There’s No Condemnation – I’m Free

I look out the window and see
Trees bending slightly in the breeze
Branches swaying
Green flutter
Clinging

Yet I sulk – no smile – no glee –
Thoughts conveying awful vibes in me –
Essence of my
Effervescence
Stifling

LORD you are not the one – not you
Crushing my spirit – Am I the one –
Could I be she
Pounding me –
Oh my –
No – Not so – LORD – not so –
The Enemy – He pummels me –
My child – why listen –
Why not hasten him
To flee

How – LORD – how shall I make
Him flee from me – How shall I prevail –
What I say sends
The Liar away
You say –

Tell me again what to say LORD –
Truth makes the Liar quake and fear –
There is no condemnation –
Now – I say –
You hear –

There is no condemnation for those
In Christ Jesus – Go away Liar – flee –
There’s no condemnation –
Jesus paid –
I’m free

I look out the window and see
Trees bending slightly in the breeze
Branches swaying
And I am
Smiling

By Carol Ann Hoel © April 7, 2011

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Romans 8:1-4 – The Bible – Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

John 3:16-18 – The Bible – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Romans 5:12-21 – Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 

Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 John 1:8-9 – The Bible – If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

James 4:7 – The Bible – Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.