Romans 8:1 - 21

So, what happens to the guilt and condemnation of the one who has in faith trusted Christ's sacrifice to be sufficient for them? Paul states that condemnation is non-existent! The penalty of sin has been paid, and the payment has been applied to the believer's account. The one trusting that their flesh can somehow be reformed or conformed to meet the righteous standards God has laid out will never find themselves to be pleasing to God. The one who trusts that Christ has done all that is necessary for his right standing before God lives as a debtor to the grace and mercy that has been shown him. His relationship to God is now one of a heavenly Father, rather than the righteous Judge that his sin demanded. As a child of God, the believer is given an inheritance - a share in glory to come, and the present capability to live a transformed life.