What can seperate us form the love of God
And I know it further do if you have your Bibles, be would, please turn the Romans chapter 8, Alex will be giving the message this morning, so I'll be giving you reading.
couple rhetorical questions, Rick rhetorical, and only that the answers are just so obvious in the scriptures, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Church, tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness or Peril or sword as it is written for thy sake. We are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter know in all these things we are more than conquerors through him, who loved us where I am, persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers nor things to come note. This present or things to come, no height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ. Jesus, our lord may the Lord at his Blessing to the rating of this word. Alex, would you come and give us what the lord has laid on your heart?
Thank you, Pastor.
Good morning. Good morning. I'm really excited to I have this last little passage from Romans. It's the real Crescendo at the end and I hope that I can do it. Just this in many ways he's about to move into the chapter 9 and it's going to be exciting, exciting point, you want to do before we go back.
People pastor pastor Kevin last week and was going to read that. I'm going to read that now for you.
What shall we then say to these things if God be for us? Who can be against us? He's a spitting out his own son but they live in Rizal not with him also freely. Give us all things. Who shall I say anything to the charge of God's elect it is God that justifies. It was he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, your robber that has risen again. It was even at the right hand of God who also make it into session for us, that leads in, then to the scripture passed away from the persecution of famine or nakedness apparel sold as is written by say, we are killed all the day long. All these things we are more than conquerors through him. That loved us for. I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers nor things present, nor things to come the height. The depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Jesus Christ. Let's pray for our gracious. God, I live in Heavenly Father, we just we thank you for. This is incredible, message that you've given to us while we thank you for your word and what it means to us. We just ask that you can help is to understanding greitzer law to draw closer to you this morning when he got a blessing from what it is that you've already for this message to Jesus Christ.
What do you crave? What you desire most of all. Back to the basics after food and water shelter. What do you crave?
You were made for this, it's in your DNA, some people find it and it lasts a lifetime, so people lose it and it's devastating. Some people spend years searching for it. We wanted from others, we wanted from those around us, have the potential to give, he's in Spades to those around. You want to come people, we could have to be terrible about giving it to those around us. What am I talking about?
Love.
People need to be loved. He wants to be loved. We were created in God's image to love. We were created for affection, we were created for love this morning. We have this incredible passage. We going to look at
I don't want to cover this morning in Four Points. I'm going to talk about the escalation of Trials, the expectation of Trials, the absolute Victory, and the absolute security. Would you take your Bibles intend to join the Book of John chapter 13?
John Chapter 13 Verse 1.
This is no before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that he's always come that he should be Parts out of this world unto the father having loved his own which would in the world. He loved them unto the end. He loved them to the end. This is the hottest night of Jesus, life the night before his crucifixion, his disciples and one of them is going to be the rest of this would be the greatest in the Kingdom. They've been told they knew, they knew exactly what was coming for Jesus or the whatever to stay awake for a few hours to pray. Pichu is going to be Nigeria's repeatedly. And the rest of this is all those around him, and they all forsook him and flight. Yeah, we just read 31 says he loved them to the end?
Those last two words. In a translation, the English translation to the max, what is the answer? Most to the fullest, he literally couldn't have loved them less because he's gone. He loved them to the fullness of its capacity because he was unable to love, then any other way. Please look for that much Without Limits ending.
He couldn't love them anymore because he left them the most. He left them in spite of their rotting failure. Is he loves it in spite of his selfishness? It's part of a seeming indifference to his impending death. He loved them in spite of their betrayal. He loved them with an everlasting love.
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He loved us and showed us that love his eyes, tell us love that love to the max. By dying, our wickedness by suffering that horrific that he'll across. This is his boundless love for us. And what do we do to deserve that? What did the disciples do? what times do we deserve that love
But we praise the Lord. He does love us to the max because we love him because he first loved us. I think he's only going to us. He's grabbed out. Arrahman is holding on tomorrow. He's loving us no matter to the max unconditionally. When we can hold on, I love him back, we can let go. But either way, he's holding on with the 9. That's what I was talking about in the passage in this morning.
Like I said, this stuff back in verse 31. When Paul says, what shall we say to these things? What things?
