WISDOM FOR THE DAY DEVOTIONAL
BY BISHOP MIKE OKONKWO
THURSDAY MAY 21ST 2026
TOPIC: NO MORE CONDEMNATION FOR 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 KJV
In the book of Romans chapter 7, Paul was addressing the position of the believer who does not understand Christ. Paul found himself saying, I love God, but I still see myself doing the wrong thing. I know in my heart it is wrong, but here I am doing it. I am telling people that I am born again, and this body keeps dragging me down.
He became frustrated. Then he said in verses 24, “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (KJV). Not what Psalm will I read or what rules should I obey? He then found out that his only hope is Jesus, and he answered himself.
“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord…” (Romans 7:25 KJV). Then he went further in Romans 8:1 to say, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus…” The part “who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit”, is not in the original translation.
It was religious people who were trying to help God that put it there, so that believers must do something. However, even with them putting it there, when I am in Christ, I am walking in the Spirit.
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:” (Romans 8:3 KJV). Why did He condemn it in the flesh? “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (Romans 8:4 KJV).
I couldn’t fulfil it, but Jesus has fulfilled it for me. His fulfilment has become my fulfilment. What He overcame, I overcome. The victory He has, I have. All I need to do is be in Him. Don’t try to be a Christian. Just stay inside Him. You will overcome every problem. Wake up every morning expecting only good to gravitate towards you.
Further Reading: Romans 8:1-17.