Listen to Him and not to him

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,”

Romans 8:1

Have you ever done anything wrong?

I know – dumb question!

Forgive me for assuming – but of course you have.

Haven’t we all?

Have you repented from what you did and still find that you have this sense of guilt or shame?

Far too often that is the case for many of us.

We live in this place of condemnation and allow the enemy to continually beat on us.

We listen to him more than we listen to Him!

That is, we sometimes listen to the enemy with greater faith than we listen to the Father!

We even believe that God now looks at us differently.

But look at today’s verse.

Do you see those words ‘no condemnation’?

Go ahead and say them out loud.

Repeat them a hundred times if you need too in order for the truth of those words to sink into your spirit.

Are they a license to sin?

You know better than that.

They are words that can set us free from the condemnation of the enemy.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Do you believe those words?

Is He faithful to do what His words says He will do?

Then know this: When we sin, we can confess and repent and be assured of His forgiveness.

No more condemnation.

No more shame.

Let me repeat it – Listen to Him and don’t listen to him!