Romans 8:35,37
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Application:

Paul concludes this chapter with another question about eternal security: Who can separate us from the love of Christ? (8:35). 

At this point, the answer should be obvious: no one. But Paul wants us to feel that answer, so he presents problem after problem. 

Will affliction, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, or sword? (8:35). In other words, can the worst circumstances on earth separate us from God’s love? 

What about death… rulers… things present… things to come? (8:38). Will the spiritual powers of the invisible world separate us from God? Can one’s past, present, or future do that? Will any other created thing (8:39)? 

Paul covers every possibility with that phrase. That’s as “all-encompassing” as “everything” gets.

Paul’s response to any objection is simply, “No!” Certainly, these things cannot separate us from God’s love! Nothing can. In fact, even in the midst of terrible circumstances, we emerge as more than conquerors (8:37). With God’s love, we don’t merely get by. We overwhelmingly conquer (see Gal 5:16).

Ref: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 1130.

To God, be the glory!

Our Lord Jesus Christ created everything! By Him, For Him!

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26

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