You remember right back to the beginning. It's in the inherent wickedness of all men, separated from God, then we talked about salvation, then when you trust in Christ and repent of your sin, by his grace, you are starting a new life, we call that salvation. The Lord himself, changes your hearts to love him and day by day through his grace, through his words. The Bible Fellowship believe is your mind is being renewed with the knowledge of him. Your will is being conformed to match his. Well, your emotions are not yours to control anymore, that's be used for his glory. Your behavior has changed to be worthy of the name of Christ. This is an instant change, but I supposed to sit in the last five chapters
What can we say to these things? We've been shown the most incredible gift of God, we read of the salvation by grace. We've read a scientific notation. We've learned about awesome. I've got released from the law with being adopted, we have peace with God. With live by the spirit, put the flash to die. I mean, what I say to these things, Most people be speechless, but Paul has something to say and he has these words of encouragement, he talked about 2 is about who can separate us from the love of God. If you think about it, a loving relationship is between two people just to break that relationship. One of them has to stop. 2 vs, 31 to 33, God, loving us as posing a hypothetical question and go to reject us. Can you change your minds? Hey, look at those. I've done all I can with you. You don't bring glory and honor to my name. You stumble, and fall into sin. I'm tired of picking you up when you make such a mess. You really don't shine, a couple lights on those. I haven't saved. Somebody cancel you to know life.
This is not the character God. In the conclusion is P that's bed. Not his son but delivered him up for us all. How should he not with him also freely? Give us all things. he gave his only son to die for us, he gave us the greatest thing to gain He gave us the greatest thing to gain has so he will. Most certainly give the last thing to keep us. so, the question And garbage actors.
So the other question would that will be? Can we reject. Kind of Saved individual reject God's and thereby lose eternal life. Can someone who admitted they were Center and by faith, believe the Christ, paid the penalty for the sins. Then come into a situation that life where they change their mind. Play reject God. I no longer believe that. Can I see? I've been praying everyday. I've been trying my best to do my Christian parts.
Does Meijer have to be this difficult? Do I have to struggle at work so much? Do the kids have to be that Rowdy? Do I have to be sick this much so much? I think I'm going to give up on you.
And this is exactly what Paul is addressing. Now in these universes could turn us away from the love of God, what would causes to reject God and thus break that Bond.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ. So tribulation, or distress or persecution of bombing on nakedness, apparel of Sword. This is the escalation the trials. Interesting me. This verse says,
The same word has three kids in verse 33, you shall a charge shall separate us from the love of Christ. Give me the list of providers and circumstances. Waka separatist. Shall tribulation outside pressure is the circumstances. You can't control pushing you to reject difficulty of Life on you, cuz you can change your mind and say,
What about distress? This is in with difficulty, it means to be in a narrow space to be hemmed. In can I eat my own mind? So unfulfilled so dissatisfied, but I would turn away from Christ. We're estimating. So now we're on to outright persecution.
The word literally means abuse mental or physical at the hands of those who hate Christ. I'm a look at those price changes to They can't stop you. Make a strip your clothes if you're naked would that cause you to reject Christ? And then, escalates to peril. We're close to the edge now that is significant danger to our lives, the tribulation, the turn to distress and become persecution outright blatant abuse at the hands of the people who hate you. You're hungry and naked cold are going to take your life. You reject God now,
And finally, it comes to sort that the greatest enemy would that cause you to reject, God will separate you from his love now. That he was a side note for you. Paul is writing this with good, understanding of what trials would like to experience the mall. The casualties in 2nd Corinthians 11 process of the Jews. Five times I received 40 Stripes, save one. Thrice three times I was beaten with Once. Once I was stoned twice, three times.
A day and night in a night. I've been in the Deep literally in the water for a day. And a night in Journeys often in Perils of water in House of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Heathen, in perils in the city, in perils, in the wilderness in perils in the sea in perils among both bedroom. In ravenous and faithfulness in watching as often in hunger and thirst in fasting of them in cold and nakedness. I knew what he was talking about and he would ultimately experience the sword as well. Did he reject God? Did this child separates him from the love of Christ?
No. Trust me. I would have much preferred a folder full of this mystery. Something along the lines of don't worry about yourself. I had to go through them to have two year old
I think we know that's the one that I said I says as it is written. But I say we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. We have the escalation. I know we have the expectation. Let me see, the quotes is written. It's a quote from Psalm 44, west 22, long to the slaughter easy to overlook the buy sake. We we refer to wipe all of you. That is me and it's him. Believe is in Christ Christ, but the psalmist we as well, referring to those Believers and genuine followers of the one true Gods. We are accounted alongside the Rivers, Texas. Find courage. It reminds us how unchangeable God truly 8. But then the bad news, we are killed all the day long. We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Who plays trying to say here? It's not a surprise. This is not going to be no difference in. This is Paul's Personal Touch as well. He's been through it, he's lived through it. He spelled the powers of the pressure, the distress, the persecution, the hunger, be cold, the danger, in the sword will eventually get 10 books for buy sake. This is happening to Paul because he followed Christ. This wouldn't be happening to him. If he didn't represent Christ understood given, he was persecuting Christians at the time but maybe then grasp the extent and we can take comfort in that. Printing says that hath. No, temptation taken you, but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that. Ye are able. But will with the Temptation. Also, make a way to escape that you may be able to Bear it. He will strengthen us and we will be able to various trials will come, they will be tribulation and distress and possibly worse. But this is not going to separate us from the love of Christ.
