Sermon 16 October 2016 By Bruce McCallum

2. Romans 8:1 (NIV)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8:1 (MSG)
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that
fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter
into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer
have to live under a continuous, low-lying
black cloud.

3. Exposing the 6 lies of condemnation
 Lie 1 - Jesus can't use you if you have a weakness.

4. Exposing the 6 lies of condemnation
 Lie 1 - Jesus can't use you if you have a weakness.
 Lie 2 - You should give up if you constantly struggle
with sin.

5. Exposing the 6 lies of condemnation
 Lie 1 - Jesus can't use you if you have a weakness.
 Lie 2 - You should give up if you constantly struggle
with sin.
 Lie 3 - God's promises are for other people, not you.

6. Exposing the 6 lies of condemnation
 Lie 1 - Jesus can't use you if you have a weakness.
 Lie 2 - You should give up if you constantly struggle
with sin.
 Lie 3 - God's promises are for other people, not you.
 Lie 4 - God is cross with you.

7. Exposing the 6 lies of condemnation
 Lie 1 - Jesus can't use you if you have a weakness.
 Lie 2 - You should give up if you constantly struggle
with sin.
 Lie 3 - God's promises are for other people, not you.
 Lie 4 - God is cross with you.
 Lie 5 - Your past mistakes disqualify you.

8. Exposing the 6 lies of condemnation
 Lie 1 - Jesus can't use you if you have a weakness.
 Lie 2 - You should give up if you constantly struggle
with sin.
 Lie 3 - God's promises are for other people, not you.
 Lie 4 - God is cross with you.
 Lie 5 - Your past mistakes disqualify you.
 Lie 6 - You have committed the unforgiveable sin.

9. How to be free from condemnation
Romans 8:1 (NIV)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus

10. 1. Stop clinging to what happened
yesterday
Romans 8:2 (NIV)
..because through Christ Jesus the law of the
Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin
and death.

11. 2. Distinguish between conviction of
Jesus & condemnation of the devil

12. 3. Set your mind on what the Holy
Spirit desires for you
Romans 8:4-5 (NIV)
… in order that the righteous requirements of
the law might be fully met in us, who do not live
according to the sinful nature but according to
the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the
sinful nature have their minds set on what that
nature desires; but those who live in accordance
with the Spirit have their minds set on what the
Spirit desires.

13. 4. Move from a tortured mind to a
peaceful mind
Romans 8:6 (NIV)
The mind of sinful man is death, but the
mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
peace
Romans 8:6 (MSG)
Obsession with self in these matters is a
dead end; attention to God leads us out into
the open, into a spacious, free life

14. 5. Live life on God’s terms
Romans 8:10 (MSG)
But for you who welcome Him, in whom He
dwells—even though you still experience all
the limitations of sin—you yourself
experience life on God's terms.

15. 6. Receive the Spirit of Sonship
Romans 8:14 (NIV)
because those who are led by the Spirit of
God are sons of God. 15 For you did not
receive a spirit that makes you a slave again
to fear, but you received the Spirit of
sonship…

16. 7. Pursue the deepest intimacy with
God in heaven
Romans 8:15 (NIV)
… And by him we cry, "Abba, Father.“
Romans 8:16 (NIV)
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that
we are God's children.
Romans 8:16 (MSG)
God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms
who we really are. We know who He is, and we
know who we are: Father and children.

18. “Joy is the serious business of heaven!”
(CS Lewis)
“Joy is not an emotion. It is a way of being
and a state of mind that is available to
everybody. It is not found in things but in a
person” (Nicky Gumbel)

19. 1 Thessalonians 5:15-19 (NIV)
15Make sure that nobody pays back wrong
for wrong, but always try to be kind to each
other and to everyone else.
16 Be joyful always;
17 pray continually;
18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is
God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not put out the Spirit's fire