Whoever believes in Him is not condemned

— John 3:18a

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

— John 5:24

33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

34 Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

— Romans 8:33-34

1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

— 1 John 2:1-2

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

— Hebrews 7:25

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

God promises that in Christ we will be saved from future condemnation. But if we could lose our salvation, we would once again be condemned to hell. In that same, Christ’s promises would become untrue. But John 3:18 says, “He who believes in Him is not judged…” God’s words also tells us that those who hear His word and believe Him who sent Him have eternal life, and do not go into judgment, but have passed out of death into life. What is more, after we believe Jesus, no accusations can incriminate us eternally now that we are in Christ.

We know since Jesus Christ sits at the Father’s right hand and constantly intercedes for us, no one can ever go before God and bring a charge against us that would cause our condemnation. Jesus Christ is our defense attorney who always mediates with God the Father on our behalf. Not only is He the best attorney ever, He can boldly and legally defend us because He, the perfect God-Man, fully paid the penalty for our sins.