Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1, NASB

- JUNE 15 -

CONDEMNATION IS THE ROOT CAUSE

When you have a plant with sickly leaves, it would be foolish to just treat the leaves without
knowing the root cause of the problem. Similarly, when “leaves” of sickness, poverty and
destructive habits start sprouting in your life, you need to know what the root cause is.

Experts will tell you that it is stress. They may go a little deeper and say that it is fear—fear
of the future, of rejection, of loss, of death and so on. But is fear really the root? Or is there
something deeper than fear?

The Bible shows us that the most fundamental cause of problems in our lives is
condemnation. With condemnation comes fear. Fear then induces stress which brings
about the symptoms of the curse.

This is what happened to Adam. Long before he faced poverty, sickness and eventually
death, he had stress. Because of his sin, God told him, “In the sweat of your face you shall
eat bread till you return to the ground” (Genesis 3:19). Sweat speaks of stress. But before
there was stress, there was fear because Adam told God, “I heard Your voice in the garden,
and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself” (Genesis 3:10).

But what made Adam fearful? Adam only feared when, seeing his nakedness, he realized
that he had sinned against God. He felt so ashamed and condemned that he hid himself.
God then asked him, “Who told you that you were naked?” (Genesis 3:11). There was no
one else in the garden other than Adam and Eve, so we know that it was probably the devil
who told Adam that he was naked.
My friend, condemnation is the root cause of the symptoms of the curse manifesting in your
life. That is why you need to know that at the cross, God took all your sins, put them on
Jesus and unleashed the full fury of His wrath against them until Jesus cried out, “It is
finished!”

All your sins have been completely punished in the body of Christ who was condemned for
you. The root cause of all your problems has been dealt with. This means that the devil
cannot enforce the curse in your life apart from your receiving condemnation. So come to
the place of no condemnation and no sick leaves will sprout in your life!