I just can not find that in the Bible. We ministers who preach grace need to be careful less we practice judgment. Romans 8:1 says, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Christ, the law of the Spirit set us free from the law of sin and death." Whether you are suffering from real guilt, imagined guilt, or just a vague shame about your identity, may you be set free in ...

20. The Man Who Didn’t Care

Luke 16:19-31

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Carveth Mitchell

... flax. Jesus knew the circumstances of the rich as well as the poor. This was no occasional banquet. The rich man feasted sumptuously every day. Here is a solid citizen, a man of wealth and social standing. That was not his sin. There is here no condemnation of his wealth. After all, Abraham was wealthy, too. Second, this is not a praise of poverty. A beggar "lay" at the portico of his palatial home, evidently carried there by someone else. His name was Lazarus (in Hebrew, "Eleazar"), meaning "he whom God ...

21. It's OK To Stir Up God

Luke 11:1-13

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Richard Patt

... on Easter Day are positive signs of God's commitment to you and me. We have a Father who will not let us go! He will not let us down! In the eighth chapter of the book of Romans, Saint Paul verbalizes this wonder: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Paul crowns this thought later in the chapter in the triumphant question: "If God is for us, who is against us?" The promise of prayer is that you can pray, you are invited to pray, you are encouraged, if need be ...

22. The Nuclear Truth Of Christianity

Ephesians 2:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... from our sins and from eternal death -- He will come into our dead lives -- do away with our deadness, and quicken us to life and joy and hope and meaning. This is what Paul was saying to the Romans: Chapter 8, verses 1 and 2: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death." Christ will move into every crook and cranny of our inner life to deliver us from bondage and corruption, from ...

23. The Dark Side Confronted

Hebrews 12:5-11

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James Merritt

... you enter into the dark side. God can do one of three things. First of all, God could condemn you and kick you out of His family, but if God did that He would be breaking His own word. The Bible says in Romans 8:1, "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1, NASB) On the other hand, God could just condone us. God could just stick His head in the sand and ignore our sin and overlook it and pretend it didn't happen or just let it go. If God did ...

24. The Harvest of the Spirit, Part 1

Galatians 5:16-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... I am, who will deliver me from this body doomed to death?” Well, thank God, Paul did not stop there. He went on in exultant gratitude, pointing the way for all of us as he exclaimed, “I thank God there is a way through Jesus Christ our Lord. No condemnation now hangs over the head of those who are “in” Jesus Christ. For the new spiritual principle of life “in” Christ lifts me out of the old vicious circle of sin and death.” (Romans 7: 25 — 8: 2, Phillips). That says it doesn’t it? We don ...

25. Eternity 101: The Final Exam

1 Corinthians 3:5-15

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James Merritt

... judged for one sin and that is the sin of refusing to believe in Jesus Christ and receive Him as Lord. Christians have already had their sins forgiven, because they have received Jesus Christ. That is why the Bible says in Romans 8:1, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1, NKJV) What God has done for us has taken care of our sin, but what we do for God still requires God's evaluation. One day we are going to have to take one final exam before "The" professor ...

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