Adoption and Condemnation
Posted by TulipGirl | Under Theology for Girls Sunday Jan 30, 20051 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
14. . .because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry,
Ah, just what I like…a nice meaty piece for thinking! Thanks for this.
Btw, I bought the book Families Where Grace is in Place after seeing you recommend it here. I’ve been reading all weekend, and I’m almost done. What an awesome book!
Hi, Kim!
I was hoping that if no one else read it, that perhaps you and Rebecca would. *L* Honestly, I have so many thoughts that go along with what I’m copying out of Charles Hodge’s commentary, but they seem all jumbled in my brain. And, then the passage and the commentary can stand on their own. . .
I’m glad you are enjoying the Jeff VanV. book. As I read it, I have a lot of theology of grace ideas going on in my own mind. He touches on that, but not in the academic way I like. (Then again, he’s writing more application/experience in that book.) So, I assume you’re filling in the theological gaps he doesn’t focus on, when you are reading it, too.
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