Romans 8:31-39 – 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Continuing on with this series we are now on verse 5.
Romans 8:35 – 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
If we truly love the Lord and accept Him as Lord, nobody will separate us from the love of Christ.
That brings us to the things in the second sentence of this scripture. Shall trouble or hardship bring us further away from Christ? Only if one lets it, but those things usually push the believer to rely more on Christ and God. Persecution is usually coming at someone, because they are taking a stand or are characterized by something. When Christians are being persecuted, it is because they continue to take a stand for the Lord. That certainly won’t separate us from the love of Christ.
Will famine, nakedness, physical dangers or death separate us from the Lord? On the contrary as a believer, it’s in these times that we realize the only sure thing we have is our Lord.
No one, no thing, no circumstance, no trouble, can separate us from the Love of Christ. He is right there, in good and bad. However, when things are going good we have more of a tendency to drift.
We always here people struggle with why bad things happen to good people. God knows how important eternity is with Him, or without Him, even if we can’t seem to get it. If some life changing uncomfortable encounters are what it takes to bring more people towards Him, it needs to happen. Sadly enough some people will never turn towards God, good, bad, or whatever happens in their life.
If you make the decision that He is your Lord and look towards Him, nothing can separate you from Christ. He conquered the grave, so we could be more than conquerors. We can be the bride of our loving Lord and Savior. How cool is that? People look at the church and don’t think a whole lot about it, but those who choose Christ in the church age get to be part of the bride of Christ.
When one has concluded their time on this earth, it will sink in just how important this is. So if we can fathom this now, we need to live like it now. We need to live for Him now, not ourselves. More than conquerors. He conquered and we need to choose Him.