on the cross. The devil therefore doesn’t try to prevent works; he tries to prevent belief: “the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved” (Luke 8:12). Those who believe “become children of God” (John 1:12) and are “not condemned” (John 3:18). They “will not be judged” for they have “crossed over from death to life” (5:24). One translation captures John 5:24 this way: “They will never be condemned for their sins” (NLT). Hence, “there is now