It was a time when Satan seemed to be in charge of Simons life, but, said the Lord Jesus, I have prayed for you that your faith does not fail. Nobody ever went closer to being plucked out of the Fathers hands than the apostle Peter then. Hell work out the rest (Decision Magazine, September 2002). Sermon Bible Commentary; Horae Homileticae; Scofield's Notes; . Verse 31: If God is for us, who can be against us? Verse 32: How will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Verse 33: Who shall bring any charge against Gods elect? Verse 34: Who is to condemn? And now from todays passage Romans 8:3539 in verse 35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?. It is so easy today even in the light of our own experience and knowledge, to put the permutations together in a most distressing and horrendous way. Her husband Todd was on flight 93 that went down in Pennsylvania. Hes not dangerous at all. Why is the health and wealth teaching so patently false and damaging? Paul had suffered many of these, and they had not destroyed his faith. Sheep are reared to be slaughtered, and in many parts of the world today the enemies of the gospel are just waiting for the moment when they will declare it to be open season to kill Christians. So what do we learn? I sat in a stupor till past the midnight hour, thinking about the past, and about one oclock in the morning, I mechanically took this Testament in my hand, and opened it without a thought. I cant see all the reasons he might have allowed this when I know he could have stopped it. There is the inescapable event of the death to which we are heading; And drop into eternity! Scripture Reading: Romans 8:16-39. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter' (v. 36). Romans 8:28-39, Denomination: All of God is for all of us. Bible Church. If you so much as come within shouting distance of my house again, I told the young man, I will deal with you differently.. One angel could pass over the whole land of Egypt and kill all the first born. He did not hold him back, and then he will hold nothing back. Im focusing here on 8:37, But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. Throughout eternity, we will discover the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Eph. It is God who justifies. Nothing, even alzheimer's and dementia can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Or, he may be personifying the trials that he goes on to enumerate, which seem like personal enemies trying to separate us from Gods love. Romans 8:18-39, Denomination: God's, or Christ's, love is the motif of this paragraph, mentioned three times (Romans 8:35; Romans 8:37; Romans 8:39; cf. Satan was propelling him backwards, sliding away from God, further and further into coldness and wild words of unbelief. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. Lectionary Readings: I dont understand why they wanna kill you, but if they still do, theyre gonna havta find someone else to do it for them. I never reported the matter to the police, and never heard further from him, or from anyone else in that vein. . Rulers can refer either to spiritual or earthly powers. His plans are all being accomplished. (view less), Denomination: by Introduction: Jesus taught with parables; this morning, Im going to preach with There are times in our lives when it feels to us that we are far from the love of God, that God has forgotten all about us, that we find ourselves thinking that only in the glory beyond are we going to know that love. What are some of these gifts? I ask you this. Death destroys fellowship; death is the severer of souls. Are we in that love? We do so when our lives are in turmoil. Daniel Kleyn . That's not usually how we see ourselves or each other. C) We cannot be separated from the love that says, those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. God has highly exalted Christ. He will most certainly give us all things. John Piper Sep 21, 1980. Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Sermons on romans 8 35 39: showing 1-15 of 559 Sort By Scripture Clear Scripture Filters Rating 5 stars 4 stars or more 3 stars or more Any Rating Date Last Week Last Month Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last Year Any Time Denominations *other (6) Adventist (3) Anglican (6) Apostolic (2) We know that here we have to walk by faith not by sight, that we labour under all kinds of difficulties. Even as it is written, For your sake we are killed all day long. 5-1-16 And so Paul brings us onto the summit of Gods love by asking and answering his sixth and seventh rhetorical questions: (1) What then shall we say to these things? (8:31a), (2) If God is for us, who is against us? (8:31b), (3) He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? (8:32), (4) Who will bring a charge against Gods elect? (8:33a), (5) God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? (8:33b-34a), (6) Who will separate us from the love of Christ? (8:35a), (7) Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (8:35b). Our children were welcome to cry at home, but in the presence of their friends and of the orthodox, they were to display a gracious fortitude. His mind is made up. It is as impossible as anyone on earth trying to prevent the sun shining down on the earth. Often life means a dull routine, frustration, nothing exciting at all is happening, a lot of monotonous chores, another weeks plodding full of basic duties to be done. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Rom. How can they walk on water? 8:35-39 ). Title: More Scripture Romans 8:35-39 ESV NASB KJV Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Every day he provides encouragement and resources just for me. Little things show me that he is with me: a Scripture with just the words I need to hear, a call from a friend when I feel lonely, help with a task that I cant do alone, or a hug and I love you from one of my children. Upon alighting from the taxi, handing the driver his fee, Bracha said to him, By the way, Im the dangerous missionarys wife. The driver broke out into a laugh and has, ever since, honked a greeting any time hes seen her in the street. This is the idea that a saved person can lose eternal life by ceasing to believe in Christ or by departing into a life of moral impurity. Scripture: Romans 2:4-6, Romans 8:17-39. In this case, they did not know she was my daughter, and played into her hands, to the delight and banter of her accompanying schoolmates. This message wrestles with some apparent contradictions in Scripture about whether a Christian can lose his or her salvation. But in John 14, Jesus is teaching those who already have responded to Gods love that a close relationship with God is reciprocal. (ed. He can destroy Simon Peters trust in his Lord, but he cant destroy that love that Jesus has for him. Satan took Jesus to the top of the highest mountain from which to show him all the glory of the whole world but what he experienced there even with the devil tempting him was the love of God keeping him trusting in God. Things present, nor things to come: We are surprised not to see things past on this list, because people are often gripped by events of the past (whether good or bad) and saddled by guilt from past sins. Funeral Sermon for Wayne Schuller, by Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, based on Romans 8:35, 37-39, Weber Funeral Chapel, Camrose, February 23, 2016, two o'clock. John Piper Apr 8, 2008. We must recognize the depths of our sin to appreciate the heights of Gods love. His love will never let go of us. It terminates them; it severs every earthly relationship. Sword refers to execution or death, which Paul finally suffered for his faith. So the sum of the matter in verse 35 is this: Jesus Christ is mightily loving his people with omnipotent, moment-by-moment love that does not always rescue us from calamity but preserves us for everlasting joy in his presence even through suffering and death. Christians were subjects of persecution from Jews and Romans alike. For thirty years he lived in a hillside community the surrounding arid land full of thorn bushes. November 25, 2015 We're now in the final verses of Romans 8, and to understand the closing verses, we need to understand and recap the previous verses to understand what Paul has been trying to establish and build towards. Paul quotes from Psalm 44:22, which expresses the distress of those who are subject to martyrdom for their faith. Paul says that it is all a matter of ability or power. 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. The slaughter-house workers shed no tears and showed no pity. Romans 8:31-39, Denomination: Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Romans 8:35-39 ROMANS 8:26-39. Any other created thing: If Paul were to try to be comprehensive regarding everything that we might fear, the list would go on foreverso he ends the list with this catch-all phrase that assures us that nothingabsolutely nothingwill be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.. We fear we have to move away from the location. In the immediate future, hardship remains for those in Christ. Or, it may have a spatial connotation: However high or low you go, you cant get away from Gods love (see Ps. It separates friend from friend; David and Jonathan loved one another with a pure and holy affection until death ended their friendship. If You Mix The Matters, Your Preaching Won't Matter, Still Preaching, But Running From The Ministry. Romans 8:26-39 Empowered It is one we often turn to. Nothing can separate us from Christs love. So much of Jesus life in Nazareth was predictable and mundane. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (The Unsearchable Riches of Christ [Baker], p. 219) wrote, Indeed, our chief defect as Christians is that we fail to realize Christs love to us. He added (p. 223), How important it is that we should meditate upon this love and contemplate it! C. H. Spurgeon commented on our text (Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit [Pilgrim Publications], 42:558), I am not so much afraid of dying as I am of sinning; that is ten times worse than death. But as Gods children, if we fall into sin or worldliness, His love will discipline and restore us. It is, Till death us do part. Death even separates the soul from the body. Sermon. Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed. The God who has done the greater will not shrink from doing the lesser. Satan had his hands on him, and Satan was not letting go of him. As our Lord said to Peter, Simon, Simon, Satan has desired to have you . Avitals schoolmates took to accompanying her to and from school. Verse 31: No one can be successfully against us not even terrorists. On Monday, she said, as I listened to the well-intentioned speakers, who were doing their best to comfort, but with little, if any, direct reference to the power of God to sustain us, I felt I was sliding helplessly down a high mountain into a deep crevasse. vi] No powers can separate us from the love of Christ. Why is this love invincible? He is saying, Name anything that you can conceive of. Everything will work for your good through the love of God. The other is verse 36, where Paul quotes Psalm 44:22 and applies it to himself and Christians in general, As it is written, For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. This means that martyrdom is normal Christianity. The Seraphim could separate Adam and Eve from the Tree of life so that there was no way they could ever reach it again. On the anvil of my experience of Gods love and Gods providence I have come to this total conviction that nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ. We have victory through Jesus Christ. At a point in our lives, He called us according to His purpose to conform us to the image of His Son, so that He would have the preeminence (8:28-29). On the contrary to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. After all, he had participated in the initial break-in when we were meeting in the facility on Weismann Street. Distress has the nuance of a narrow or confined place. We often take a particular story or event - good, bad, or indifferent - and let that be the defining characteristic of ourselves and each other. It is happening all over the world Pakistan, Nepal, Sudan, Indonesia, and Vietnam. 38A (Dallas: Word Books, 1988), Morris, Leon, The Epistle to the Romans (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1988), Wright, N. Thomas, The New Interpreters Bible: Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Vol. Free to start now Introduction. It wasnt the people, or event, or the place. My daughter. Many of the neighbours responded with understanding. God has made up his mind. B) We cannot be separated from the love that is determined to make you like Christ, that will conform you to his likeness. 251-252), Paul here is countering our fears. Who likes to win? You cannot be separated by finite, weak and changeable forces from such divine affection. I by no means exhausted the things that we can learn, but where we finished last week created a great starting oint for She might mean that the memory of his love will be sweet and powerful all her life. 35-39). This points us back to the greatest demonstration of love ever given, where the Father delivered over His beloved Son on our behalf (John 3:16). 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[ b] 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 . My conviction of this truth has only become stronger as one day follows the next. (3) Read Christian biographies, especially missionary biographies, to see how Gods people have more than conquered through Christs love as they have suffered for the gospel. . I dont like how his plan looks from my perspective right now, but knowing that he loves me and can see the world from start to finish helps me say, Its ok., If we believe wholeheartedly, each moment, that our destiny rests in the hands of Jesus Christ the one with ultimate love and ultimate power what do we have to be concerned about? To the extent that you understand it, feel it, and live daily with a deep sense of its reality, you will live in victory over temptation and sin and be able joyfully to persevere through trials. Isnt it by casting our souls and lives upon him? In some countries, if youre a Christian you cant get a job to provide for your familys basic needs. . You remember how close he got to doing this. 5:8). Several fine expositors suggest numerous ways in which we are more than conquerors in Christ (Spurgeon, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, 13:283-285; Boice, 2:992-997; Newell, pp. Christ also helps us to see the slings and arrows of this life from a higher perspective that diminishes their scale and makes them seem less terrible. Whatever the trial, by faith, not by feelings, we must come back to Gods love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord. But Christ gives us hope of eternal lifea life that is both enduring and blessedlived in the presence and love of God. His purpose is inviolate. Reading Sermon by Rev. 5:8). By faith God delivers some, but by the same faith, others are destitute or tortured or sawn in two (Heb. The protest against the presence of an Israeli Christian congregation in Rehovot was led by the Orthodox community in the city. They hired a bodyguard who shadowed me for some two weeks, until I tired of the ordeal and insisted he be removed. (view more) read more, Scripture: That is how you become united to the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Our text, which is the summit of Romans 1-8, and perhaps the summit of the entire Bible, extols the eternal, unchangeable, unfathomable (Eph. Though the route is treacherous and he often slips, he doesnt fall to his death because of the rope. It's important to paint a picture rich with details, and reach just the right point before hitting the "pause" button. It opened on this 22nd chapter of Revelation, and my eye fell on two words: I, Jesus. They were enough. As we've seen, in the context Paul roots our salvation in God's loving choice of us according to His plan before He made the world (see also, Eph. We still have underneath the everlasting arms. Then Paul cites Psalm 44:22 to show that enduring trials and even death for Christs sake is nothing new for Gods people: For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered. Then he boldly affirms (8:37), But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. He concludes (8:38-39) with his firm conviction that absolutely nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. To sum up: Gods great love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord enables us to be more than conquerors through every trial for His sake. Paul ever says that far from separating us from Christ so that death is utterly horrific and terrifying to Gods people Paul can acknowledge that he has a desire to depart from this world, because departing means going to be with Christ which is far better. Now lets let Lisa Beamer bear witness to this sovereign love. v] Things in the future cannot separate us from the love of Christ. This is the 14th sermon in the series "The Cure". Our ability to face life with the courage to be victorious comes to us from the Holy Spirit and God's steadfast and inseparable love. A woman of fhe faith lifted up Christ Jesus for the saving of souls. Or, to put it another way, you will not know Gods great love unless Jesus Christ is your Lord. Message Point: Nothing and No Thing can separate us from the Love of Christ. You inwardly move yourself, heart and soul, and plug yourself into Jesus for time and eternity, as your only hope. In fact you are a sinner and deserve only death. 539.] The argument is marvelous in its simplicity. A skeptic asks, How can a God of love allow innocent children to suffer? How would you respond biblically and evangelistically? Introduction: Almost everyone here tonight knows someone or has been directly impacted by suicide. The fact that God has offered you hope of eternal life is amazing! Breaking the Chains of Sin I'm All Over It Solomon's Divine Wisdom God Is For Us! But death does not separate us from the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Hebrews 10:26-31 How can they saw someone in half? Had I managed to gather speed, who knows what would have happened?! Could an observer learn from the quality and degree of love that I show to othersmy wife husband family neighbors people at church people at workanything at all about the greatness of Gods love to me? Anyone no exceptions anyone who trusts Christ can say, I am part of his bride, his church, his called and chosen ones, the ones who verse 35 says are kept and protected forever no matter what. So when Paul says in verse 35 that the sword will not separate us from the love of Christ, he means: even if we are killed we are not separated from the love of Christ. i] Death cannot separate us from the love of Christ. Nor were we willing to depart from our normal course of life. Romans 8:38-39. I call this teaching strange because it is completely antithetical to the Gospel of Grace and to the clear teachings of Jesus and the Apostles. On one occasion, my wife Bracha hired a taxi to take her home from shopping in the city. read more, Scripture: Protect our city from Baruch Maoz. They managed to photograph me and put up posters all over the city, calling on the populace to vomit us out. Here we know so much stress and it is getting through to our relationship with God; there is pressure and privation and a lot of pain. Its so common that most of us either have someone in our 8:31-32 ). Threatening letters began appearing in my mailbox, scrawled in an almost illegible hand. 11:23-29), except the sword (which he later would add to his rsum!). I cant develop these without a separate message.) Nothing is able to come between us and the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord ( Rom. Then it has conquered me. He adds (p. 207), The worst of all afflictions is a wasted affliction, and they are all wasted unless they teach us more of the reality and the blessedness of the love of Jesus Christ.. I am convinced of this, says Paul. Five times here in Romans 8 the apostle Paul has asked questions to draw out the amazing privileges of belonging to Jesus Christ. Sermon. No one and nothing can do this. Scripture: Romans 8:1 . 11:33-39). However; we frequently forget those who survive this overwhelming ordeal. Sword implies violent death. As it is written: 'For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.' Since God did all of this for us while we were yet sinners (Rom. John 3:16, Romans 5:6-8, John 11:35, Romans 8:31-39, John 15:13, Ephesians 3:14-21 Death will come to the most blessed of relations of a husband and wife, what man is warned not to put asunder, what God has joined together, and yet death will separate one spouse from another. Seventh-Day Adventist. . 12:7). Of course, our humanity clouds this truth many times but hanging on to glimpses of it keeps everything in perspective., Lisa: My faith wasnt rooted in governments, religion, tall buildings, or frail people. He did not hold him back, and then he will hold nothing back. I hold it with my whole soul. You know you are part of that bride if you trust Christ. As much as I appreciated the kindness of the wonderful people who tried to encourage us, that afternoon was actually one of the lowest points in my grieving. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Paul promised (2 Tim. 5:11-12), Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. So death cannot separate them from the love of Christ. They are quite incapable of doing that. Who is he that condemneth? The darkness vanished. 15:50-54), the moment we die our spirits go to be with the Lord. Lisa: God knew the terrible choices the terrorists would make and that Todd Beamer would die as a result. God will never lose us in the crowd so that we will be one anonymous person amongst millions and millions. Psalter Numbers: 353, 100, 187, 283 . Paul may use the personal pronoun, who, to parallel his earlier questions (8:31b, 33, 34). Has the world loosened my grasp upon Him? Last week I finished up the series on Lessons from Revelation. Faith means that, regardless of circumstances, we take him at his word that he loves us and will bring us to a good result if we just trust and obey him. Seeking to rail the population against us, the Orthodox painted slogans all over the city, Baruch Maoz-child kidnapper get out of our city! His love has adopted them as sons. Romans 8:18-39 THE CHAMPION The believer is given an 'unshakeable assurance' of God's love and eternal life that is promised to us. But I think they miss the point. In fact, He loved us so much that He delivered up His own Son for us on the cross (8:32). read more, Scripture: . "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come . Isnt it by bowing before him and saying, God be merciful to me a sinner? We insisted that we were not only within our legal rights, but that it was our God-given duty to stay the course and not display any discomfort. Angels could destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and sulfur and render them uninhabitable. TBC -9/26199 p.m. LOVE THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY Romans 8:35-39 Intro: When we first moved into our present home, or shortly afterwards, there was a couple living in our neighborhood. Her freedom for others comes out in another way: My family and I mourned the loss of Todd deeply that day . I live still. Once in a while, an illustration comes along that can carry an entire sermon. It is because we fail to do so that we tend to think at times that He has forgotten us, or that He has left us.. . 4:10). Baptist. Finally. return to ' Top of Page . Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? But I trust that he is true to his promise in Romans 8:28: We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. My only responsibility is to love God. I was in my office, the far part of the flat. Or, it could refer to things in the present age as contrasted with the age to come. Later in the week I rec Powers: These could be spiritual or earthly powers. It can be painful to read the terrible things that newspapers report, but Christ assures us that God is moving history toward a glorious goal instead of a dismal end. The View from Here Lisa, this life is just a blip on the radar screen compared to your future with me in heaven. He says, The best thing that you can imagine on earth is garbage compared to what awaits you. (Decision Magazine, 8), When Lisa was 15 her father suffered an aneurysm at work and died the next morning in the hospital. But someone might say, Oh, but what he means is that God will not let these things happen to his bride.. Listen to what things present meant for Baruch and his family for months . . Our season of peace and tolerance in America is an anomaly and should drive us to greater and greater care for the suffering church (Hebrews 13:3). So, together with Lisa Beamer, the apostle Paul, and Jesus Christ himself, I plead with you: dont factor God out of your life or Jesus Christ who died and rose and reigns and intercedes for all who trust him that we might have eternal joy with him in the presence of God. Shall he now with him graciously give us all things? I wrote those words at the top of the page above our text for today in Romans 8 in my Bible, and every Someone had removed the bolts on the two front wheels. Romans 8:28-30 (ESV) 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. vii] Neither height nor depth can separate us from the love of Christ. I tackled him, pinned him to the ground with one of his arms bent behind his back. So the way to conquer overwhelmingly is to stay focused on Gods great love as seen in the cross of Christ, who suffered and died so that you can live with Him in heaven forever. onfronting you is a creature and it cannot overcome the uncreated God. Christ has a love for all, and he has a special, saving, preserving love for his bride. Then I have conquered it. It was already there in our conception in our mothers womb. The ASV, which is also in the public domain due to expired copyrights, was a very good translation, but included many archaic words (hast, shineth, etc. But life can be a bigger threat than death. Today, as every day, numbers of Christians have been murdered in different parts of the world like mere sheep in the Rhymni valley in the Maesycwmmer butchers yard. And then the devil says to you that the miracles of the Lord Jesus were all similar tricks. He knew my children would be left without a father and me without a husband. Sometimes a small group of Orthodox stood outside out home, sometimes hundreds gathered, shouting threats and protests as we, or our children, passed by. By what marvelous experiences and achievements can men come to be in him? He describes the trials they had to endure in planting a Christian church in a town in Israel. And in some places, famine is a reality that believers suffer. Our policy was never to show fear. May we all overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us! We cannot be separated from the love that is determined to make you like Christ, that will conform you to his likeness. read more, Denomination: You may think, But I was serving the Lord! On another occasion, I left the house and got in my car to drive away. Why do I ever allow my loyalties to be divided, so that God has not all my heart? Obviously, the ramifications of this understanding have been tremendous for me since 9/11., Lisa: Gods sovereignty has been made clear to me. The King James Version follows a textual variant that moves powers from the end of verse 38 to join it with angels and principalities, but it seems to be a copyists attempt to arrange the terms in a more logical order. Lisa: I didnt feel comfortable keeping this for ourselves when there were many unknown families who should share. So she started the Todd M. Beamer Foundation to assist children who lost a parent in the 9/11 calamity. We fear his departure. God has said it. Read Obituary. I hurt for the people who dont have that same hope, and I pray that they will see something in our family that will encourage them to trust in the Lord. (World Magazine, August 2002), Lisas way of encouraging people to trust in the Lord is sometimes so straightforward that Newsweek magazine called it stern and even a little grim. She wrote in her memoir, You think you deserve a happy life and get angry when it doesnt always happen like that. Since the publication of Iain Murrays biography of Archibald Brown we have discovered this man of God and his ministry. Were on a mission to change that. His resources are all focused on that. Has the world loosened my grasp upon Him? He and members of the Municipal Religious Council also participated in repeated demonstrations outside our home. 3:19), life-transforming love of God for us in Christ Jesus our Lord. There are grave consequences for failing to properly understand and respond to God's great patience. One is the reference to death in verse 38 (Neither death nor life . 8:35-39 Nothing Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ. There is no group plan of salvation that you can get by joining the church or growing up in a Christian family. Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No. This love is in Christ Jesus our Lord, and so are we in Christ Jesus and is he our Lord? Introduction: read more, Scripture: rate us from every earthly experience. read more, Scripture: Neither things present, nor things to come, could refer either to our present circumstances as contrasted with things that will happen to us before we die. And he is interceding for us, which means he is seeing to it that his finished work of redemption does in fact save us hour by hour and bring us safe to eternal joy. With hundreds of others, she attended the memorial service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at the crash site where her husband died. Or it could refer to the heights and depths of our emotions, meaning that neither our great joys nor our great sorrows can separate us from God. Charles Wesley. Church Of God. ix] Not anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God. Nothing in our present can separate us from Gods love. He ran errands for his mother and served his neighbours. It seems a great place to be. His love is working all things together for their good. How can they walk down the side of a building? ), The Lectionary Commentary: The Second Readings: Acts and the Epistles (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001), Gaventa, Beverly R. in Brueggemann, Walter; Cousar, Charles B.; Gaventa, Beverly R.; and Newsome, James D., Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV Year A (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995), Craddock, Fred B.; Hayes, John H.; Holladay, Carl R.; and Tucker, Gene M., Preaching Through the Christian Year, A (Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1992), Dunn, James D. G., Word Biblical Commentary: Romans 1-8, Vol. How we will struggle in the faith without him and them. Scriptures: Romans 8 Illustration In football homes, Joe Namath is a household name. and we still do. Assembly Of God. And when we do we waste the fullness of a life. Sermon. Paul is equipping us with the knowledge that we need not only to persevere through trials for Christs sake, but to overwhelmingly conquer in all these difficulties. No force in all creation has the resources or the skill to stop God loving us. So firstly let us look at the apostles great No! The Clock That Had A Nervous . But Paul is showing that no matter how difficult the trial, even to the point of martyrdom, Gods love for us is a rock solid foundation. Preaching From romans 8:35-39? Rick Boyne If He saved us while we were yet sinners, knowing full well that we would sin after He saved us, then we can trust that He will not cast us off as His children, even when we disobey. Or it could be a reference to the heights of space and the depths of oceans, meaning that we have nothing ultimate to fear from comets above or tectonic forces below. SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS are from the World English Bible (WEB), a public domain (no copyright) modern English translation of the Holy Bible. 