“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?”
“Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death? . . .”
Does it mean he longer loves us if our car doesn’t start or our business never takes off?
What about if the cancer returns or the surgery didn’t work?
What if I lose my job or my house or my retirement savings?
Does it mean he no longer loves us if the only car we can afford is a ten-year-old lemon or if our house is a “fixer-upper”?
Does it mean he no longer loves us if our kids rebel, our parents get divorced, or our spouse has an affair?
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
If this is true then, Christ’s love for us is not demonstrated by an abundance of blessings or a lack of trouble. God’s love for us is not measured by the size of our bank account or our popularity in our social circle.
Victory is ours. The ultimate foes—sin, Satan, and death—are defeated through Christ Jesus. Could the physical troubles of this world pale in comparison to the spiritual promises of knowing Jesus?
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t.”
Controlling in-laws, and whiny children can’t. Bankruptcy can’t, and the tax auditor can’t.
My own fickle feelings about whether God loves me can't separate me from God's love
“Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away.”
Not my own stupidity or foolish choices. The times when I run head long into sin or the times when I inch up as close as I can get and dip my little toe into evil. Nothing can keep God’s love away.
Satan, the deceiver, and all his minions of tricky little demons can put all their heads together and try as they might they can’t keep God’s love away.
Because God's love isn't based upon me, it's based upon his unchangeable character.
“Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord.”
There is nowhere, no how, no place on earth, under the earth, or in heaven that will separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
Romans 8:35–39
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