Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is Kristen and my name is Katie and we want to spend a few minutes a day with you walking through the New Testament one chapter at a time.

This year we will fix our gaze upon Christ so that we may know

him, not only with our minds but with our hearts. Together we will learn that

who Jesus is changes everything.

Welcome back to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is Kristen Schmucker and we are journeying through the New Testament.

Right now we are in the book of Romans and today we are in Romans chapter 8. Romans 8 is so

special. Some have even argued that Romans 8 is the most beautiful chapter in all of scripture, the crown jewel of Romans, and I can see why.

It gives us peace, not only in our hope of eternity, but in the here and now.

I love how J.I. Packer describes this piece in his book, Knowing God.

There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they

have known God and that God has known them and that this relationship guarantees God's

favor to them in life through death and on forever.

Romans 8 delivers good news after good news for the Christian, starting with therefore there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.

I don't know about you but after several days talking about death that comes through sin and the

powerlessness of the law these words feel like a cool drink of water on a hot

summer's day. They're refreshing, invigorating even. And friend, it's just going to get better

from here. When we see the word therefore and read it in scripture, this word should always

trigger our attention to think about the context

that this passage rested. Chapter 7 showed us that the law is powerless to produce righteousness.

Instead, it condemns sin. But in Christ the

sinner is free from condemnation. We stand in his grace, not in his wrath.

Under the law God's people were condemned to a standard of righteousness they could never meet.

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