Romans 8:1 should be very familiar to born again believers!
8 Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus
In some translations there are added words to this verse, but they are not found in the original language, according to the Interlinear Bible that I used. I can understand why some would want the rest of the verse put in there! This God kind of Grace and Love is sometimes unfathomable to our human thinking! The extra words that are included in some Bibles are here:
who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.
The TRUTH of the matter, though, is that Jesus paid the full, once for all, price so that we would never face condemnation (actually damnation, or punishment for wrong done) again! He BECAME sin with MY sin (yours too, if you have received Him) and the punishment that went with it, which was separation from God! Do you remember when He said "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" God the Father had to turn His back on His own Son at that moment because He WAS sin! Because Jesus had no sin that was His own, He died a sacrificial death, out of the fullness of love, for ME! Death could NOT keep Him and He was "reborn"! He rose from the dead as a new man, still 100% God and 100% man, to live forever in Heaven as a resurrected man! Thank You, Jesus! So, refuse ALL condemnation, no matter what you've done or not done! There is nothing that will keep you from Heaven once you have received Jesus as Lord and personal Savior! NOW, the choices we make to sin or not while here on this earth WILL, most definitely, affect our quality of life HERE! Sin, selfish decisions to do things our own way instead of God's way, always brings the death realm in to our lives. That could come in the form of sickness and disease, poverty, loss of family, friends and favor! There is NO reason to live like that, but the choice is always and completely OURS! God says: "Choose life!" What will YOU choose? Here is Hillsong United with "Rhythms Of Grace":
Shalom in Him!
