Imperishable Inheritance

“Con­dem­na­tion appears in innu­mer­able forms. It’s the weight on the heart of the busi­ness­man who was rarely home when his kids were grow­ing up. It’s the under­cur­rent of grief and metal self-torture in the woman who had an abor­tion years ago. It’s the nag­ging con­science of the Chris­t­ian man who just mut­tered a crude insult at a reck­less dri­ver. It’s the lin­ger­ing sense of regret over a lack of prayer; it’s kind words unsaid and promises broken.

“Some of us have been car­ry­ing around so much for so long that we think it’s nor­mal to go through life weighed down. And the truth is that, apart from the cross, con­dem­na­tion is nor­mal. With­out Jesus, we all deserve to be con­demned and pun­ished for sin. But here’s the good news: “There is there­fore now no con­dem­na­tion for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

“We don’t have to go through life under con­dem­na­tion.“
C.J. Mahaney, Liv­ing the Cross Cen­tered Life (pgs. 124–5)