The Anthem of Security
Romans 8:31-39
God's Everlasting Love
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Published September 13th, 2020; Updated September 13th, 2020
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Main point summary
Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of God since all things he purposed eternally in Christ has been bestowed upon us.
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Romans 8:31-39
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What then shall we say to these things?
What then shall we say to these things?
p If God is for us,
[Since] God is for us,
who can be 1 against us?
[therefore] who can be against us?
[No one]
[No one]
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q He who did not spare his own Son
[Because if] He who did not spare his own Son
but r gave him up for us all,
but gave him up for us all,
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how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
[then] how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
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ground
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?
[No one]
[No one]
s It is God who justifies.
[Because] i t is God who justifies.
t Who is to condemn?
Who is to condemn?
[No one]
[No one]
Christ Jesus is the one who died—
[Because] Christ Jesus is the one who died—
more than that, who was raised—
more than that, who was raised—
u who is at the right hand of God,
who is at the right hand of God,
v who indeed is interceding for us. 1
who indeed is interceding for us.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation,
Shall tribulation,
or distress,
or distress,
or persecution,
or persecution,
or famine,
or famine,
or nakedness,
or nakedness,
or danger,
or danger,
or sword?
or sword?
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As it is written,
[Because] as it is written,
w “For your sake x we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
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No,
[But] No,
in all these things we are more than y conquerors
[Because,] in all these things we are more than conquerors
through z him who loved us.
[Because of] him who loved us.
For I am sure
Because I am sure
that neither death
that neither death
nor life,
nor life,
nor angels
nor angels
nor rulers,
nor rulers,
nor things present
nor things present
nor things to come,
nor things to come,
nor powers,
nor powers,
nor height
nor height
nor depth,
nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Notes
With a crescendo of questions and answers that every believer might point out, Paul like an anthem expressed the beauty of God's sovereign grace in securing salvation for the elect. Also, t he experiences he listed here were not just a mere hypothesis in his mind. It was the reality of his life, who had experienced all kinds of persecution for Christ's sake yet joyfully and boldly confessed these words - "Nothing can separate us from the Love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord!" Oh how I pray that all of us will confess the same words in the midst of suffering with great Joy!
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