Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

Romans 5; Romans 6; Romans 7; Romans 8
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Romans 8

31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself.

34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

35 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 hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Observation

Nothing…do we need a definition for the word “nothing” … how about a zero with it’s rim knocked off! Nothing means just what it says, “not anything”. You may be tempted to add a “but” to the definition and begin to try to find something that could separate us from the love of Christ, but you will not be successful.

I love this chapter I am so thankful that it follows chapter 7 because if you just read Romans chapter 7 you might feel a bit defeated as a Christ-follower, but chapter 8 lets us know just how much God loves us. Wow! He loves us so much!

I have had a guy read verse 38 of chapter 8 of Romans and then had the audacity to tell me, “yes I know that nothing can separate us from God but”…then he went on to say that even though nothing can separate us from God’s love we can walk away from God and we can separate ourselves from God. It is amazing that someone could read this chapter and still not feel secure in their own relationship with God.

It makes me very secure. How about you?

Application

I will share this passage tonight at the Memorial service that I will preach. It is so uplifting and encouraging for someone who has lost a loved one.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for Romans 8. Thank You for letting us know that “nothing” can separate us from You … if we are Your children we are very secure. Thank You that You have given us the victory in Christ Jesus. We have already won the battle.

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