The Antidote for Anxiety and Depression: Trust in Abba Father’s Care – Pt 70
God Does Not Condemn You!
There 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
Breaking News – Christians suffer with anxiety and depression too. Not because of any fault of theirs but because they are in a real spiritual warfare with a real enemy of their souls who is out to steal, kill and destroy their lives at all cost. Some people believe that mental illness is as a result of the sins of either the persons suffering with the mental illness or their parents or foreparents. Therefore, Christians struggling with anxiety and depression are often condemned or judged by other Christians as doing something wrong and not living a life of faith and prayer. Hence, there are many Christians who secretly and silently suffer with ill mental health because they are afraid that if they talk about it, they will be issued harsh condemnation. For this reason, they are unable to receive the help they need to recover. How sad!
Nevertheless, it is very heart-warming to know the Word of God reports that condemnation or judgement or an adverse sentence or verdict as a result of sin (specifically Adam’s fall) is expressed as being entirely absent from the believer in Christ Jesus who walks after the Spirit.
Therefore, since God does not condemn believers in Christ Jesus for any form of sin, neither should people condemn one another. Instead, the Church should be God’s agent of healing and change for all who seek it. Christians are expected by God to be their brother’s keeper and not their brother’s condemner.
Interestingly, love does not condemn. When Christians truly grasp what it really means to love as God intends for His Church to love and begin to demonstrate God’s agape love in its purest sense, then there will be the manifestation of more healing and deliverance in the lives of not only believers but unbelievers alike, leading to victorious living in Christ Jesus.
God bless you!
MY PRAYER FOR TODAY
Abba, I worship and praise You with my whole heart. Thank You for not condemning or judging me for any sin that I commit since there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ. Help me to be ever mindful not to be a condemner but an encourager to others. I declare that I am delivered from every negative effect of condemnation that I have experienced from other believers. Therefore, I live a victorious life in Christ Jesus. I pray this by faith in Jesus’ precious name with thanksgiving. Amen!
