Title: How Awesome and Generous Is Our God?
Text:
Romans 8:35-39 (ESV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
36 As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
39 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.
Observation:
One of the favorite hymns of the church is, "Amazing Grace". When you read the closing verses of Romans 8 you can understand why grace is so amazing.
However you describe it, you have to agree that only God is capable of bestowing such an extravagant gift to His children.
Grace is defined as God's unmerited favor to man. The Gospel of John describes Jesus as being full of grace.
John 1:16 (AMP)
16 For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.
Do you realize and appreciate how much God loves you, and the extent to which He went to provide for your redemption? Notice what the Apostle Paul says.
Romans 8:32 (ESV)
32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
There is nothing in life or death that can separate God from His children who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:33-34 (ESV)
33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Let's join with the host in heaven, and give the Lord the praise that He so richly deserves.
Psalm 145:2-3 (ESV)
2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your most holy and righteous name. Father, we delight to sing Your praises for the amazing grace that You freely give to Your children.
Father, from the depths of our heart, we give You glory, honor, and praise. To You alone be glory; there is none like You; no not one. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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