Peter Barnes | Romans 8:1-2
SERMON NOTES
NO CONDEMNATION
(Romans 8:1-2)
– If Romans is the crown of the Bible, Romans 8 is the crown jewel. It especially deals with life in the Spirit. No condemnation (8:1) leads to no separation (8:39).
1. There is no condemnation in Christ.
– 8:1; this refers to justification first – see Rom.5:16, 18; 8:33-34
– note the lawyer trying to justifying himself in Luke 10:25, 29; see John 5:24
– No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine! (Charles Wesley)
2. Christ frees through the Spirit of life.
– 8:2
– the Spirit unites us to Christ so there is no condemnation, and gives us life and power
3. The law brings sins and death.
– 8:2; see 2 Cor.3:6-7; Thomas Jacomb: ‘Surely it is sad dancing over the mouth of hell.’
– sinning against the state is one thing; sinning against your family is another
– Eph.4:30