September 17
The Continual Burnt Offering" T here is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus."
In Romans 7 we have a man renewed by the Spirit of God, but struggling under law, hoping thereby to subdue or find deliverance from the power of the old Adamic nature. In chapter 8 we have God’s way of deliverance through the death and resurrection of Christ with which the believer is identified before God. The chapter begins with “no condemnation” and ends with “no separation.” All who are in Christ Jesus are accepted in the Beloved and as free from every charge of guilt as He is Himself. He paid our penalty on the cross. Now we are linked up with Him in resurrection, not under law but under grace.
No condemnation! Blessed is the word!
No separation! Forever with the Lord.
By His blood He bought us,
Cleansed our every stain;
With rapture now we’ll praise Him,
The Lamb for sinners slain.