“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (CSB)
Have you ever sung this hymn: “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so, little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong. Yes Jesus loves me, yes Jesus loves me, yes Jesus loves me, for the Bible tells me so.” When you sang that hymn as a youngster, you had no idea of the profundity and the eternality of that love. Romans 8:38-39 gives us the full scope of the love that God, through Christ, has for us. I want to point out some things about this profound love for you to ponder today. First, the tone of Romans 8:38-39 tells us that Christ’s love for us is inescapable. You might disdain the whole idea about Jesus, being saved, going to church and all of that, but you can’t escape the fact that Jesus loves you. You can make fun of it, make light of it, preach against it, etc. but you can’t escape the fact that Jesus loves you. He loves you because the Bible tells us so, but beyond that He loves you because you are in this world, and He loves the people of the world. If you are running from that love– stop it. Second, the love of Christ for us is personal: “Jesus loves me." His love for you won’t mean anything to you until you take it personally. You won’t know the meaning of His love for you until you take it personally. I have discovered in my own life that no matter what I am going through, Christ's love is present, and helping me to keep going. We might think that because Jesus loves us, He would never let us go through difficult times, but that’s just not the way life works. It is comforting to know when things are hard, that Jesus loves me. He is not indifferent about anything in my life. When I feel close to Him, He loves me. When I feel that there is some distance between us, He still loves me. Reach out and take that personal love that Jesus has for you. Third, Christ’s love for us is sacrificial. We need to let this truth burn into our souls: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” We need to stop and meditate deeply about what this means. Among other things, it means that our salvation was dearer to Jesus than His own life. He said, “Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” This is exactly the kind of love that He has for us. Let’s just pause here and praise Him for His sacrificial love. Without it we would be hopelessly lost in sin. Jesus loves you. Rejoice!! Bro. Joe
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