The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, September 3, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, September 3, 2022
Saturday, September 3,2022
TOPIC: JUSTIFIED AND SET FREE
TEXT: Romans 8:1 – 17
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, September 3, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
I know of a man who was convicted of a criminal offence by a court of competent jurisdiction and consequently sentenced to five years imprisonment. He had barely started serving his sentence when an appropriate authority according to the law, granted him state pardon. By that pardon, he became as clean as he was before the court sentence and was not to be referred to as ex-convict as far as that offence was concerned.
The Scripture declares that there is no condemnation for anyone who is in Christ Jesus, no matter the gravity of sin he had committed. The difference between the state pardon and the one Jesus grants to those who receive Him is that Jesus leaves His Spirit with any person whom He justifies. The Spirit quickens and strengthens the person against the law of sin and death. Have you given your life to Christ genuinely, but from time to time the devil reminds you of who you were? Do not allow self-condemnation to keep you down. You have not only been justified but set free from the power of sin and its consequences.
Prayer: I am justified in Christ Jesus, and set free from the power of sin.