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Transmission - Devo
Day Five - Inseperable Love
Romans 8:31-39 (NLT) - "What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one - for God himself has given us right standing with himself. Who then will condemn us? No one - for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for us. Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.") No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow - not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below - indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Paul, who writes this letter to the Romans, is sharing with the Christians to whom He is writing that they can know the love of God by the Holy Spirit who is given to them. In the middle of his "discourse," Paul cannot contain himself. This love is inescapable! This love is forever! Nothing can separate God's people from the love He has given to them in Jesus.
And so Paul goes off on this love. If God truly sent His Son to die for us, if He was truly raised to life, then nothing can separate us from this love. Not trouble, not fear, not even the greatest enemy, for He showed His love to be greater than all of these things. Not even death can separate us, for He was raised to life and now is alive and "sticking up for us" (MSG translation) even now. This is a love of substance. This is a love of victory. This is a love that we can hold on to. This is a love that is for His people no matter what, no matter what.
Responding to the Transmitted Message: Like Paul, let's get caught up in this inescapable, inseparable love. With this wonderful passage in front of us, let's give thanks once again for this love. Thank God for loving you like this, and thank God for loving all of His people in this way.
