| Weekend, February 26 & 27 "I Love You Forever"--The Permanence of God's Love Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Romans 8:35a "Separation anxiety" is defined as the fear or dread felt by a person at the prospect of being separated from a beneficial relationship or environment. It becomes a disorder when such anxiety rises to a level that it impairs one's ability to function normally. The great reformer, Martin Luther, might have suffered from such anxiety at the prospect of being separated from God due to his own sinfulness. Only his discovery, from Romans 1:17, that a relationship with God is sustained by faith, not works, set Martin Luther free from his anxiety. No true Christian should ever fear being separated from the love of God in Christ Jesus. That is the clear testimony of God himself through His inspired Word. Living as we do in a world of imperfect love and failing relationships, it is challenging to rest in a love so pure and so permanent that it will never cease. But that is the nature of God's love. Paul exhausted his creativity trying to think of something that could come between us and God's love--and he failed (Romans 8:38-39)! "Be anxious for nothing," Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6--including the permanence of God's love. The true measure of God's love is that He loves without measure.
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