Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (Roman 8:1-2)

First of all, there is no condemnation from God. None. Not for those who walk with Jesus, i.e., those who believe Christ is who He says He is and call Him Lord of their life. (Note: not a perfect life, but a life that is now no longer condemned.)

For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he [God] condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:3-4)

That is, because we are now, as believers, filled with God’s Spirit, we are operating under a new authority. That is not to say we immediately shift our behavior, but our nature by necessity is no longer under the yoke of our old sin nature.

We are now free to live with God’s Spirit within us.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. (Romans 8:5-8)

God is in the mind-transformation business. We are being transformed from a mind that is of the flesh (worldly/sinful) leading to death, to a mind that is of the Spirit (Godly) leading to life and peace.

The determinant is whether you belong to Christ, or you have surrendered your life to Christ:

You [Christ-followers], however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. (Romans 8:9-11)

So therefore, live by God’s Spirit; walk with God’s Spirit. Don’t walk in your past ways of the flesh.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. (Romans 8:12-13)

Rather, think of yourselves as now like adopted children, even heirs, of a loving Father. A Father we can call Daddy [Abba Father].

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (Romans 8:14-17)

Present Suffering, Future Glory – All Good
So, walking or living with God/Jesus via His Spirit within us, is not without trials and difficulties. Yet it is a better way, full of life and peace, even in the midst of challenges and even some missteps.

Yes, God, like a good father, is patient and forgives us – (“Now, go and sin no more.”)

And like us, this present world, God’s creation, is under transformation as well:

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. (Romans 8:18-21)

God is at work. This is only the beginning of a multi-step process that blends into eternity. We’re merely a first generation experiencing [the firstfruits of] the Spirit of God on our way to even renewed bodies with a hope we can scarcely imagine:

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. (Romans 8:22-25)

In the same way, even in our struggles, the Spirit of God, like a Helper, intercedes for us, like

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. (Romans 8:26-27)

And it is all good, as it is under the authority of God and aligned with His purposes. How can it be otherwise?

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

Because God created, and loved, and foreknew or ordained or determined all that He would do, even the giving of Himself in the form of the Son, Jesus. Yes, God knows everything – all of those called, justified and glorified.

Again, how could it be otherwise? ¹

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. (Romans 8:29-30)

More Than Conquerors
In conclusion, with God we can’t lose. Who can condemn us? No one.

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (Romans 8:31-34)

So, can anything defeat us or separate us from the love of God? No.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written [in Psalm 44:22]:

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:35-37)

Paul puts a final stamp on this chapter with this powerfully assuring promise that we believers are forever under the protective shelter and love of God through Christ Jesus:

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)

Are you living with the power, confidence, and assurance of the Holy Spirit in your life?
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What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? – Romans 8:31