No More
“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,”
As we consider the freedom we have from condemnation, we must remember that the peace we have with God came from the work of Christ on the cross. Paul makes it clear in Romans 8 that our ability to live by the spirit of life hinges on Christ’s sacrifice.
Jesus became a human taking on flesh so that in that flesh he could receive the sentence of the curse of our sins. He became sin in that moment so that we could be justified.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV) says, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
In his holiness and his power, God raised Jesus from the dead, and death will never have any hold on him. This is the mystery and wonder of the gospel we proclaim. Christ overcame condemnation, so why would God continue in condemnation toward us? If God sent his son to break the power of death, why would he speak death over the ones he desired to save?
God’s love is on display all around us, and we do not have to fear condemnation from God when we surrender to his ways and long for his heart.
I was thinking about the Christmas carol, Joy To The World. I’m sure someone sang these words when I was a kid in church, but I must have missed it. This verse of the hymn amazed me when I discovered it. If we want to know pure joy—I mean unbridled elation—we have to understand the cost of our redemption.
Why is it joy to the world that the Lord has come? Because prior to his coming, the curse was winning. Prior to his incarnation, hope was only an idea. Prior to his birth, only darkness could be found.
Meditate on these words this morning and allow God to show you the power of freedom today.
No more let sins and sorrows grow
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
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