Romans 8

There are several verses, usually quite well known, in Romans 8 that demonstrate the absolute security of the believer who is in Christ.  Or, as the Reformers might have called it, the perseverance of the saints.  It works both ways, from God’s perspective and from ours.  I have identified the following verses as in that category:

V. 1, “there is now no condemnation . . .”

V. 28, “all things work together for good . . .”

V. 31, “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

V. 35, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”

Vv. 38, 39, “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

There are other verses in the  chapter that provide almost as much reassurance to those who are in Christ!  It is a wonderful chapter to study!

This is from my morning journaling today. My best friend Kimberly and I study the Bible together long distance. We pick a book, then work through the chapters, journaling verse by verse along with any notes we might add from studying the Greek (via online tools), our knowledge of church history, or any background we remember from past sermons. We try not to use commentaries because we want to make ourselves dig rather than use books that might give us a shortcut to interpreting God’s Holy Word.