God sent His son Jesus to redeem not to condemn

Therefore there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus!


Christianity is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.


There are over 200 Christian denominations in the U.S. and this includes Catholicism, Protestantism, Presbyterian, Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, Methodist, Jehovah's Witness, Baptist, Calvinism, Unitarianism, Lutheran, Anglican/Episcopal, Assembly of God, Pentecostal, Church of God in Christ, and many more. 



Roman 8: 1-9

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1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.



Jesus came not to condemn, but to redeem us back to where Adam lost in the garden of Eden, and give us in this dispensation of grace all good and perfect things. God is our creator, father, and source and He knows what we need and desire and His eyes go to and fro to show Himself evident in our lives. We are to ask in Jesus name and believe in our hearts, John 14:14 says to ask in Jesus name and He will do it. 

 

John 1:12

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12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

Many have received Christ and we are to know them through the self same spirit, which is the Holy Spirit!


Galatians 5:1 

New International Version 

1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.



Galatians 5:13-26

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Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. 


 

Matthew 27:50-54

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50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split

The wall of petition is gone, and we have direct access to God, by way of the receiving the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of us and is our guide. As we read God’s word, The Bible, we shall know this truth and it shall make us free! 


After receiving Christ as our savior and repenting of sins we have a direct access to God to pray in Jesus's name, which is the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of us, and we can believe with just a mustard seed of faith. 


2 Corinthians 3:16-17

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16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.


Ephesians 5: 1-2; 16-18 

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1-2 says to be followers-of God as dear children and walk in love 

Then 16 says to redeem the time and 17 says to not be unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit 




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