February 12, 2013
Our future glory, and the hope we have in Christ Jesus:
If that doesn't bring tears to your eyes then I don't know what will. What a gift! What an unfathomable gift of love. God knows what is in people's hearts. HE KNOWS!! If your heart is pure—He knows. If the heart is wicked— He knows. The truth will reveal what God already knows. And because of that, we have hope! Romans 8:28–34 - "We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him... so what should we say about this? If God is with us, no one can defeat us. Who can say God's people are guilty? No one, because Christ Jesus died, but he was also raised from the dead, and now he is on God's right side, begging God for us."
Romans 8:35 - "Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death?" NO! A thousand times—NO! Nothing can separate us from Christ's love! Not a sister's anger, deceit and relentlessness, not lawsuits, and not lies. NOTHING can separate us from God's love and the hope we have in Christ—NOTHING!
Romans 8:37–39 - "But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us. Yes, I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor ruling spirits, nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us, nothing below us, nor anything else in the whole world will ever be able separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
What a vivid description:
EVERYTHING—God has provided EVERYTHING we need.
NOTHING—NOTHING can separate us from what God has already provided for us.
Our future glory, and the hope we have in Christ Jesus:
"Everything God made is waiting with excitement for God to show his children's glory completely." Romans 8:19E - V - E - R - Y - T - H - I - N - G! Everything was made useless so that ONLY through the blood of Christ "everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children." (Romans 8:21) God's promises give us HOPE. Romans 8:24–25 - "If we see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People do not hope for something they already have. But we are hoping for something we do not have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently." The Spirit himself helps us. He goes to God on our behalf. He "even begs God for us with deep feelings that words cannot explain." (Romans 8:26)
If that doesn't bring tears to your eyes then I don't know what will. What a gift! What an unfathomable gift of love. God knows what is in people's hearts. HE KNOWS!! If your heart is pure—He knows. If the heart is wicked— He knows. The truth will reveal what God already knows. And because of that, we have hope! Romans 8:28–34 - "We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him... so what should we say about this? If God is with us, no one can defeat us. Who can say God's people are guilty? No one, because Christ Jesus died, but he was also raised from the dead, and now he is on God's right side, begging God for us."
Romans 8:35 - "Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death?" NO! A thousand times—NO! Nothing can separate us from Christ's love! Not a sister's anger, deceit and relentlessness, not lawsuits, and not lies. NOTHING can separate us from God's love and the hope we have in Christ—NOTHING!
Romans 8:37–39 - "But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us. Yes, I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor ruling spirits, nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us, nothing below us, nor anything else in the whole world will ever be able separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
What a vivid description:
EVERYTHING—God has provided EVERYTHING we need.
NOTHING—NOTHING can separate us from what God has already provided for us.
There is no room for a misunderstanding in that description. You cannot argue against "everything" or "nothing." ALL we need HAS BEEN provided and no "one" or no "thing" can remove use from His love.
Addendum: 3/30/16 ~ Romans 8:21 jumped out at me while reading this passage today. "Everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children."
Set free from ruin!
The lawsuit my sister and brother-in-law filed against us is ruinous. There is no other way to look at it. They were offered so many opportunities to recoup their investment and they turned down every single one without even the slightest hesitation or any discussion. The sale of the entire project; our offers to buy them out for their actual and legitimate investment; our offers to sell to them; all flatly turned down.
If the courts award them a large settlement my sister and brother-in-law would see it as a win-win. They can ruin us by "making us pay," while "winning" money to rebuild their house of cards that crumbled because of their own bad choices. Our lawyer said it best when he said their attitude is, "We win, you lose—you choose." There has never been even the slightest hint of any kind of sincere negotiations. None. Their goal is to ruin us and nothing less then total ruin will satisfy them. (Actually, our total ruin wouldn't satisfy them either. They only THINK it would satisfy. NOTHING outside of God can fill the void in their lives.) They believe they are in control, but they are not. They are laser focused on revenge and our destruction.
BUT GOD!! God is a God of justice. His will—WILL prevail. We believe their ruinous plans will come to naught. We believe in HIS promises—and that is enough. Romans 8:21 - "Everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children."
Next Entry: Romans 9:1–33
Addendum: 3/30/16 ~ Romans 8:21 jumped out at me while reading this passage today. "Everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children."
Set free from ruin!
The lawsuit my sister and brother-in-law filed against us is ruinous. There is no other way to look at it. They were offered so many opportunities to recoup their investment and they turned down every single one without even the slightest hesitation or any discussion. The sale of the entire project; our offers to buy them out for their actual and legitimate investment; our offers to sell to them; all flatly turned down.
If the courts award them a large settlement my sister and brother-in-law would see it as a win-win. They can ruin us by "making us pay," while "winning" money to rebuild their house of cards that crumbled because of their own bad choices. Our lawyer said it best when he said their attitude is, "We win, you lose—you choose." There has never been even the slightest hint of any kind of sincere negotiations. None. Their goal is to ruin us and nothing less then total ruin will satisfy them. (Actually, our total ruin wouldn't satisfy them either. They only THINK it would satisfy. NOTHING outside of God can fill the void in their lives.) They believe they are in control, but they are not. They are laser focused on revenge and our destruction.
BUT GOD!! God is a God of justice. His will—WILL prevail. We believe their ruinous plans will come to naught. We believe in HIS promises—and that is enough. Romans 8:21 - "Everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children."
Next Entry: Romans 9:1–33
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