John 3:17: “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
Have you felt the sting of condemnation? I sure have, and it hurts! There is no greater pain than that of being told that you don’t measure up, that you never will measure up and that there is no hope for you.
It is from this pain and bondage that Jesus came to free us. Jesus knew that we could not make peace with the Father on our own. We were in bondage to our sin; there was no way out and no hope to change. Jesus came to make a living sacrifice so that we could be freed from the effect of sin, the bondage of sin and so that we could live in hope.
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). There is freedom, healing and hope. Are you living into the freedom, healing and hope? Praise God if you are and then share those gifts from God with others.