Off the Shelf Sunday School--Romans

The Security of Born-again Christians (8:35-39)

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to sperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1.    Paul further develops his argument that born-again Christians will not lose their salvation. Jesus promised his disciples that he would be with them always. We do not see him, but we know that he is with us and within us. Jesus is with us in every trial of life to comfort and strengthen us through the work of the Holy Spirit. (Jn 14:15-23) 

2.    Christians are commanded to die each day to self and live according to the leading of the Holy Spirit. We are living sacrifices to the glory of God. (Ps 25:4-5; Mt 16:24-25; Rom 12:1-2)

3.    We have security in Jesus throughout all time. Death will not separate us from Jesus. There are no demons or supernatural powers anywhere in the universe that can remove us from being with Jesus. His love, his purposes for us and his authority are absolute. God does not change his mind or his promises. God is changeless, beyond influence and faithful. Not one word of his will be found to be false or unfulfilled. (Num 23:19; Mt 5:17-18)

4.    False teachers say that you must do good works, or you could lose your salvation. They do this to get influence and power over people to direct their lives. Do you know any false teachers? If you do, leave them and seek teachers who faithfully teach the Bible.