Romans 5-8: As I was praying through today’s scripture I just kept thinking “What Great Love!” Think about it, so much of what we read today was about the Law and how everyone of us breaks it. We are reminded that the payment for our not being able to keep the law was the punishment of death. We deserve death by any just judge because we are the breakers of the law God gave. The law was a written document that helped men see what God expected and though we have known these laws even from childhood it has been impossible for us to keep all of them.
BUT! Because of God’s great love for us He sent His Son to pay our debt. When Jesus died on the cross our debt for sin was forever marked Paid In Full! Jesus paid the debt we owed and now we can choose to accept that gift and be set free! Free from the fear of eternal death. Free from being enslaved to sin. Free from condemnation and free to know this great love that according to Romans 8 nothing can separate us from.
Romans 8:38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor 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. We can also know that because of this great love and our choice to accept His forgiveness we can know that all things will work together for our good.
Romans 8:28And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Oh my friend receive this gift of love! It is the best gift you will ever accept. The gift has been given, it is up to you to receive it