60. Nothing Can Separate from Love of God
Romans 8:38, 39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nothing in heaven or on earth, nothing in the physical or spiritual world, nothing in the present or the future, will be able to separate me from the love of God. The emphasis of these ten things that cannot separate seems to be on the invisible world, the spiritual realm, where angels and demons fight and play. The spiritual world is the realm where the enemies are mightily at work to separate us from God and from faith in His Love. The physical world is the realm where the effects of these invisible spiritual battles are seen and felt, but the real work is unseen. And for those of us who are spiritually aware we know where the real danger lies.
The love of God is Life; separation from His love is Death. The spiritual war is a war to the death; it is a matter of life or death, eternal life or eternal death. We have been promised eternal life and a connection to the love of God forever. This promise is needed because doubts and fears arise during life. It is natural to fear the unknown, but the word and promise of God makes the unknown known and the unseen seen. Why are we so sure? We are sure because certainty is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Repent and believe the Gospel.
We are assured that we shall be in the Presence of God in life after death; and we are assured that we are presently in the Presence and Love of God in this life before death. We know that if these ten things cannot separate us from God, then we know that nothing can separate us from the love of God. And if we have the love of God securely in sight, then nothing can bring us down, nothing can discourage us, nothing can make us anxious, nothing can make us angry, nothing can take away our peace, and nothing can diminish our joy. We are not ideally able to live this way all the time because faith is required and we want sight. We already have the faith; we don’t need more faith; we need more Gospel, more “Law and Gospel” applied to our minds and hearts on a continual basis.