Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
It is NOT possible
for any one or any thing to separate us from our Savior. We can ONLY separate ourselves.
This is truth.
We separate
ourselves when we choose not to believe, when we choose to take our hope off
Christ and place it elsewhere.
Tribulation.
Distress.
Persecution.
Famine.
Nakedness.
Peril.
Sword.
These things may rob
us of this life, but it cannot rob us of eternal life- the life we will share
with our Savior upon His return.
There are a lot of
people who want these things to separate us from the love of Christ. They expect these things to reveal that
Christ doesn't love us. They tell us that if Christ really loved us He wouldn't
let us suffer. They believe that we
should imagine that we are better than our Savior.
Joh_15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will
also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Mat 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my
sake.
Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is
your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before
you.
We were never
promised eternal life, with eternal blessings in this lifetime, in a life
living in a world ruled by Satan. Our hope is in eternal life with Christ AFTER
He returns to take us to heaven with Him.
By His grace alone
we are saved. By His grace alone do we hope even when everything is falling
apart around us.
Please, Father in
heaven, we would be YOURS.
Through the mercy
and grace of Your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Now and forever….
Amen.
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