Who is to condemn?
Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the
right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from
the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 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 things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I
am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present
nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Rom 8:34-39
Ernest Becker quote:
"the rumble of panic beneath everything."
Two kinds of things
that cause panic. Things inside us and things outside.
God loves you and
nothing can change that.
1. Your remaining sin does NOT
change God's love for you.
Jesus is sitting. No
matter what we do. His work is done. There is no more sacrifice needed.
Jesus is praying.
For us! That we would be protected and believe the truth, and be encouraged.
2. Your daily troubles do not
prove that you can be separated from forever God's love.
He loves us no
matter how bad our circumstances seem to be.
Why is it he
"loved us" past tense? Because He loved us from eternity past.
God withdrew his
love from Christ on the cross - he experienced tribulation, distress,
persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and the sword FOR US.
Those whom God loves
He forever loves.