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Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers, nor things, nor present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.

 

Forgive me if I have used these verses before.  They just seem an appropriate way to end a discussion on GRACE.  If anyone fails in their spiritual life it will not be from a lack of God’s GRACE nor from external force or overwhelming adversity; it be due to their own neglect to remain in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Back up to verse 31 in Romans 8.  Paul asks, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”  God is for us!  He is for you!  Viruses and other disease are against you.  The corruption and deception which is all around is against you.  Everything that causes you to fear (real or imagined) is against you.  People, even those close to you, may be against you.  But God is for you! 

 

If God is for you, you do not need to fear the present nor the future.  God provides for your needs; you do not need to worry about what tomorrow will bring.  God has it under His control – even the things that cause you to suffer.  Every day the devil accuses you of every wrong thought, every word spoken, everything you do and do not do, every slip you make and accuses you of your past.  Never forget you have an Advocate before the Father who has paid the debt of everything you are being accused of.  You are declared “Not Guilty” because of your belief in Jesus Christ’s death on the cross!  To answer Paul’s question in verse 35 - nothing can separate you from the love of Christ!

 

You and I live in the perilous times Timothy wrote about.  We are living in the time Paul wrote about in Romans 1 where God has given people over to the “lusts of their hearts’.  Wickedness is all around us.  But God tells us nothing can separate us from His love. Go back and read the verses above.  Then read them again!  Be encouraged by this!  That’s God’s GRACE!  Be faithful to Him; live your life your life to honor Him.  The people who do will not face the terrible times that The Revelation tells us about.  The true Church will be gone when the trumpet sounds to call His Church to meet Him in the clouds; they will not have to go through the seven-year period known as the Tribulation.

 

Let me end with Max Lucado’s about the love Jesus has for each of you.  “You wonder how long My love for you will last?  Find your answer on a splintered cross, on a craggy hill.  That’s Me you see up there, your Maker, your God, nail-stabbed and bleeding.  Covered in spit and sin-soaked.  That’s your sin I’m feeling.  That’s your death I’m dying.  That’s your resurrection I’m living.  That’s how much I love you!”

 

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