Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1,2
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”
John 5:24
…Thus, then, is it evident that both sin and the law are utterly powerless to condemn a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.
…No legal obedience – no personal merit or worthiness of the sinner whatever – is taken into the account of his discharge from condemnation.
…God will pardon sin, and justify the sinner, but it must be by a process supremely glorifying to himself.
…the case, strange and difficult though it is, is met, fully, adequately met, by the satisfaction of Jesus. The Son of God became the Son of Man. He presents himself to the Father in the character of the church’s substitute.
… It is the simple belief of this fact that brings instant peace to the bosom. A present discharge from condemnation must produce a present joy.
“Christ has made atonement, and with it God is satisfied; and if so, well may you be satisfied – delighting yourselves greatly in the abundance of peace, and going forth even now in the light and liberty of your present enlargement.”…
As all the nations of the world were federally and mystically in Adam when he fell: so the “holy nation,” the Church of God, was federally and mystically in the Second Adam, ” the Lord of heaven,”…
In Christ they were chosen – to Christ they were betrothed – with Christ they were united –
by Christ they are saved , – and, sitting with Christ on his throne, they shall reign with him for ever and ever.
From No Condemnation In Christ by Octavius Winslow (1808-1878) pp 6 -9 First Published 1853 First Banner of Truth Edition 1991
