Haiku responding to Rom 8:1-11
No condemnation
now for those who are in Christ;
freed through the Spirit.
The Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus sets you free
from the law of death.
God has done what Law,
made weak through damaged flesh, was
unable to do.
God sent his own Son
in the guise of sinful flesh
to straighten out sin.
Law has been sorted
for us. We walk not as flesh,
we live through Spirit.
Those who live by flesh
are focused on flesh; the flesh
is the way of death.
Live by the Spirit!
Think upon the Spirit; this
leads to life and peace.
The mind set on flesh
is hostile to God; such as
these cannot please God.
You are not of flesh.
Since God's Spirit dwells in you
you're in the Spirit.
Without the Spirit
we do not belong to Christ.
But Christ is in you
The body is dead
because of sin; the Spirit
gives life, makes righteous.
God who raised Jesus
from death, gives your bodies life,
gives you his Spirit.
© Ken Rookes 2026
