Memesplanation Short - Romans 8:34-35
Romans 8:35-36
Who could ever divorce us from the endless love of God’s Anointed One? Absolutely no one! For nothing in the universe has the power to diminish his love toward us. Troubles, pressures, and problems are unable to come between us and heaven’s love. What about persecutions, deprivations, dangers, and death threats? No, for they are all impotent to hinder omnipotent love, even though it is written:
All day long we face death threats for your sake, God.
We are considered to be nothing more than sheep to be slaughtered!
Whoooooo boy! The first verse is so triumphant, isn’t it? Then Paul sites from the Psalms, as he is wont to do, often. This quote is from the LXX version of Psalm 44:22. No matter what happens, NOTHING external can separate you from God’s love. That is what you need to keep in mind, today. You are the only one, your beliefs are the only things that can separate you from God’s love which is yours, in Christ Jesus. No amount of external pressure, trials, persecution, starvation, destitution, or anything else outside of you can keep you from receiving that love. Even if we may be the target of death threats on the daily, that is nothing in comparison with the Father’s love. Rest in that today.
Memesplanation Short - Romans 8:37
Romans 8:37
Yet even in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be more than conquerors, and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything!
No matter what, though, we are more than conquerors, because we are in Christ. He won these battles already, for us. We simply have to appropriate His strength and His victory on our behalf. We cannot bow to circumstances or situations that we see here and now in the natural. Hold fast to the Truth, not what circumstances would suggest to you about yourself. You are not a failure. You do not suck at life. You are more than a conqueror, but you may need to redirect your energy, rather than walking out the definition of insanity.
Memesplanation Short - Romans 8:38-39
Romans 8:38-39
So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One!
Here, Paul restates his case from vs 35, only adding that there is no power in the heavens or on earth, no shame from your past, no fear of things to come, or hardship in the present (no matter who or what is really behind those circumstances), and no power anywhere in the created realms which could divide us from the love of God (and God is love). Jesus’ work on the cross and empty grave made that a concrete reality. If you are having a hellish week or a horrible life, cling to this truth. You can have peace and solace in this truth, no matter what happens to or around you.