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*/God Meant It./*

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Romans 8:35-39

 

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            *G*iven the right situation, a person will say anything.

Placed in the right atmosphere a person will promise you they will die for you.

A person in jail will promise the Lord they will change if He just get them out.

A child when getting a whipping cries, “Momma I’ll be good from now on.”

When a couple walks down the isle they promise before God & man for better or for worse, till death do us part.

Yet the question is did they mean it when they said it.

*Y*ou see as soon as the one gets out of jail he forgets all about the promise he made to the Lord.

As soon as the whips stop stinging the child is right back at it, as soon as that marriage hit a rough spot, somebody is ready to run to divorce court.

*Y*e man will promise you anything then turn right around & do just the opposite.

Somebody here today, promised the Lord they would be faithful over the little things, but I want to know… did you mean it when you said it.

I’m so glad God is not like man.

I’m so glad His ways are not our ways.

I’m so glad God meant every thing He said.

*P*aul was not writing to just the church at Rome, for in chapter 1:7 he says,  “To all that be at Rome, to the beloved of God, to those that are called to be saints.

This word from God is not just for those of us here at Bethlehem, but if there be any visitors, any friends this is a word for you as well.

*T*his text deals with the faithfulness of God.

It reassures us that now that we have been redeemed our salvation is secure in Christ Jesus. .

In verse 32 Paul proves that God is faithful.

Paul says that God gave us his only begotten son Jesus.

Then Jesus turned around & faithfully did the father’s will.

Jesus is all about being faithful.

Matter of fact he said, “Not my will but thine be done.”

When God the son, told God the father, “Prepare me a body &I will go down & redeem man unto us, He meant it.

*I*t was no accident Jesus was born in a stable, laid in a manger, wrapped in swaddling cloth.

It was no accident that they whipped Him all night long.

It was no accident He went to Calvary, hung, bleed & died.

Because he promised the father that that was what he would do.

*T*he bible says in Hebrews 10:23, He is faithful that promised.

Because he is faithful Paul goes on to encourage us to hold on the faith that we profess to have.

Since I know the word of God to be true, I know it was no accident that he was despised & rejected, a man of sorrow & acquainted with all our grieves.

*W*hatever God says, whatever God does, that is what he meant.

And since He meant it, “By his strips we are healed.”

Yes God is faithful & all His promises are “Yea & Amen.”

For the bible says, “ God is not a man that He should, nor the son of man that He should repent.”

*J*esus would not & will not let anything, (I said anything) separate us from His love.

On the other hand how faithful are you?

Somebody here said, “For God I’ll live &for God I’ll die,” but did you mean it when you said it.

*I* don’t want you to answer to fast now.

For the simple fact that life has a way of testing that statement, Satan want to test your faithfulness.

The moment you said, “Yes Lord,” the moment you said I do, Satan said you won’t & he has set out to prove that you simply spoke with your mouth & not with your heart.

*S*omebody here today may be going through some rough times, & because of what you are going through today you may be wondering if God is still on your side.

God says to you today, “I have not left you & I never will.”

I want to remind you today that no power in heaven above nor earth below can separate you from God’s love.

I’m not talking about your love for God, but His love for you.

*M*an’s love is predicated on what he can get out of it.

Children why do you love your parents?

Husband’s why do you love your wives?

Wives why do you love your husbands?

If you were honest with yourself it’s because of what they do for you in one-way or another.

If you were real with me, I will be real with you.

We wouldn’t even love God if there was not something in it for us.

What did john say in 1st John 4:19, “We love Him because He first loved us,”

 

*Y*ou see there are some things in this life that can make Christians fall out of love with folks.

Why else would the divorce rate in our country be the highest amongst believers than none believers.

When God loves you, He loves you & nothing can separate you from that love so you can rest easy knowing that come hell or high water God will always love you.

*Y*ou may stop loving Him, but he will never ever, ever stop loving you.

God’s love is agape love.

As long as you give me what I want, I love you.

God’s love is not shown in doing what we desire Him to do, but His love is shown in doing what He knows we need done.

*J*ohn 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.”

Not because we wanted Him to but because He knew that was what we need.

Before we can truly love God, we must first recognize His love for us.

For only God loves is unconditional.

When God said He loved you, He meant it I don’t know about you but I sleep better at night knowing that no matter what, God loves me.

*S*o here in our text Paul ended his discussion on the believers’ safety in Jesus Christ & the certainty of their sanctification with a positive declaration—For I am convinced “I stand convinced” that nothing can separate believers (why don’t you put your name in there) from the love of God.

God’s love for you not your love for God.

 

 

 *P*aul list 10 things begins with death, this list picks up where verse 35 leaves off.

These elements these situations in God’s universe include the internal & external extremes of life: (1) death & life.

We all have to die, that’s a fact.

But the good news is that death can’t separate up from the Love of God.

* I* know the bible says, we all have sinned & the wages of sin is death.

But I read in another place that Jesus has already taken the sting out of death.

The grave has no more victory.

2nd Corinthians 5:8&9 Paul says, “To be absent from the body & present with the Lord.

What Paul is saying here is in whether alive or dead we as believers are in God’s presence.

*I*n another place the psalmist said, where shall I go from this spirit, or where shall I flee from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven thou are there.

If I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning & dwell in the uttermost part of the sea…even there.

When God said he would never leave you nor forsake you, He meant it!

*T*hen he goes further & says there are something outside of ourselves that wants to separate us from God, the created things of this world, angels & demons.

Angels won’t matter of fact the bible says the angels rejoice over one sinner that comes to repentance.

Demons can’t, because we don’t belong to them.

I heard the Lord say, “All souls are mine.”

We are God’s property & nothing will separate us from His love.

*N*ot even the extremes of time can separate us from God’s love.

The present & the future.

There is nothing that you will face today that will make God stop loving you.

There is nothing you will do today that will stop God from loving you.

*Y*ou may have great plans for the future, but none of us know what we will do when we leave here today.

Yet God knows what you will do & whom you will do it with, but no matter the future hold for you & I, it cannot separate us from God’s love.

I want to you to leave here assured today that nothing can separate you from the Love of God.

*Y*oung people listen up!

As you grow into adult hood as you become young adults there are some things that you are going to do that will not please God.

You may go some places do some things that you know in your heart is not right.

When that happens, not if that happens repent & do it in a hurry.

Here’s the reason why.

*S*atan wants you to feel like God has turned his back on you.