Oakwood Church

“In bitterness, Louie was as much a captive as he’d been when barbed wire had surrounded him. This is why forgiveness is so liberating. But how is it found? For Louie, it lay in resurrecting his dignity, seeing himself not as the wretched creature that the Bird had striven to make of him, but as the object of God’s infinite love.”
~ Laura Hillenbrand

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 8:1

In Christ, you are…

1. Free from Judgment

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 8:1

1. Free from Judgment

• God guarantees perfect Justice

“The Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought.”
1 Chronicles 28:9

1. Free from Judgment

• God guarantees perfect Justice

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

1. Free from Judgment

• God guarantees perfect Justice

“And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.”
Revelation 20:12

1. Free from Judgment

• A new Position: forgiven and Justified

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 8:1

1. Free from Judgment

• A new Position: forgiven and Justified

“In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us…”
Romans 8:4

In Christ, you are…

2. Free from Sin

“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2

“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked… we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”
Ephesians 2:1-3

In Christ, you are…

2. Free from Sin

“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2

2. Free from Sin

• A new Power: the Holy Spirit now reigns in you

“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2

In Christ, you are…

3. Free from Death

“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2

3. Free from Death

• A new Promise: filled with the Life of God forever

“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2

3. Free from Death

• A new Promise: filled with the Life of God forever

“He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies…”
Romans 8:11