Your Inheritance through Christ-There is no Condemnation

There is one thing that we need to completely understand and that is that the love of Christ put Him on the Cross at Calvary for the sin of the World. What that did was give us the free gift of Salvation and eternal life which in turn allows us to gain an inheritance as heirs of God. What does it actually mean when the Lord states that we are co-heirs with Christ?

The perfect passages of Scripture that disclose exactly what the Lord means by inheritance are found in Romans 8:16-17. It states, “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”

So what these verses are telling us is that because of the atoning sacrificial work of Jesus Christ which was: His death, burial, and resurrection on the cross at Calvary we have been given an inheritance as co-heirs with Him. One of the main parts of our inheritance is that there is no more condemnation to those that are children of God.

In order to fully understand what is meant by no more condemnation let’s take a look at what the Apostle Paul has to say about our human nature, carnal mind, and how sin can still affect our daily lives.

Romans 7:14-17 out of the book or Romans discloses, “For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.” 

Here we can see that Paul is classifying himself as a carnal man dealing with the power of sin in is life. Make no mistake about it, the enemy knows your every weakness and will apply pressure to all of those areas that you have not crucified. The Apostle Paul is disclosing this very struggle stating that when he wants to do good, he still finds himself messing up.

The good news is that our Lord Jesus Christ weakened the effect that sin had over the life of a believer. Your new nature in Christ allows you to leave old things behind and make all things new, 2 Corinthians 5:17. This includes all your previous sin that you once committed.

Paul dives deeper into the topic pertaining to things of the flesh working against the things of the spirit when he unveils this truth a little further in Romans 7:24-25. It states, “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.” We can see in these New Testament passages that Paul is addressing the fact that we are born with the sin nature already inside of our bodies and calls it a body of death. Why? The wages of sin is death, Romans 6:23. Then he makes a powerful statement: “I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!”

We no longer have to be a slave to the sin that we used to be in before we came to Christ. The Lord died for us to have the ability to live a life free from the spirit of bondage that tries to hold us captive. The devil will try to remind you of where you came from so that you will feel like you can’t break free or that the Lord can’t use you mightily in His Kingdom. The devil is a liar!

God’s grace says otherwise! When you become a believer of Jesus Christ, God no longer sees your sin but He sees the image of His Son in you. We are His children: daughters and sons of God. We are far from perfect but the goal is to try to live your life following the righteous requirements of the law found in the Holy Bible. We don’t have to let the devil make us feel like our sins haven’t been washed clean by the blood of Jesus!

Let’s take a look at the passage of Scripture that breaks down the fact that there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus.