My word of testimony today is Rom 8:33-39 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 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.
I think what Paul was trying to get across here was how powerful the love of God is.
Some things that can not separate me from God's love.
When I am not feeling well .
When it looks like the predicted cash outflow is going to exceed the cash inflow.
When it looks like dear ones that I love have yet to find the power of God's love.
When it looks like even though dear ones I love hear the word, they neglect to be doers of the word.
When my friends and those that are around me do not want me to really follow Jesus and tell me so.
When I find out that sometimes I am considered obnoxious.
When I can't find a prayer partner.
When I wonder if my breath is bad and I should not risk talking to people.
None of those things can separate me from the power of the love of God . Also none of those things can separate any living being from the love of God. Even any thing I might do or not do, can not separate any person from the power of God's love. Jesus is making intercession for us.
I find it interesting to note that He loved us, past tense , just as He died for us, past tense. He paid the price we needed for redemption because He loved us, therefore He died for us. He now lives for us at the right hand of God the Father making intercession for us.
The "us" is all people. Not just the believer but the unbeliever as well. What a comfort it is to know that even if I can't find a human prayer partner I have an even greater friend sitting at the right hand of God making intercession for all those whom I am inclined to pray for.
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