No Condemnation.

Romans 8:1
“There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jeans, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”―Rom. 8:11There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1).
There are two things contained in this inspired declaration of the apostle―first, the present standing of believers in Christ Jesus; and secondly, their character.
1. Their position as Christians is one of “no condemnation.” Though all around may accuse―yea, they may write bitter things against themselves―yet God justifieth from all things every believer in His Son Jesus Christ (Acts 13:3939And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:39)). In the days of Noah, judgment was upon the earth; nevertheless, all who had entered into the ark were preserved in perfect safety, and brought triumphantly through all the tribulation. In the great deliverance of Israel from Egypt, there was security from all harm for those who had sheltered themselves within the blood-sprinkled doorpost; so that when the Lord smote the first-born of all the families of Egypt with death, He passed over every house that He found sprinkled with the blood of the slain lamb. Also, when an Israelite had unwittingly killed a man, he was free from the power of the avenger of blood as soon as he entered the city of refuge which God had appointed. He was then, immediately in the place of safety, where there was “no condemnation.” And so now; the Lord Jesus is the True Ark to preserve all who trust in Him, His blood shelters all who believe in His name, and He is the mercy-seat―the city of refuge―the sure hiding-place―for all who flee to Him; and whoso cometh to Him He will in no wise cast out (John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)). He having been made a curse for His people―having borne our sins in His own body on the tree, and put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, ―no anger, no wrath, nothing condemnatory rains; so that the apostle can boldly say, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?”
It is by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ that our souls are brought into this blessed standing, so that we are called to “rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” We are in Christ Jesus, as it is written, “He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me” (John 6:5, 65When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. (John 6:5‑6)); and again, “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God” (1 John 4:1616And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16)). We stand in the full value of the worth and merit of another―THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. And so it was with Abraham, “He believed in the Lord, and He counted it unto him for righteousness” (Gen. 15:66And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (Genesis 15:6)). David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin” (Rom. 4:6-86Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. (Romans 4:6‑8)). Well may the apostle speak of the exceeding riches of the grace of God! O the infinite wisdom, power, and love of Jehovah, thus to bring righteousness without works to us in our lost condition, “even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe! Wondrous mercy, that the holy Son of God should remove our sins from us, and put His own perfect and everlasting righteousness upon us! But so it is; hence it is written, “There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”
2. The character of the persons here alluded to is that “they walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” The unregenerate know no higher experience than gratifying the desires of the flesh and of the mind; but those who have believed the grace of God, exhibited in the gift of His only begotten Son, have life, are new creatures, have learned the unsatisfying character of things around, and their course and tendency. The grace that removed the bitterness of a self-condemning conscience, that melted and won the rebellious heart, the sense of being in a world that has crucified the Lord of glory, and the hopelessness of every earthly resource but Jesus crucified, endear Him to the affections; while an increasing understanding of the love of God, which passeth knowledge, the everlasting relationship subsisting between them and the Father, their safety and blessing in God their Saviour, and the eternal glory to which they are called, constrain them, more and more, to live not unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again. How can I please God? Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?’ and such like, are the heart-queries of those who have “tasted that the Lord is gracious.” Many a time have they vainly sought happiness in that which is carnal, but now the soul’s satisfying portion is Jesus, the “chiefest among ten thousand,” the “altogether lovely.” According to His mind, and in obedience to His Word, they now seek to walk; for they prove, experimentally, that they have no real happiness apart from Him. They are led of the Spirit to worship and serve God as their Father; their joy consists in apprehending and appropriating the things that are freely given to them of God, and their hope is to be with Him and like Him, whom having not seen they love. The desires of the flesh and of the mind, which they once so fondly cherished, and sought to gratify, are now loathsome and offensive, and their great grief is that they do not more fully mortify the old man with his affections and lusts, and more perfectly show forth the characteristics of Him who hath called them out of darkness into His marvelous light. Lord! strengthen Thou our faith, that we may “stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,” and “walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called!”