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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1

There is not a more blessed declaration than this in the whole word of truth. It is the sweetest note sounded by the gospel trumpet, for it is the very crown of the whole jubilee. Is not condemnation the bitterest drop in the cup of trembling? the most chilling, piercing note of that terrible trumpet which sounded so long and so loud from Sinai’s blazing top that all the people that were in the camp trembled? (Exod. 19:13, 16.) Condemnation is the final execution of God’s righteous law, and therefore carries with it all that arms death with its sting and the grave with its terror.

The apprehension of this; the dread and fear of being banished forever from the presence of God; of being lost, and that without remedy; of sinking under the blazing indignation of Him Who is a consuming fire, has filled thousands of hearts with horror. And it must be so as long as the law speaks in its thunders, as long as conscience re-echoes its verdict, and as long as the wrath of God burns to the lowest hell. O the blessedness, then, of that word of grace and truth, worthy to be sounded through heaven and earth by the voice of cherubim and seraphim, “There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus!”

To the reader…

Did the thunders of Sinai ever sound in your conscience? Do you know anything of that terror of being banished forever from the presence of God and of sinking under the wrath of Him Who is a consuming fire? I will not hide it: so it must be, as long as the law speaks and conscience repeats its verdict. It is the bitterest drop in the cup of trembling.

But then listen also to the sweetest note of the gospel trumpet: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” Not later, not when you are better, but now. On those who are in Him the curse no longer rests. So do not seek your refuge in yourself, but in Christ Jesus. That word is worthy to be sung by cherubim and seraphim, and it was spoken for trembling sinners such as you.

With warm regards,
The compilers of jcphilpot.nl