Nothing Can Stop Us Now — Andrew Forrest

Romans 8:1-4

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Today we pause and look back over the previous four verses so as to see the forest and the trees, so to speak.

The problem with humanity was that it was enslaved to sin. The Law God gave Israel was good, but because the Israelites were enslaved to sin just like Gentiles, both Israel and the nations were in the same position—needing to be rescued.

· The Law gathered sin into one place;
· Jesus gathered sin onto one person;
· On the cross, God condemned sin once and for all;
· And now those who trust Jesus live by the Spirit, who enables them to
actually fulfill the Law and live righteous lives.

O Christian: there is nothing that is stopping you from living a faithful life today.

Let’s go.