265 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 1 - Book 23 - There is Therefore Now No Condemnation

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 23 THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION ROMANS 8:1-14 We'll jump right into Romans Chapter 8, as we completed Chapter 7 in our last lesson. And as we do so we come to what I think is one of the greatest chapters of all of the Scripture, and probably what is the greatest book in all of Scripture; the Book of Romans. Romans 8:1 This one gentlemen (they both had their Phd.'s) said that this `Therefore' does not take you back to Chapter 7, but rather it takes you back to Romans Chapter 5 verse 1. And there Paul uses the word again. Romans 5:1 "THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:" So that why this gentlemen thinks that word is there in Chapter 8. If you'll remember, as we've been studying it, those first three chapters, what did God do through the Apostle's pen? He proved the whole race as being utterly sinful, utterly rebellious, utterly opposite to the things of God. And he finally came to that great conclusion in Chapter 3 and verse 23, Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Remember that? We spent quite a little time on that Chapter 6. Chapter 8. Everything that we've learned in these previous seven chapters is going to be all wrapped up in what we'll learn in Chapter 8. Romans 8:1a Because we've been justified by faith, because Christ has died and been buried and has risen from the dead. It was all the work of God. So since we're justified by faith, God can come back through this Apostle and say: Romans 8:1a An individual came and said, "Les, I've never had that great experience that somebody talks about. Does that mean I've never been saved?" It took the work of someone else to nail Christ to that Cross. And the same way when we come into this Salvation experience, it's an act of God that places us in the Person of Christ; it's an act of God that resurrects us from darkness into life and so, consequently, God Himself is the One that says it. What does it mean to be "in Christ?" Come back to the Book of Ephesians Chapter 5 for a moment and let's look at a little bit of explanation. Deuteronomy 29:29 God is revealing a relationship not just between the husband and the wife, but a relationship between Christ, and you and I as members of His Body. Ephesians 5:25,26 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it (the Body of Christ of which you and I are members)with the washing of water (not baptismal water, but) by the word." This Book is the cleansing agent. And now verse 27: Ephesians 5:27 It's what The Book says. Ephesians 5:30 We've become totally integrated with Christ Himself, we're in Him. The Scriptures also teach not only are we in Christ, but He is in us! Verse 32: Ephesians 5:32 "This a great mystery (now you know that's one of Paul's words, and one of those secrets that God has now revealed to this apostle. You never saw this kind of relationship even between Israel and God, or between Abraham and Jehovah; oh, but look what ours is): but I speak concerning Christ and the church." See? As a husband and wife come together and become one, so Christ and this Body of believers become one. I Corinthians 3:16 "Know ye not (we're expected to know) that ye are the temple (or dwelling place) of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" When we say that Christ dwells in me, we know Christ is bodily at the Father's right hand, and He cannot leave that bodily position. Let's look at another one over in Chapter 6 of this same book. Verse 20)? For ye are bought with a price (with the Blood of Christ as Peter puts it in his little epistle); therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." Come on over to the Book of Colossians Chapter 3, and look what a tremendous statement is there. If it weren't for faith we couldn't comprehend it, but it's what God says, and we believe it. Colossians 3:1 "IF ye then be risen with Christ,..." What did we learn back there in Romans Chapter 6? That when Christ died, I died. We were resurrected and we, too, were given new life; and we'll see in Romans Chapter 8 that it's eternal life. Never! Colossians 3:1 Colossians 3:1,2 "IF ye then be risen with Christ seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Colossians 3:3 "For ye are dead (in your old Adamic state), and your life is hid with Christ in God." God and Christ are One in the same in reality, and so again when Romans 8:1 says: Romans 8:1 "THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,..." When we're in Christ then we're hidden in God, and wrapped up in the God-Head, and nothing can touch us. Verse 4: Colossians 3:4 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible