Section 4
But "now…in Christ Jesus" there is no longer this kind of condemnation. Paul had "no condemna tion" because in Christ he did not need to keep the law of God by himself, an effort which pro duced self-condemnation; "no condemnation" because in Christ he had the law of the Spirit of life which is more powerful than the law of sin and which set him free from the law of sin; "now no condemnation" not because of the redeeming blood of Christ which removed the objective condemnation of God, but because of the law of the Spirit of life which brought in the freedom of the Spirit in his spirit and which broke through all his subjective condemnation; and "no con demnation" because he was freed from both the law of God and the law of sin.
THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
In Romans 8 Paul does not say, "There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus because the blood of Jesus has cleansed me." This kind of condem nation is not dealt with by the blood. We are freed from subjective condemnation, not because of the blood which cleanses us, but because of the law which liberates us. There is a law which sets us free from inward condemnation. This law that releases us has the greatest potential of any law.