Who Can Separate Us?

Romans 8:31–39 NLT

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.

Point: Divine sovereignty is the ultimate source of comfort for the Christian believer, because it means that God is in control of his destiny. What could be more comforting to the Christian than to know that the outcome of his life is not in the hands of fortuitous circumstances, but is in the hands of a benevolent God?

Sproul, R. C. (1994). The Gospel of God: An Exposition of Romans (p. 153). Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications.

Point: Paul wrote this so that we would be reminded of its truth (WHY)

Because the call to be a Christian will at times look and feel like this is not true

Point: There will be many natural and supernatural attempts made to convince the believer that he or she has been separated from the love of God

Point: Persecution of early Christians under Nero....what did they think

Point: Think of how we feel when two or three negative things in a row happen to us

Point: When things are uncertain…we need to find certainty in something

Scriptures:

Exodus 15:13 NLT

13 “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.

Point: Hanging on by our finger nails - striving -

John 10:28–29 NLT

28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.