Section 3
after they are saved. This condemnation does not come from God. Many Christians, having solved the problem of objective condemnation, have created for themselves the problem of inward condemnation. Some have been so condemned that they could not eat or sleep properly. Some brothers condemned themselves severely for not loving their wives, and certain sisters judged themselves for not being kind to their husbands. Eventually, the sense of subjective condemna tion became so extreme they developed mental problems. Such people are under a tremendous weight of self-condemnation.
In Christ
Paul, after his cry of wretchedness at the end of chapter seven, declared in a victorious way, "Now then no condemnation…in Christ Jesus." This means that what he experienced in Ro mans 7 was not an experience in Christ. With out Christ, or outside of Christ, he struggled according to the law in his mind to keep the law of God in order that he might please God, but he was totally defeated by the law of sin. That occurred when he was without Christ. Thus Paul condemned himself. He had a deep convic tion of this inward, subjective condemnation.