Wednesday, February 11, 2009

No condemnation

"The world will bring its condemnation. They may even put their sword behind it. But we know that the highest court has already ruled in our favor. "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31). No one successfully.
If they reject us, he accepts us. If they hate us, he loves us. If they imprison us, he sets our spirits free. If they afflict us, he refines us by the fire. If they kill us, he makes it a passage to paradise. They cannot defeat us.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. We are alive in him. And in him there is no condemnation.
We are forgiven and we are righteous.
"And the righteous are bold as a lion." (Proverbs 28:11)

John Piper, "The Passion of Jesus Christ"

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