FEBRUARY 23 DEVOTION BIBLE READING: ROMANS 8:1-17
The Lord has placed us in Christ. In Christ there is no condemnation. In Christ there is no judgment. In Christ we know and experience the full forgiveness of God. In Christ we are made completely acceptable to God. In Christ we move from a position where God was our Creator, to a new position where He is our Father. In Christ we have all the promises of God. In Christ we are guaranteed eternity with the Lord. In Christ we have the Holy Spirit living in us. In Christ we are able to come directly into the presence of Almighty God. In Christ we live, move and have our being. Everything of eternal value we have in Christ.
Romans 8, speaks of our position in Christ. It speaks of our eternal position in Christ Jesus...a position that cannot change. Because of Jesus and His willingness to go to the cross and suffer and die in our place, we will never have to face the judgment of God. The Lord Jesus took our judgment...He experienced our condemnation. It was at the cross that we who have trusted in Jesus as our Savior had our sins judged and paid for. Sadly, those who reject Jesus and His substitutionary work on the cross will one day stand in judgment before God and face the condemnation for their sins. In Christ one can know the forgiveness of sin and experience the freedom from condemnation, for without Him one will continue to stand guilty before God in their sins and face Him in judgment. We all know that we have sinned and deserve the condemnation of God for our sins. But Jesus in His grace and mercy, because of His great love for us, took that judgment upon Himself and paid the price for our sins
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