God's Love and Provision
Romans 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. (NASB)
In this short passage, we see that Paul is convinced or persuaded. This means that convincing comes from outside of Paul... God is convincing Paul of these things by His grace.
The things that Paul lists here as being incapable of separating us from the love of God have 2 things in common:
1: Each of these things is temporal... they are time based and constrained.
2: Each of these things is also created.
This is in contract to the love of God which is eternal and not created but is part of God Himself. Jesus came to earth showing us how God, in His love, wants to relate to us. And from John 3:16 we know that it is because of God's love that He sent His Son, Jesus, into the world that we all may have eternal life. God's provision also comes to us because He loves us.
Romans 8:32 says, "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?
If God was willing to give even His Son for us, of course He will work to meet our other needs that cost much less to supply. Even though we face hardship and pain, hunger and stress, we know that God will meet our needs because He has already shown us how far His willing to go to meet our needs.
In this short passage, we see that Paul is convinced or persuaded. This means that convincing comes from outside of Paul... God is convincing Paul of these things by His grace.
The things that Paul lists here as being incapable of separating us from the love of God have 2 things in common:
1: Each of these things is temporal... they are time based and constrained.
2: Each of these things is also created.
This is in contract to the love of God which is eternal and not created but is part of God Himself. Jesus came to earth showing us how God, in His love, wants to relate to us. And from John 3:16 we know that it is because of God's love that He sent His Son, Jesus, into the world that we all may have eternal life. God's provision also comes to us because He loves us.
Romans 8:32 says, "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?
If God was willing to give even His Son for us, of course He will work to meet our other needs that cost much less to supply. Even though we face hardship and pain, hunger and stress, we know that God will meet our needs because He has already shown us how far His willing to go to meet our needs.
posted by Rod Ford at 2:16 PM
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