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NASB | Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. [John 3:18] |
Bible Question: tortoise What does this verse have to do with we are no longer bound by the laws of the old testament? |
Bible Answer: I am actually glad to see this kind of dialouge show up on the Forum as it's an excellent example of the point I've tried to make with previous posts. Let's start with your verse as stated above from Paul in Rom 8:1. Of course, there's no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus but that's the actual crux of the matter. Can a christian (as I assume you are) actually keep on willfully continue in sin without real, genuine repentance? I'm afraid the net sum of the Bible clearly teaches that this can't be so. Peter puts it rather bluntly in 2 Pet 2:22 and depicts a christian doing this like "a dog returning to its vomit or a pig to its mud." Yes, disgusting, I agreee but that's how our Lord and Father sees us if we continue in this kind of activity. John makes it a little clearer in 1 John 1:5-10. If a person continues in this kind of willful disobedience to our Father and doesn't really plan to sincerely stop; if he makes an attempt to "repent" merely for other men's sake, it's no good to our Father. That person is still in his sins. Surely you must agree, this is really quite clear in John's epistle. Please let me say this to the whole Forum. These basic principles apply to ALL sin in our lives. Again, let me be clear, these principles apply to all christians. Once you're in the body of Christ, you CAN most certainly choose to go back to a life of sin and maybe even fool your best friends and brethren in the church. But if your life is a lie; if you're not truly repenting every day of the sins in your life and trying to genuinely live a Christ-like life every moment of your life, you need to re-evaluate and take another look at your priorities. I do hope this is clear to all who read but I would love to see some responses from anyone else on this subject. God bless you all. |