Life in the Spirit

There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus! Isn't it great when a passage starts like that? How is that even possible though? I'm such a screw up surely that can't be true. If we were living under the law, that statement wouldn't be in the Bible. The law was powerless to save. Don't get me wrong, the law is perfect, I am the problem. I keep breaking the law, and the law in and of itself can't forgive me. All it can do is point it that I'm terrible. That is why we needed Jesus to come so badly! He came and lived a perfect life. He kept every law from the day He was born until the day He died! That is why His sacrifice for our sins worked. You see, if God is just, then sin has to be punished. But punishing one sinner for the sins of others sinners doesn't really work now does it? In order for it to really be a sacrifice, it would have to be someone who didn't deserve the punishment. That is why Jesus had to come and live a perfect life. If He had sinned while He was here on earth, there could have been no sacrifice. He would have deserved death, just like I do.

Now, in light of His sacrifice, I can be forgiven! That means that I am free from the law, I am free from sin and from death! Not physical death mind you, that was the punishment on all creation for Adam's sin in the garden. I still sin today, and even though God forgives me, I still have to pay that price for Adam's sin and for my own sin. But I don't have to die spiritually, which is by far the bigger deal!

Because I am free from sin, I don't have to let it control me anymore! I know that is much easier said than done, and I still sin everyday, but now I don't belong to sin. Now I can choose to live by the Spirit of God who lives in me. I can choose to glorify God with my life. The Spirit of God helps me in my daily fight against the sin that still wants to control my life. Because of this, I can look forward to the day when Christ returns! Before I was set free, that was going to be a scary day of death and judgement. Now it will be a day for a party! Now there is nothing that can separate me from the love of Jesus. Not sin, not other people, not even death. Praise God!

Enjoy the Journey