NOTHING can separate us from GOD'S LOVE
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In All Things
In All Things
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.
Facts: 1-God works in ALL things
2: This does not mean that everything that happens is GOOD.
3: God is able to turn anything around for our long range GOOD
4: HIS work is not to make us happy but to fulfill HIS purpose
5: The is a promise ONLY for those who live “according to HIS purpose.”
TRUTH:
God Loves us Unconditionally and eternally and we are at, all times, surrounded by Jesus LOVE.
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
The BIG P WORD
Many are hung up on Predestination. Some call it determination and even some theologians give the interpretation that God pulls all the strings and we have no control of our actions.
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
Luke 14:16–23 (NIV84)
Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
“The servant came back and reported this to his master. ..........
“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Paul’s questions fall into three categories:
1: Will opposition from others or Satan be too great?
2: Will we fall because of our tendency to sin?
3: Will we be overcome by difficulties?
Will opposition from other people or Satan be too great?
Will opposition from other people or Satan be too great?
What, then, shall we say in response to this? 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?
He held nothing back from or for us.
Will we fail because of our tendency to sin?
Will we fail because of our tendency to sin?
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? 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.
He defeated Satan and temptation so we could be saved from them.
Romans Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love / 8:28-39
A LETTER TO YOU
Do you ever think that because you aren’t good enough for God, he will not save you? Do you ever feel as if salvation is for everyone else but you? At those times, make verses 31–34 your constant companions. If God gave his Son for you, he isn’t going to hold back the gift of salvation! If Christ gave his life for you, he isn’t going to turn around and condemn you! Christ will not withhold anything you need in order to live for him. The book of Romans is more than a theological explanation of God’s redeeming grace—it is a letter of comfort and confidence addressed to you.
Will we be overcome by difficult times?
Will we be overcome by difficult times?
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:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
the experience of disaster in our lives and the reality of God’s love are not mutually exclusive.
The trials we go through are not an indication that God has forgot about HIS love for us. Just as the good times don’t mean HE loves us more during those times.
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
God instills within us the power to sail right into the face of a disaster, No matter what the obstacle, God doesn’t just have our back, he has an overriding purpose and it is always for our best. In fact it is these things Paul speaks of that can more perfectly display God’s love because it produces perseverance, hope and love.
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
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.
Who or what can separate us?
Challenge:
What relational difficulties or looming problems are causing anxiety in your life at this moment? Formulate a question, using the following formula: “What shall separate me from the love of Christ? Shall____________ ? Shall____________? Then answer with a resounding NO!