This is not going to cause us to reject God.
It is truly safe Souls. We're not going to say enough of this. Brothers and sisters, I don't know your trials. I don't know your tribulations. I don't know you. I don't know what your backing with my prayer for you is that you can trust in Christ. You can do it to him that he is with you in the trials, he's with you through the tribulations. You have not been overlooked. He's not making a mistake placing you where you are right now. You're exactly where you're meant to be, keep holding on. Finish next bus.
Nay and all things, all these things we are more than conquerors through him. That loved us, this is the absent picture it can be read as well. This way in all these things, we are overwhelming Converse Not just an announcement, it's a sweeping Victory. It's not a 92nd minute goal, it's not extra-time and penalties. It's an overwhelming Victory and it's not steady love, which gives this overwhelming Victory is won by his love.
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We might suffer distress from the outside and inside for a faith, outright physical abuse from Jackson, and finally, to death itself.
I know what two ways we can look at the first. We can say we're in the back door, but it's already won. The victory is already won. Don't lose sight of them. Christ died for all your sins in the past. And in the future, he has secured you and his love, holds you. The victory secure, he has Molin concrete. The other way to think about this. Is that we are more than conquerors our Goods. Now, how many times have you heard? Someone say that this last year has been so easy for me. I'm not faced any trials and I've grown so much closer. So wonderful. Having no pressure, no illness, no homesickness. Those sleepless nights know what happiness.
Nobody cut me off on the road I didn't get angry with anyone in this as I was driving, I'm not worried about my hiya text minutes home. I'm not worried about dying and my job is secure. My kids all the time that you're so stressed. I'm just so easy. It's just a reason to have to lean on God and Trust on his perfect plan. I'm fully able to be all things to all people. Thank you, Matt. Person. I'd like to know
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Every time you face a trial and you have your faith intact. This is testimony to the validity of your true saving Faith. But we've also find yourself strengthened trials, continue to minister to someone when you have experience. Trials, increase your heat resistant. The drive you to God, to help you recognize your weakness. They work for a greater Goods. And I work for his greater glory. Benefits of Trials are going to show up in heaven as well. We read it in James. Blessed is the man that endureth Temptation trials, for when he is tried, you shall receive the Crown of Life, which the Lord has promised to him.
2020, Stratoliner fiction, which is, but for a moment working for us, a far, more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory. Another way of putting that for this light, momentary Affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of Glory beyond all comparison.
Can I see now? Why was super cold Cruise? Therefore a greater goods and greater glory. So we can Delight in trials that we seen this escalation and the expectation of Trials and we seen the absolute Victory and now we close to salute security. Brian persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers nor things present of things to come. The high note that any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ. No, I want to do something a bit different. I want us to read this out loud together. I don't want you to be with me to get it for us. Waited that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers nor things present, nor things to come, no, Heights nor death nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ. Jesus, our lord, I hope you are, is the Magnificent Crescendo from Paul. At the end of this passage, I am persuaded. It is settled. This is a fact. There's no Edge case. Police are convinced he has unshakable Rock, Solid Faith, that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Anylist the impossibilities, the length of the Inseparable. Love Need the death, the greatest enemy, the very thing we can just signed to fear. Can getting away, no life with all its trials and tribulations without its present suffering, its persecution its ups and downs can separate us. Do angels really speaking? Hypothetically angels can also someone salvation know what they want to the principalities speaking about angels or demons that have no power to change your salvation. They have no power to separate you from the love of God, we may want to, but they do not have the power which exceeds go. The death and life cover states of being Angels and Demons who was all spiritually created beings? No powers. This is referring to Supernatural Mighty works. Miracles, there is no Supernatural powers from the overthrow the miracle which is God's unbreakable love for us for you. Nothing present. That's anything in the hair right now. Nothing's to come in the future. Nothing in any dimension of time, can separate us. No state to be life or death angel.
This is not to be at a store when it starts at. Its highest point in the debt is the opposite is the lowest point of the referring to the Heights and depths of the universe.
Show me Tennessee to Eternity. There is nothing that can separate us, no state of being no creative V, numerical nothing in time, nothing in the intensity of the universe and separators. And then if you're not convinced by all that he says, nor any other creature, nothing can separate us. Nothing. Call is convinced. Are you convinced that nothing can separate you from the love of God? You remember is what you crave to be loved like this. I used to cure.
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