No condemnation for past sins
I proposed to show, in the second place, how there is no condemnation to those who are thus in Christ Jesus, and who thus walk, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
And first, to believers in Christ who walk in this way, there is no condemnation on account of their past sins. God does not condemn them for any of these. They are as though they had never been. They are cast as a stone into the depth of the sea, and he remembers them no more.
God, having set forth his Son to be a propitiation for them, through faith in his blood, has declared to them his righteousness, for the remission of the sins that are past. He therefore lays none of these to their charge. Their memorial has perished with them.
1771 text
II. 1. I proposed to shew, in the second place, How there is no condemnation to them, which are thus in Christ Jesus, and thus walk, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
And, first, To believers in Christ, walking thus, there is no condemnation on account of their past sins. God condemneth them not for any of these: they are as tho’ they had never been. They are cast as a stone into the depth of the sea, and he remembreth them no more. God having set forth his Son to be a propitiation for them, thro’ faith in his blood, hath declared unto them his righteousness, for the remission of the sins that are past. He layeth therefore none of these to their charge; their memorial is perished with them.
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Sermon 8 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:1.
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