1. Therefore... (1)

There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. What good news! If we have come to Jesus with humble and repentant hearts, trusting in his grace alone, we are forgiven, and we are in Christ Jesus. By faith, we have been united with him in his death and united with him in his resurrection. When we are in Christ, we may be sure that God will not condemn us. So we should not condemn ourselves, nor allow others' condemnation to bother us.

2. What the law could not do, God did (2-4)

The law is powerless to set us free from sin; it only binds us more tightly, because our sinful human nature has no strength to obey the law. But Jesus came in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. He satisfied God's righteous requirements by dying on the cross for the sins of the world. He fulfilled the law by his obedient life and by his obedient death. He sets us free from sin so that we might live according to the Spirit.

Application: Lord, thank you for taking away the guilt and condemnation of sin and setting me free to live according to your Spirit.
One Word: No condemnation in Christ