8:35-39 Nothing Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ Previous Next Romans 8:35-39 " Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? If so, Paul is saying that neither the height (when a star is at its zenith) nor the depth (with all its unknown potential) is strong enough to separate us from Gods love (Morris, 342). An estimated 164,000 Christians will die this year because of their faith. Youre kinda nice. For Wayne and his family members, the last few years have been challenging. He will never be so much alive as he will be when you are told that he has died. He tells the church in Thessalonica the same thing, that those Christians who had died are not to be mourned without hope. (view more) He even has a specific number of martyrs who must die before He brings final judgment on the wicked (Rev. Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Physical powers, nuclear power, tsunamis, hurricanes and drought; a new ice age or global warming; virulent new viruses like H.I.V., or those that destroy animals and crops, plagues and diseases; the power of a new age, or the new world government, or the illuminati; or international Marxism seen so spectacularly in China; the emergence of the old religions in all their anti-Christian virulence and militancy, Islam and Hinduism; or the rise of atheism with their lecturers and literature and the media and the younger generation sliding along with them; or the power of the mass media and communications industry, satellites, the web and facebook and its access into all our homes what powers there are today and yet all put together working with one anti-Christian purpose yet they are unable to separate us from the love of Christ. Is that true or can a Christian lose his salvation? This objective of this message is to assist those who live with the ongoing nightmare of suicide. And you know what that can mean for some people, and it certainly meant for Paul what he lists for us in verse 35 trouble, or hardship, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword. Yet Paul tells us that all of those trials failed to separate him from the love of Christ. Paul assures us that, while rulers might separate us from life in this world, they cannot separate us from the love of God and the life that he offers. Angels, nor principalities: We are surprised to see angels in this list, because we think of angels as Gods messengers, but there are also angelic forces opposed to God (Rev. You dont have the same wisdom and knowledge that he has, or the understanding of the big picture. (World Magazine, August 2002), We also arent privy to the perspective he has and shouldnt claim to know better than he does what should happen and what shouldnt. 343-344. One saved, always saved? Instead, it struck me how hopeless the world is when God is factored out of the equation (World Magazine, August 2002). In this life Gods love is shed abroad in our hearts by the Spirit of God constantly. But when we as believers fall into sin, Gods eternal, unchanging love that sought us and bought us out of the slave market of sin is our safety net of security. You should be overwhelmed with joy and gratitude.. Isnt it by looking to him? This omnipotent, effective, protecting love does not spare us from calamities in this life, but brings us safe to everlasting joy with God. It refers to preternatural powers, to the paranormal, the apparently miraculous, the activities of the magicians of Egypt in appearing to turn a stick into a snake mere conjuring tricks. Upon receiving the address, the taxi driver commented to Bracha, Oh, thats the building in which the dangerous missionary lives. Dangerous missionary? replied my wife. 12:5-11), but our sin will not cause Him to diminish His love for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? His conclusion is negative and positive. Where there is deep grief, there was great love Many consciously or unconsciously abuse, neglect or fail to try to .read more. Methodist. Bracha was walking Shlomit in the pram, passing by our apartment building on her way to the small local park. R. C. Trench (Synonyms of the New Testament [Eerdmans], p. 202) illustrates tribulation by an old English method of execution, where a prisoner had increasingly heavy weights placed on his chest until he was crushed to death. Lets look at Pauls list: First, he mentions tribulation, a general word for difficult trials. Why didnt He protect me? But read the Bible and read church history. ing a period of the power of Satan over him. We cannot be separated from the love that is working all things together for our good. No. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. Elect angels cannot do this even if they wanted to; their attempts would be doomed to total failure, and neither would Satan and all his minions be any more successful. All that he thinks they need, all that is beneficial to achieve the chief end in life glorifying and enjoying God for ever such things he will, he must, give to them. Love causes me to protect my family from every possible hurt or danger. So then he comes to the very last question of all if all these things are true, if we are loved in all these ways, to this measure and extent, if all this is so then, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? We can be separated from so much else, but if all these things that Paul has said are true then what power or person or spiritual force or providence can cut the golden chain that joins us to Christs love? Dont you believe it! Isnt it never by saying to him, Ive turned over a new leaf, and I am going to be religious from now on. Yes, it is never by saying that. At first, it may seem strange that Paul says that life cannot separate us from Gods love. Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52 Romans 8:39, Romans 8:38, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit is an expected occurrence for all believers, April 30, 2017 It stands in its awesome authority over the most precious and intimate bonds we know. What Is The Power Behind Every Great Preacher's Effort? Charismatic. He interrogates them all, one by one, and asks whether they are able to separate us from the love of Christ. Our obedience to Christ reflects our love for Him. Would You Make The Cut On John Wesley's Preaching Team? On one occasion, she engaged the protestors in conversation. You may see shows of magic on TV when you cry out, How do they do that? Consider the host of tyrants who have reigned in the past century and the millions of peopleoften their own subjectswho have died at their hands. But we begin to taste His grace and love now through the cross. Paul began by asking about the love of Christ, and we are still dealing with that question but by verse 39 the love of Christ has become synonymous with the love of God, because Christ and God are synonymous. His resources are all focused on that. A wife might say of her deceased husband: Nothing will separate me from his love. Romans 8:31-39. The citys Chief Rabbi gave his nod to the protests. This is the love of Ephesians 5:25, Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her. It is Christs love for the church, his bride. Evangelical/Non-Denominational, Sermon i preached for my sons memorial service, Prayer Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK He says that the devil hates this past tense gospel, because the word of the cross is the power of God. Hearing the commotion, I hurried to the living room and confronted our uninvited guest. But Ill just mention one insight from Alexander Maclaren (Expositions of Holy Scripture [Baker], on Rom. Dr. James Dobson wrote a book in 1997 entitled When God Doesnt Make Sense. Goodness and mercy followed them until that time and then they went to dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Down with the Mission! We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.. This much beloved passage celebrates that God is always present and always willing to help in our hour of need (v. 26)that all things work together for good for those who love God (v. 28)that, if God is for us, it really doesnt matter who is against us (v. 31)and that there is no power strong enough or circumstance dire enough to separate us from the love of God (vv. You will not experience Gods great love until you come as a guilty sinner to the cross and trust in Gods provision for your sin in the death of His Son. While we do not receive our resurrection bodies until Christ returns (Rom. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us -- a communion sermon. The greatest proof of His love was at the cross. Some letters were simply addressed, Lisa Beamer, New Jersey, and got to her. No spiritual being can do this. 8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. Psalms: Psalm 128 Thus it is not correct to think that because youre a child of God, He will protect you from trials. And no creature in the creation can possibly separate us from the Creators love. It has the nuance of pressure from without. Today is the Day of Pentecost. He looked at me, laughed and reached out. First, neither death nor life can separate us from Gods love. Those are the things looming up ahead the possibilities and anxieties and Paul is saying that nothing in the future nothing certain or a mere possibility can separate us from Gods love. No such potency exists, not in the earth, not in hell and not in heaven. I had a wonderful opportunity to speak with whoever was on the other side of the line about the Gospel. Verse 35 assumes that there are enemies that will try to separate us from the love of Christ. The reason Paul can say that nothing will separate us from the love of Christ is because Christ is alive and is still loving us now. 38-39). What death has in fact done for them is not to separate them from Jesus love but to consummate the love of Jesus for them. INTRODUCTION: JESUS LOVES YOUDONT YOU FORGET IT! These were the words written in big bold letters at the top of the chalk board as I entered Romans class one day. There is the Creator and the creation. The Psalmist was obviously familiar with such treatment, and Christians of Pauls day were too. . No one. Nothing Can Come Between Us and the Love of God (Romans 8:31-39) God is for us, says Paul, having given his own Son for "all of us" ( Rom. As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these Read more Sermon Description Nothing and No Thing can separate us from the Love of Christ. (view less), Denomination: The God who has done the greater will not shrink from doing the lesser. From Little League Baseball to t he NFL; coaches and players work very hard to be the champion. Ive been living in this building for as long as he has, and he has never done anything to persuade me that he is dangerous. Since the protests had continued for quite a period, I decided it was time to take some initiative. Negatively he concludes that nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ, and positively he answers that to the contrary, in every one of these things we are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ our Lord. Thus Gods great love for us is not diminished or terminated by our failures, shortcomings, or sins, since it is rooted in Gods choice of us before the foundation of the world. . Romans 8:28-39 Romans 8:31-39 has the immediate future in mind, that time before God has, as Paul says elsewhere, "put all enemies under [Christ's] feet" (1 Corinthians 15:25) and before "the glory that is about to be revealed to us" (Romans 8:18). Both John and Paul are clear that Gods love for us as sinners is at the root of why He sent Christ to die for us: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son. (John 3:16). Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture Quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, Updated Edition The Lockman Foundation, Related Topics: Love, Suffering, Trials, Persecution, Steve served as the pastor of Flagstaff Christian Fellowship from May, 1992 through his retirement in December, 2018. Jesus used this word when He said (John 16:33), These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. We may meet under all kinds of sorrows and fears and yet whatever they are we have what weve always had since we first knew the Lord, weve got the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. We know this because it acts the same, uses the same phrases and its patterns are the same anywhere in the world. If you're like me this 4 th of July weekend, you've been looking at America wondering if there's any hope. Neither height nor depth has been variously explained, but it probably means that nothing in heaven or in hell can separate us from Gods love (C. E. B. Cranfield, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans [T. & T. Clark], 1:443). This much beloved passage celebrates that God is always present and always willing to help in our hour of need (v. 26)that "all things work together for good for those who love God" (v. 28)that, if God is for us, it really doesn't matter who is against us (v. 31)and that there is no power strong enough . Yet in his sovereignty and in his perspective on the big picture, he knew it was better to allow the events to unfold as they did rather than redirect Todds plans to avoid death. 