When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. [emphasis added]
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

One of the things I learned from The GRACE REVOLUTION (Joseph Prince) is that once you receive His gift of no condemnation, you will have the power to break out of the cycle of defeat and experience the abundant life that Jesus died to give you!

In a forum post at Koinonia Institue, I talk about my struggles with living a life pleasing to God:
As Paul said in Romans 7:

“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?”

Romans continues: “So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.”

WHOA! I do not want to serve the law of sin. I am in the very same predicament as Paul. Thankfully, I am not left here. “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Because Romans 8 follows Romans 7. And Romans 8:1 says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

I love this commentary by Chuck Missler that I found at the Blue Letter Bible: http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/missler_chuck/Rom/Romans_Vintage.cfm#No_Condemnation_in_Christ

Chuck explains that Romans 8:1 says we have no condemnation in Christ Jesus. PERIOD. Chuck tells us to put a period here and explains that Jesus Christ died for ALL my sins, from the point when I accepted him AND also ALL my sins subsequent to my commitment to Jesus Christ. ALL of my sins were FUTURE when Christ died on the cross and said, It is finished!!

Like Chuck, I will put a LARGE period at this point and remember that I have been made FREE of the Law of Sin and Death. Chuck says to strike the phrase “who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit” (He explains why in the commentary.) Also I will add a reference here to Galatians 2:20-21: “For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

So I have learned from GRACE* that we must do things in God’s order: In order to “go and sin no more” I must first remember that
“Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.”

So by letting Christ live in me, I am able to love God with ALL my heart! So I say again: Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Sincerely, Julie Ashley

* See Joseph Prince devotional: The Gift of No Condemnatoin