Faith in Christ's Redemption Stops the Roaring Condemnation

"My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt." (Daniel 6:22)

Faith is all about the Finished Work of Christ Jesus.

Jesus accomplishe at the Cross a perfect work, taking all of our sin, and granting us His gift of righteousness:

"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:17)

and then

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (Galatians 5:21)

It's all about righteousness! We have been made fully justified through Christ Jesus, and freed from every demand--and thus every curse--under the law:

"10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3: 10-13)

So, we have no reason to fear any curse, or any condemnation for that matter!

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus," (Romans 8:1, NIV)

Now, there will still be fiery darts of accusation in the world and from Satan.

Remember that this old enemy has been defeated, but cannot hurt us:

"8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." (1 Peter 5:8)

Now, the roaring of a lion speaks of the wrath of a king:

"The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass." (Proverbs 19:12)

Yet we see a beautiful picture of God's redemption and grace at work in Daniel's seeming predicament, in which rivals induced Darius, King of Persia to pass a law which would make it a crime punishable by death for anyone who prayed to any other god except the king.

Daniel continued to pray to the Lord his God, his rivals reported him to the king, and the king was forced to have him delivered to the lion's den. The account records that the king did everything that he could to deliver Daniel.

Yet Daniel had to be thrown into the den.

Yet Daniel lived! How? The Angel of the Lord (a pre-incarnate appearace of Christ Jesus) shut the mouths of the lions. Daniel was innocent, righteous before God, and no lion roared or devoured Him.

He had faith in God, and the king of Persia no only believed, but sent out a decree to the entire world to believe in the living God, the God of Daniel--and your God and my God today!

Let us rest in the truth that because we are in Christ, we will never be condemned, we will never be devoured by any evil. No matter what weapons may form against us, they cannot prosper, because our righteousness comes from the LORD, and He puts to nothing the roars of the enemy, trying to make it sound as though God our King is mad at us.

Yet He will never be mad! For God's own Son took on all the sins of the world (1 JOhn 2:2), and He is our mercy seat now and forever!