Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Pastor's Pondering, September 10, 2024

God Loves Us Unconditionally

 

The world around us is constantly changing. Leaders come and go, beliefs and doctrines evolve, and social and political landscapes shift. These changes can feel unsettling when we focus on the words and actions of human leaders. However, amidst all this uncertainty, one truth remains steadfast: God's love for us never changes (Hebrews 13:8). His love is eternal, preserving, protecting, and prospering us (Romans 8:31-32).

 

The Apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 8:35 that nothing can separate us from Christ’s love—not trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, or even the sword. Through His unchanging love, we are not just survivors but more than conquerors (Romans 8:37).

 

When life feels confusing, disheartening, or overwhelming, we can find comfort in Paul’s words from Romans 8:38-39:

 

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

This assurance allows us to rest in the safety, security, and satisfaction of His love. No matter what we face, we can remain unshaken and unconquered because the King of Kings and Lord of Lords loves us unconditionally.

 

Today, let us rejoice in the unchanging love of God—a love that sustains us in every season of life

 

Hebrews 13:8

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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

 

Romans 8:31, 32

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31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

 

Romans 8:35, 37

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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

 

Romans 8:38, 39

New International Version 
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good word Pastor