Nothing Can Separate Us

“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”. Romans 8:38-39

“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of God stands forever”. Isaiah 40:8. Our situations and seasons in life will change, but God’s promises and His everlasting love for us will never change. Nothing can steal you and me from His loving hands. Paul wrote about the love of Christ to encourage Christians in Rome during his time. Paul’s statement and the fact in truth were written in the form of a question to remind and to strengthen them about the power of God’s love for them, “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” Romans 8:35

Then he himself answers his own question with an awesome encouraging word, “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord”. Romans 8:38-39.

“Neither Death, nor Life”, nothing in this life, and nothing in death can separate a believer from God’s love. The two things we fear most, dying and living, are not threats to our eternal life. Whether we live or die, we are in His love.

The Lord will never leave you nor forsake you. We have security concerns about life and death. “Nor Things Present nor Things to Come”, nothing in our present experience, nor anything to come, can separate us from God’s love in Christ. This word from Paul can be a constant reminder and an encouraging factor in our challenging daily lives.

“Nor Height nor Depth”, here Paul refers to height and depth. If we were to travel to the “highest” or “lowest” points in the universe, or anywhere in between, we would never arrive at a place where we could escape Christ’s love. There is nowhere we can go where anyone, or anything can take our eternal salvation away from us.

By using these three points, Paul made it clear that eternal life is eternal. No one or nothing, at any time or place, can ever separate us from God’s love. Just like we can’t cease being the children of our earthly parents once we are born, so too we can’t cease being the children of God once we are born again. We can no more be unborn spiritually than we can go back and be unborn physically. When we trust in Christ for salvation, by His grace, at that very moment we become members of God’s eternal family. Be convinced that the love of Christ is phenomenal for you.

His deepest love is immeasurable and incomparable. Be confident in your daily life and walk like a victor in this journey of life by knowing that He has you in the palm of His hands. He who holds you from the beginning, will be faithful to hold you till the very end.