In Christ

Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore 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 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 to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.


Many of you who know me, know how important I find the reality of being in a blood covenant relationship with Christ. We hear on Maundy Thursday about Jesus beginning a new covenant in his blood to be shed on the cross. Every time I read the words in Christ it reminds me that I am in this covenant with God because I am included in Christ my covenant head. He invited all who believe in him into this covenant and prays that the Father will love us the same way he loves his son. What more could I want in life than to be included in the love of God in the same fashion as Jesus.


In this famous passage we read that in Christ we will not find condemnation. He told his disciples that he must return to his Father in order that he may send the Spirit of Life to all of us who are in this covenant with Him. On this day between Good Friday and Easter we wait with the focus on Jesus choice of taking our sins upon himself to the cross. In Him I will not be condemned because he has fulfilled the just requirement of the law for me so I can receive and live with the Spirit of Life. Thank you Lord for this amazing gift that none of us could ever earn or deserve.