May 24, 2026  |  Our Spiritual Assets  |  Lesson 11

All Judgment Removed

At salvation all judgment is removed from believers. Faith in Christ removes all condemnation. Christ was judged in our place and therefore, as believers, we will not be judged/condemned. The word for judge in Greek is “krino,” and means to sentence or to condemn. At physical birth, every member of the human race is condemned because of Adam’s original sin. This condemnation can be removed only by faith in Christ. He took our condemnation (judgment) on the Cross and paid the penalty that was demanded by the justice of God. (John 3:18; Romans 8:1)

Doctrine of Sin

The word for sin in Greek is “hamartia,” and means missing the mark. There are three types of sin in the Bible. Imputed sin is Adam’s original sin imputed to the entire human race at physical birth. It is this sin that separates us from God (spiritual death). (Romans 5:12, 6:23; I Corinthians 15:21-22) Inherent sin is the sin nature inherited at physical birth by every member of the human race passed down genetically by the father. (Romans 5:12, 18, 19; Psalms 51:5) Personal sin is not imputed to the human race but is sin committed after physical birth because of temptation from our sin nature and our personal volition. (Psalms 32:2; Romans 4:8; II Corinthians 5:19)

Adam’s original sin results in spiritual death, which is separation from God for all eternity. This means that the human race lacks the righteousness necessary to have a relationship with God or to enter Heaven. (Romans 3:23; Isaiah 64:6) Inherent sin gives us a sin nature. A person is not a sinner because they commit personal sin; they sin because they possess a sin nature. (Romans 5:19; James 1:13-15) Personal sin results from succumbing to temptation from the sin nature. Every person chooses to sin from their own volition. (Romans 7:15-20; I John 1:8-10)

God is not the author of sin or temptation. (James 1:13-15) All sins come from the volition of the soul. The sin nature only tempts and motivates people to sin. A person must use their free will to give in and act upon the temptation.

God created Adam and Eve in perfection. When God created Adam and Eve, they were perfect beings and their point of reference with God was His personal love. Once they sinned, their point of reference with God changed to the impersonal love of God.

God did not create Adam or Eve with a sin nature. They acquired sin natures through negative volition. There was only one prohibition in the Garden of Eden and that was not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. When the original sin occurred, the justice of God created an invisible barrier between God and mankind. Adam and Eve hid themselves from Jesus Christ in the Garden, because there was now a barrier between them and God.

Free will gave mankind the right to choose for or against God. Adam’s choice was made against God’s will, but “God isn’t willing that any should perish,” so He designed a salvation solution for us. (II Peter 3:9) Adam knew exactly what he was doing when he sinned; Eve was totally deceived. (I Timothy 2:14) This is why the sin nature is passed down from the man, not the woman.

Sin is acting independently of God’s plan, either mentally or overtly. So, God did not create sin — sin is a result of negative volition. At the point of physical birth, which occurs when God breathes life into biological life, human life is created. Simultaneously, Adam’s original sin is imputed to the genetically formed sin nature.

The justice of God created a barrier between God and mankind when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden. This barrier is spiritual death. Every person is born with this barrier. The Virgin Birth of Jesus allowed Him to be born without this barrier because He was born without a sin nature or Adam’s original sin. So, there was no barrier between God and the humanity of Christ. Jesus Christ was born as Adam was created (perfect). Jesus lived a perfect life, using the two power options and eight of the ten problem solving devices to resist all temptation and arrive at the Cross in a state of absolute perfection.

Only the justice of God the Father can remove the barrier that exists between God and mankind. He removes the barrier by the salvation work of Jesus Christ on the Cross, through the imputation and judgment of all sin in human history. The justice of God the Father called for the imputation of all sins of the human race to Jesus Christ on the Cross. Christ’s spiritual death removed the barrier of sin by bearing the punishment for our sins, so that sin is no longer an issue in salvation. This is seen at the last judgment where sin is not the issue in eternal judgment. The issue is not sin but the righteousness of God, versus the righteousness of man for salvation.

Unbelievers are judged because they have not believed in Jesus for salvation.

Sin is not the issue in salvation; faith in Christ is the issue. Jesus Christ satisfied the justice of God the Father. God the Father was propitiated by the judgment of Jesus Christ on the Cross.

The reason sin is not an issue at salvation is that Jesus Christ received the judgment of every sin in human history while He was on the Cross. The penalty for sin has been paid in full.

Work of Jesus Christ on the Cross with Regard to Sin

The Scriptures are clear that spiritual death is a result of Adam’s original sin, which is imputed at birth. It is therefore spiritual death that is the penalty for sin. It was Christ’s spiritual death on the Cross that paid the penalty for Adam’s original sin. This judgment satisfied the righteousness of God and faith in Christ secures the removal of judgment forever.

Christ also paid the penalty for inherent sin (the nature passed to us from our fathers). The power of sin in the life of a believer can be broken, but only because of Christ’s payment for inherent sin. Positionally, believers are secure forever since they possess eternal life and they are kept by the power of God. However, experientially, believers still possess a sin nature. (John 3:16; 10:29; Romans 8:8-10; II Corinthians 5:17)

Since the sin nature is not eradicated at salvation, believers continue to commit sin. (Romans 8; I John 1:8-10) These sins are called personal sins and were imputed to Christ on the Cross and judged. At salvation, personal sins are forgiven and forgotten by God. (I John 2:2; Ephesians 1:7) However, there must be a solution to post-salvation sinning. God, in His magnificent way, has provided the solution. After salvation, believers simply name, admit, or acknowledge personal sin directly to God and are forgiven and cleansed. Not only does He forgive the sins we name, but He also cleanses from any unknown or forgotten sins. (I John 1:5-10)

Jesus Christ was judged for all sin — imputed, inherent, and personal. He paid the penalty by His substitutionary spiritual death on the Cross. (Matthew 27:26; John 19:30) Forgiveness of sin means deliverance from the penalty of sin. The word in Greek for forgiveness is “aphiemi,” and means “to send forth” or “to send away,” a perfect description of what God does with our sin.