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Despite the Depths
Romans 5:8
 
 
Introduction
 
The earth rotates at a speed of 1670 km~/h on its axis, and as much as 108,000 km~/hr around the sun, and 900,000 km~/h around the galaxy.
The most famous sequoia tree, ‘General Sherman’, located in the Sequoia National Park in California, is about as high as a 27-storey building.
It has been around for something like 4,000 years.
To support its height, its immense trunk is so large that 17 men stretching out their arms could just about reach around it.
This single tree contains enough wood to construct 100 modern houses.
The amount of information in one strand of human DNA is the same as that in 1,000 books of small print, each around 500 pages thick.
Spider silk is stronger and more elastic than Kevlar®, and “Kevlar® is the strongest man-made fibre”, according to Danish spider expert Fritz Vollrath.
Dragline silk, the main support for its web, is a hundred times stronger than steel—a cable of this silk a little thicker than a garden hose could support the weight of two full Boeing 737 aircraft.
It can also stretch to 40% of its length.
Ostriches have the ability to run at speeds of about 65 km~/h (40 mph).
A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures approaching 28,000 Celsius (50,000 degrees Fahrenheit) in a split second.
This is about five times hotter than the surface of the sun.An average bolt of lightning has enough energy to light a 100 watt light bulb for 2 months.
These are amazing things.
There are all kinds of things we could look at to see the awesomeness of God’s creation.
But I think that there is something far more amazing than any of the things we have looked at.
The song we were singing earlier talked about many of the “Indescribable” things that we see around us.
But there is a line at the end of the song that tells us something that is much better than any of it.
That line says “you see the depths of my heart and you love me the same”.
Forget about sunrises and sunsets.
Forget about lightening bolts and stars.
Forget about anything we can see with our eyes or hear with our ears.
Something far more amazing is that Jesus sees everything about us – the good and the bad – and He still loves us the same.
Romans 5:8 – But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
While We Were Still Sinners
There are parts of us that everyone in the world can see.
We walk into church on Sunday, people can see us.
They can see our faces.
They can see our clothes.
They can see our hair.
They can see the way we walk.
They can hear the way we talk.
There are things that everyone can see.
There are also things about us that only some people can see.
Many people can’t see when we cry.
There are only some who see us get upset.
Not everyone sees our bad habits.
Not everyone knows our dreams and desires.
Then there are things that we reserve for 1 or 2 people.
Maybe there are things that only your best friend knows.
There may be things that you only share with your spouse.
Maybe your parents know things about you that nobody else knows.
As we move along this line, we seem to get deeper.
We start on the surface and we move in, getting deeper and deeper as we go along.
And then we come to the deepest parts.
There are things so deep in us that nobody knows about them.
We have secrets, behaviors, desires, attitudes, things that nobody knows.
And we want it to stay that way.
Think about it.
When we walk into church on Sunday, many of us are afraid.
We wonder what people are going to think.
Will they like my new haircut?
Will they think I am dumb?
Will they think I am too short?
Will they laugh at my outfit?
We fear the response we will get from people, or the response they give behind our backs.
Many people are afraid when they meet others.
And the deeper we go, the more fear there is.
As people get to know us on a deeper level, our fear rises.
If someone knew my annoying habits, they wouldn’t want to be around me.
If they knew what I did in the past, they would abandon me.
So, when it comes to the deepest part of us, we don’t want anyone to know.
We want to pretend like there is nothing wrong.
We want to hide those parts so we don’t feel rejected or unloved.
We think “If anyone knew about this part of my life, they would hate me.
If they could see this, they would despise me.
If they knew what I know, there is no way they would love me”.
So we bury it.
We try to ignore it.
But it is still there.
I know there are those who go to sleep at night with a struggle.
They wonder if there is anyone who loves them.
You know that people love the person that they see.
But what about the real “you”?
If they could see what is under the mask, would they love you?
I know that a lot of people are tired of this struggle.
You are thirsty for love.
You are all dried up.
And you wonder if anyone could love you.
Well, let me tell you, there is someone who sees to the very deepest parts or your heart.
His name is Jesus, and He knows everything about you.
Psalm 139:1-4 - O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely O Lord.
He sees the surface.
He sees what we are wearing and what you are saying.
He sees our desires and our annoying habits.
He sees our behaviors and our attitudes.
And He sees the deepest parts that we haven’t shared with anyone.
He knows our hearts.
And sometimes the things in our hearts are not good.
Matthew 5:28 – But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Psalm 28:3 – do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.
Romans 1:24 – Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts…
 
Proverbs 16:5 - The Lord detests all the proud of heart.
Jeremiah 5:23 – But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away.
Romans 1:21 – For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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