Romans: Lesson 15 – Deliverance

Romans: Lesson 15 – Deliverance

Set Free from Condemnation

Scripture Focus: Romans 8:1-11 (NASB)

In this triumphant and liberating lesson, Chris Pope arrives at one of the most powerful declarations in all of Scripture: "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." After the gut-wrenching conflict described in Romans 7, Paul now proclaims the glorious deliverance that is ours through faith in Christ. We are set free! Our faith gives us deliverance from condemnation, not because of anything we have done, but because of what Christ has done for us.

Chris explains that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death. What the Law could not do because of our weak flesh, God did by sending His own Son. The Spirit of God now dwells in every believer, giving life to our mortal bodies and empowering us to live for Him. This lesson is a celebration of the freedom we have in Christ and a reminder that we are no longer condemned.

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Scripture Focus:

Romans 8:1-11 (NASB) – "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."