Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

[Sung Psalm: 102] Romans 8 is delightful for many reasons! But preeminent among them is that Romans 8 is one of the clearest and most beautiful portraits of the Holy Spirit found in scripture! The work of Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit are intimately bound together. Verse 1 says it so beautifully – "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Those who are in Christ are no longer under the law. The law cannot condemn those who are in Christ, because Christ has delivered us from this body of death. Through his atoning sacrifice – through his death on the cross – Jesus has taken the penalty for our sin. But that same work is attributed to the Holy Spirit in verse 2: For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Paul says that we can no longer consider ourselves apart from Christ! The law of the Spirit of life (the ruling power of the Holy Spirit) has set you free from the law of sin and death (the ruling power of sin and