“No One or Nothing”

“No One or Nothing”

 

If God is for us, who can ever be against us?   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?    Romans 8: 31&35

 

The Apostle Paul’s ENCOURAGING WORDS are for ALL TRUE BELIEVERS, those who have been called by God to LEAVE their SINFUL LIVES and to FOLLOW His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  He is OUR HOPE and ASSURANCE of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  This is POSSIBLE, because God has GIVEN them a RIGHT STANDING with Himself because of what JESUS did to SECURE SALVATION for ALL of MANKIND.  

 

So, then if God is for US, (true believers), who could ever be against us?  In other words, WHO could EVER ACCUSE us before the ALMIGHTY GOD, and convince Him that we are GUILTY, when He proclaims that we are NOT GUILTY, (and He does), then the ACCUSATIONS against us are immaterial.  But keep in mind, this pertains ONLY to the TRUE BELIEVERS.  With that in mind, who dares ACCUSE us, whom God has CHOSEN for His OWN?  NO ONE—for we have a RIGHT STANDING with God Himself.  And we have this RIGHT STANDING because, God did not even SPARE His Son but GAVE HIM UP for ALL.   This RIGHT STANDING with the ALMIGHTY GOD is our ASSURANCE for an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.

 

Now, we have seen that NO ONE can bring ACCUSATIONS, before God, against the TRUE BELIEVER, those who have been CHOSEN and CALLED to be a part of GOD’S FAMILY.  So, is there ANY THING that can EVER SEPARATE us from the LOVE of JESUS CHRIST?  Will He NO LONGER LOVE us if we have TROUBLE or CALAMITY or are PERSECUTED, or HUNGRY, or DESTITUTE, or in DANGER or even THREATENED with DEATH”? DESPITE ALL these things we have OVERWHELMING VICTORY through JESUS CHRIST who LOVED US.  Therefore, we can, like the APOSTLE PAUL, say: “I am CONVINCED that NOTHING can EVER separate us from GOD’S LOVE.  Not, DEATH not 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.  NO POWER in the SKY above or in the EARTH below—NOTHING will EVER be able to SEPARATE us from the LOVE of GOD that is REVEALED in CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD, who is our HOPE.  Is He your LORD?

 

God LOVES YOU more than you can imagine, and because of His LOVE for ALL MANKIND, He SENT His ONLY SON, JESUS to PAY the PRICE of SALVATION, which NO ONE could ever do.  That is why the LORD JESUS CHRIST is our HOPE for an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  However, if you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD through the REDEMPTIVE WORK of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, then you are headed for an ETERNAL LIFE in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  But because of GOD’S AMAZING GRACE and His ABUNDANT MERCY, you have the opportunity to CHANGE your DESTINY.  And this is what you MUST DO.  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED for the SALVATION of ALL mankind.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for YOU before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and have the ASSURANCE and HOPE of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN and REMEMBER:  NO ONE or NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU from the LOVE of GOD, through the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!