Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ~ Romans 8:1-2

Condemnation: the expression
of very strong disapproval;
censure, with synonyms… censure, criticism, strictures,
denunciation, vilification.
the action of condemning someone
to a punishment; sentencing.
We have been set free from the law of sin and death.
Just where does the New Testament…
or the Old…more clearly sing the same song
as the rooms of Recovery?
Once we realize we feel condemned,
which we describe as powerless over
our compulsion, living unmanageable lives,
once we’ve come to believe there’s hope
and turned our wills and lives over to that Hope,
then got real about our obsessions on our past,
admitted the dirt and lived through it,
released our bad habits, and made amends.
and before we were halfway there,
our dreams of life came true and all condemnation
had vanished, replaced by freedom and serenity.