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With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud.
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Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus,
Romans 8:1 In-Context
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
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because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
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For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,
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in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.