8:37, p. 206), who asks, Has the world helped me to lay hold of Christ? That is the measure of it. RM 8:31-39 Dr. M Pope That is what death does, it brings us into a closer and more intimate fellowship with Christ than we have ever known before. So you think it is tough being a Christian? Scripture: Romans 8:3-4. . Gods people have experienced it down through the centuries. God will work it together for good for His saints, and so it cannot separate us from His love.. Now a book of his sermons has been published and in one of them he shares an experience of his at the death of his wife. The Orthodox community responded in kind, with a pamphlet accusing me of kidnapping Jewish children and shipping them to Germany. John Piper Dec 9 . 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Romans 5:5-8)." [Note: Moo, p. So that although we are baffled and want to know how conjurers do these tricks we dont get obsessed with their trickery so that we lose the love of Christ. As Satan did with Job, he uses terrible trials to try to get us to doubt Gods love. iii] Neither angels nor demons can separate us from the love of Christ. In the parable of the sower (Luke 8:14), Jesus identifies the thorny ground as the worries and riches and pleasures of this life, which choke out the word so that it does not bear fruit. Let me add that this word (which the N.I.V. Scriptures: Romans 8:28, 35-39. The Christ-exalting memorial service for Todd had been on Sunday, the day before, and had strengthened her. He can destroy Eves trust in her Lord but he cant destroy her Lords love for her. Anyone, who is NOT paying attention spiritually, can fall prey to this demonic spirit. I needed meals, child care, managing phone calls, and mail. Life cannot permanently sep. Has the world helped me to lay hold of Christ? It has brought them into a place where they see him as he is, fully blessed in complete enjoyment of God, for all eternity. Betrayal is a demon spirit. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? Though death can sever every other relationship it is not able to destroy this relationship, of the soul with God. He Yet where is the moral authority and the peerless teaching which Jesus had No man spake as this man and no one says that of todays entertainers. That was the climax: the neighbours united and, without my knowledge, sent a delegation to the Rehovot Chief Rabbi: if he would not bring an immediate end to the protests, they would picket his home until he did. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. God has committed his Son and his Spirit and his attributes of omnipotence and love to ensure that every promise he has made to the poorest Christian will be fulfilled. Nothing is outside or beyond the presence and love of God. Hes actually kind of nice! They continued in conversation about the baneful influence of the Orthodox in the city. Romans used nakedness to shame men who were being crucified. Nothing can take from us the guiding principle of Gods policy, the guiding principle of the whole government of God. In fact they cannot destroy a single hair on his head without God first giving them permission. No one dare condemn those whose condemnation has been taken by Christ. And it is what Jesus meant when he said, Some of you they will put to death. Isnt it by longing for him, and wanting him, and desiring him? No bad circumstance now or in the future can separate us from Gods great love. Call the police! I instructed Bracha. So how can we really know that these terrible trials cannot separate us from His love? But that is not what Paul means here. He has poured out his heart and soul and all his resources into this. Hebrews 10:26-31, 2 Peter 2:19-21, James 2:10, Romans 8:29-39, Hebrews 12:7-11, Romans 11:19-22 MOTHER It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also He will discipline us as a loving Father (Heb. ), which the WEB has updated. He has put him in the midst of the throne with all the power of his sovereignty that flows from that throne everywhere. Two things prove that this is not the case. (view more) 2:20). As if his list in 8:35 were not enough, Paul adds a series of contrasts to reinforce his conviction that absolutely nothing can separate us from Gods love (8:38-39): For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. As J. I. Packer points out (Knowing God [IVP], pp. This is what Paul has in mind. You come, just as you are. His love is not a memory. Whatever else thou mayest have lost, I, Jesus, am with thee yet. Nothing in life can separate us from the love of our Saviour. God has raised him to an eminence as high as God can conceive of, and he will glorify us in his love and it will be to the same measure and by the same power as his grace is able to achieve, as his wisdom can conceive, as glorious as Christ deserves, D) We cannot be separated from the love that spared not his own Son. Distance, location, position make no difference to the love of God. . Again, it could happen here. They are in fact asleep in Jesus. This love of Christ is effective in protecting us from separation, and therefore is not a universal love for all, but a particular love for his people those who, according to Romans 8:28, love God and are called according to his purpose. We were convinced that any show of fear would merely encourage our protagonists. read more, Scripture: Confusion abounds. INTRODUCTION God has said it. Instead, my faith and my security were in God. (A) Love displayed: we are blessed in Christ (Rom 8:1-34) Let's read the previous 34 verses for the evidence of God's love. It is a moment-by-moment action of the omnipotent, living Son of God, to bring us to everlasting joy. Romans 8:35-37, Denomination: Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (v. 35). They make no claims to be the Son of God; they dont say, I and my Father are one. But he did, and he raised the dead after three days. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins (1 John 4:10). We may be in great debt to certain preachers and congregations. His love has foreordained that they will be conformed to the likeness of Gods Son. I had this letter from my friend Baruch Maoz in Israel last week. 1:4-5 ). iv] Things present cannot separate us from the love of Christ. That is Gods commitment. 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