October 2 / Romans 8:18-39

Romans 8:18-39

Dear RTB’ers,

A delayed post today – lots of activity! First, a morning “travel” meeting, then our classes, and soon a bus to catch to the Vienna airport. Shortly we’ll be on our way to Albania and Montenegro. No, it’s not really “vacation”. Europe has a rule that a tourist can only be in the “Schengen area” for 90 days in any 180-day period. Our arrival and departure dates put us at 97 days, so we have to leave the Schengen area for seven days. Hence, our “vacation”. Yes’, we’ll try to treat it like a vacation, but really, it’s just part of the job for us. 😊!!

Today – one of my all-time favorite Bible sections! How can it not be one of everyone’s favorite Bible sections??!! Look at some of these questions! If God is for us, who can be against us? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? Who is to condemn? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? (vv. 31b, 33a, 34a, 35a, respectively) And even before that, some thoughts on the Holy Spirit at work in our lives: Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words… (v. 26)

And finally, today’s reading ends with some of the happiest verses in all of Scripture: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? … No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor 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. (vv. 35, 37-39) Nothing! Period!

Blessings!

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See also: December 11 (2023) / Romans 5-8