Romans 8:1 NASB
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Condemnation has been lifted for those who follow after Jesus. He bore the penalty of death on our behalf. We participate in His death to experience His life. In that way we are raised with Him.
How is it that we are in Christ Jesus?
It is because He is in us. We have the Holy Spirit poured out on each believer. That Spirit unifies that person with and in the body of Christ.
Is it still possible that we still sin? Most assuredly, but if we follow after the leading of the Spirit, we will find the Father.
To wonder if this gives license to sin without fear of judgement is to reveal a precarious understanding the gospel. God will not be mocked.
This might be an example of how someone might call out to The Lord and do things in His name only to hear Him say, "I never knew you".
John 14:20-21
In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
2 Corinthians 5:17-19
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
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