80. Not Condemned
John 3:18 He that believeth in him is not condemned.
I am born condemned, damned to hell, a guilty sinner, but He has “redeemed me, a lost and condemned sinner.” In a natural state, born in sin, I am condemned already because I did not believe in the name of the Son. When I believe I am switched from a state of condemnation to position of salvation. The promise is that I am not condemned, though I have deserved condemnation because of sin. Romans 8:1: “There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” This wonderful promise becomes even more remarkable when I realize how far I have come out of the state of condemnation.
Christ is the only answer, and a wonderful answer, to the unsolvable problem of sin and its condemnation. The only other attempted answer to the problem of condemnation is to deny that there is any condemnation, that sin can be excused, that God overlooks human mistakes, that a loving God wouldn’t condemn anyone, that sin and guilt and hell do not exist. All people have wanted to or tried to solve the sin problem by wishing it out of existence, but down deep in the heart it doesn’t finally work. It takes a ton of false faith to disbelieve in the need for Jesus. It is so much easier to believe in Jesus to get out from under guilt and condemnation than it is to rationalize, excuse and deny the truth of the human condition.
Confess the truth: “I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins…and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment.” Confess the truth: “He that believeth in him is not condemned.”