Episode 18 - Book of Romans: There is no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus

Book of Romans! It’s not an easy read! We will have a couple of episodes just on Chapter 8.

There’s a lot of HOPE and assurances in Romans. There are many more themes, including patience and suffering. It’s all going to be worth it, Paul says.

Chapter eight of Romans starts with this: Therefore there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah, Jesus.

Let’s all make that a verse we remember, just like we remember John 3:16. No condemnation.

It’s so easy for us to skip over it. To start thinking about all the reasons why we should, could, or might be condemned by God for acts or omissions. There’s a big negativity bias in human nature.

It’s natural for us to be concerned about our personal salvation. To worry about being condemned.

Paul’s letter to the Romans provides the Roman Christians with a lot of assurances. One of Paul’s assurances to them is that, since they are “in” the Messiah, there is no condemnation for them.

Spend a few moments with that.

Certainly, we need to make strong efforts to “walk the talk.” The book of Romans has themes that recall the Exodus story. We don’t want to fall back into the spirit of slavery (like Israel in Egypt & the complainers that wanted to go back to it).

Paul, apparently, has scandalized others with this kind of talk “no condemnation” because he has addressed objections, earlier, in Chapter 5, where he says, at verse 15: “What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! “

I love what Fr. Jacques Phillipe says: “The reasons that we lose our peace are always bad reasons” (In Searching for and Maintaining Peace).

We can’t let the world, our fear, our limitations, the devil, the whatever, rob us of our peace that we have in Christ Jesus.

We are doing the best we can in our Christian journey. We fall short. Regardless, there is no condemnation.

Hang onto your peace because there is no condemnation.

Peace will make you more powerful, effective, sane and healthy.

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