Romans 8:1
” There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”
What of Today’s Verse…
The Characteristics of this glorious standing. It is present: “Now.”
If we are in Christ, we need not wait in doubts and fears for the verdict of the great white Throne. Its decisions cannot make our standing clearer, or our acceptance surer, but we shall learn there the meaning of God’s dealings with mankind, and triumph in the successful vindication of His ways. We can never be freer from the condemnation of God’s righteous law than we are at this present.
It is certain: “There is no condemnation.” You must catch this accent of conviction, and be able to speak with no faltering voice of your assured acceptance with God, if you would enter upon the rich inheritance of this chapter, to which these opening words stand as the door of passage. The shadow of a peradventure cannot live in the light of that certainty of which the Apostle speaks.
It is invariable. There are Some who live on a sliding scale between condemnation and acceptance. If health is buoyant and the heart is full of song, they are sure of their acceptance with God; but if the sun is darkened and the clouds return; when the heart is dull and sad, they imagine that they are under the ban of God’s displeasure. They forget that our standing in Christ Jesus is one thing; our appreciation and enjoyment of it quite another. Your own heart may condemn you; memory, the recorder of the soul, may summon from the past evidence against you; the great Accuser of souls may lay against you grievous and well-founded charges; your tides of feeling may ebb far down the beach; your faith may become weak and lose its power and grip; your sense of unworthiness may become increasingly oppressive–none of these things can touch your acceptance with God if you are complying with His one all-inclusive condition–“no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” This mystic union with the Son of God is only possible to faith working by love (1Jo_3:23-24).
Let us Pray:
We commit ourselves to Thy care and keeping this day; let Thy grace be mighty in us, and sufficient for us, and let it work in us both to will and to do of Thine own good pleasure, and grant us strength for all the duties of the day. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Inner Peace
I am a radiating centre of peace.
Heat emanates from the core of the sun, where particles bump and collide, radiating energy and warmth. When I turn my face to the sun, I feel the power that is released from deep within it, benefitting me and all of planet Earth.
Deep within me, divine light radiates love and energy throughout my mind, body and spirit. Loving expressions emanate from the core of me, from my Christ nature. I have within me all I need to radiate love and peace into the world.
Outward expressions of peace begin with inner peace. I focus and centre myself on the Christ Light within, and every thought I hold and every word I speak are bathed in peace.
“Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followed me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” –John 8:12
