Learning To Walk

You know what it’s like to carry the weight of your own failures. You want to walk with God, but some days it feels like you’re dragging around every mistake you’ve ever made. You replay your shortcomings, beat yourself up over what you “should” be by now, and wonder why change feels so slow. And deep down, you fear that God must be disappointed in you — because you’re disappointed in yourself.

As we come into Romans 8, Paul delivers one of the most liberating truths in Scripture: “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” He’s writing to believers still wrestling with the frustration of Romans 7 — wanting to do right, struggling to carry it out, and feeling the sting of their own weakness. But in verses 1–4, Paul draws a line in the sand: if you belong to Christ, the death sentence is gone. The law’s demands have been fulfilled for you, and you now stand in the freedom Christ purchased.

Yet many of us continue relating to God as if He’s keeping score. We act like we’re still on spiritual probation, trying to prove that we belong. But condemnation isn’t how God speaks to His kids — and freedom isn’t something you earn by performing well enough.

Today Pastor Jeff shows how God removes the weight of condemnation, breaks the power of the old life, and makes you whole through what Christ has already done. He shows how real freedom begins when you stop trying to fix yourself and start walking by faith in the One who has set you free.