Blog 8 Part 3 - Love Inseparable


 

Love Inseparable

Read:

  • Romans 8 verse 31-39

This is part 3 of the blogs in Romans 8 and the last part. Previously we talked about how God’s love frees us from sin in part 1 and in part 2 how God loves us when we are suffering and gives us strength. In this 3rd and final part of Romans 8 we will talk about how God’s love is absolutely inseparable.

I remember in school there was that one kid who was just amazing at football. Everyone knew that if he was on your team, your team was going to win. He was clearly the deciding factor when it comes to winning and losing. That’s just like what it is like when we have God on our side. God helps us from temptation and any attacks Satan may throw at us. But ultimately, He has defeated sin and death, seen in Romans 6v9, that Jesus’ resurrection has defeated death, which means God gives us the victory for whoever lives their lives for Him. But how is God for us? (v31) We when we look at John 3v16 we see clearly in that well known verse exactly how God is for us. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” So, we know that God is for us because He loves us so much that He sent His son to die for us that we may have everlasting life with Him. Then when we believe we will trust Him and find ourselves loving God, which means we will be called justified and glorified in His name. This means that when God is for us NOBODY can be against us.

We see that God gave up His own son for us that we may have “all things” in verse 32. But this doesn’t mean God will give us a life free from pain and suffering. We know that’s not the case because in verse 35 and 36 it says there is “tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword”. Paul even quotes Psalm 44v22 in verse 36 which says, “Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” “All things” is not an escape from the evil that is in the world, but it is everything we need to be conformed to Christ and to do His will. It is everything we need to make it to glory and enjoy God forever.


Paul reminds us in verse 37 then that in spite of not escaping this world that through Christ, “we are more than conquers” because nothing can separate us from the love of God. That we now have our eternity set so while we are here on this earth we should try and glorify God in everything we do.

Imagine a parent holding their child’s hand tightly as they walk through a dangerous path. The child might trip and stumble, but their parent’s grip is firm and never let’s go, ensuring safety. This reminds me of God’s love just like what Paul mentions that it is firm. Throughout all of life’s challenges and dangers, His grip on us is unbreakable.

As verse 38 and 39 says “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things 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 our Lord.”

God’s grip on us is firm, nothing can separate us from God’s love. So let us go out boldly and tell others of God’s love known that nothing will take us away from Him and His eternal glory.

Dear Lord, thank you for your love for us. Thank you for all the blessings you have given us and the love you have shown us. Lord, keep us away from anything that will distract us from your will and help us when we are facing trails and tribulations of any kind. Thank you for your never ending, inseparable love for us. Let it encourage us everyday of our lives. Amen

 

Going Deeper Questions

  1. What may stand in our way in our Christian Walk? Who could be against us? How does these verses encourage us when we face these obstacles?
  2. What does it mean for God to give us His Son? How does this demonstrate His love for us?
  3. What does it mean to be more than conquers through Him who loved us? (v37)
  4. What is the significance of nothing being able to separate us from the love of God? How does this bring encouragement to you personally?
  5. When it comes to evangelism, praising God, doing things ultimately for His glory. How can these verses encourage us when doing these things for His glory?

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