This a youtube link to a good Video on Chapter 8 - https://youtu.be/-aO1ajXKePc The Bible Stories. The imagine are all AI generated. The voice maybe also. But as loong as its a literal translation, it is a good tool to understand where we stand with Jesus Christ. So Romans 7 Present the problem Paul is facing and Roman 8 in the Solution. I have serval other good sources with supporting sermons. At this link there are other sources https://beingberean.com/index.php/romans-8
Why is Romans 8 often called the most powerful chapter in the Bible? Because it speaks directly to the deepest fears, struggles, and questions every believer faces. Romans chapter 8 begins with one of the most life changing truths in Scripture: there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. From that moment on, the chapter unfolds into a breathtaking message of freedom, identity, hope, and the unbreakable love of God. In this video, we explore why Romans 8 has such incredible power, from victory over sin and the battle of the mind, to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, adoption into God’s family, strength in suffering, and the promise that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. If you have ever struggled with guilt, fear, weakness, pain, or uncertainty about your future, this chapter speaks directly to your soul.
The Conflict of Two Natures Romans 7:14-25 then the solution in Romans 8
[14] For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. [15] For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. [16] If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good. [17] Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. [18] For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. [19] For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. [20] Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. [21] I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. [22] For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: [23] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. [24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. [Rom 7:14-25 KJV]
AI sheds a sightly different using 7:14-25- Paul’s confession of the inner struggle
- Verse 14: Paul admits that when he “does not do what he wants, the sin that dwells in him does what he does not want.” The law
works against his desire to do good.
- Verses 15‑20: He explains that the “law of sin” is not a real law, but a *body* that is under the influence of a “spirit.” He’s
torn between the “spirit that does good” and the “spirit that does evil.” The body is a *confused soul*, and the two spirits are at
war.
- Verse 21‑23: The struggle is real. Paul is “caught” between the two. He does not get “by the way of the law” a *way to act*—the
law is a *guide*, not a deliverer. He recognizes that the “law of sin” is a *failing law*; it is a *body of the law* that fails to
bring salvation.
- Verses 24‑25: He calls on God, who is “above all things,” to “save” him from the body of the law. His own heart is “conflicted”
and he is “unable to do what I want.” He ends with a *confession of hope*: “For the Christian is a slave to the Lord and free from
sin.”
How this section sets up Romans 8
1. The Problem: Romans 7.14‑25 lays out the *inner battle* that every believer faces: the law (or the “law of sin”) is a
*conflict* between a *good spirit* and a *bad spirit*. The law is “holy” and “right” (v. 6), but the *flesh* cannot bring it to
fruition. It shows the *inevitable failure* of the old covenant in dealing with sin.
2. The Need for Deliverance: Paul’s own words—“help, my God!”—illustrate that the law alone cannot rescue the heart. The law is
not a *lawgiver*; it is *a body* that can only *describe* sin. This creates a *gap* between what we ought to do and what we actually
do.
3. Transition to the New Reality: Romans 8 picks up this narrative with a *reversal*. It presents the *Spirit* that *writes* on
believers’ hearts (v. 1‑2), frees them from condemnation (v. 1‑5), and *walks* in the spirit rather than in the flesh (v. 23‑27). The
contrast is clear: where Romans 7 showed the struggle and the inability of the law to deliver, Romans 8 shows the *deliverance*
through the Spirit—free from sin, living in hope, and ultimately united with God.
In short, Romans 7:14‑25 paints the bleak picture of the human condition under the law, while Romans 8 opens the door to the
transformative work of the Spirit that resolves that struggle.
Romans 8 (KJV) – Key Themes in a Nutshell
- No Condemnation for the Saved (vv. 1‑11)
Those “in Christ Jesus” are freed from the law of sin and death. The Spirit of God, not the old covenant, now writes in believers’
hearts. The “Spirit of life” restores the sinful body, while the “spirit of death” condemns.
- Life Through the Spirit (vv. 12‑17)
Believers are called “children of God” and “heirs of God,” yet the Spirit keeps their mortal bodies in a state of living. The Spirit
is described as “the Spirit of hope” that prepares us for the future.
- The Present Suffering vs. Future Glory (vv. 18‑30)
The “sufferings” of this present time are compared to the future “glory of the children of God.” Christ’s sacrifice in the cross is
the decisive act that secures our redemption.
- God’s Sovereign Love (vv. 31‑39)
God’s love, expressed through the Spirit, is inseparable from our destiny. Nothing—whether it’s death, life, angels, or powers—can
separate us from His love.
- Living in the Spirit (v. 23‑27)
The chapter ends with the call to “walk in the Spirit” rather than in the flesh, to align the heart with God’s guidance, which
produces good works and ultimately “glory” for believers.
In short, Romans 8 declares that the Spirit of God liberates believers from sin, gives them a new identity, sustains them through
suffering, and guarantees a future of glorified life, underscoring that nothing can sever the bond of God’s love.
Transcript
Before we can truly understand the immense power of Romans chapter 8, we have to take a quick look at the chapter that comes right before it. In Romans
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chapter 7, the Apostle Paul admitted that he was trapped in a war inside his own mind. He found himself doing the
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evil things he hated rather than the good things he wanted to do. This is the universal human condition. It is a cycle
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of trying, failing, feeling guilty and then trying again. It is a miserable way
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to live. When you live in that cycle, religion just becomes another heavy burden. It becomes a mirror that
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constantly shows you how dirty you are, but offers you no water to wash yourself clean. Paul reached a point of absolute
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despair. He cried out and asked who could possibly rescue him from this body of death. He realized that human
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willpower is never enough to defeat human darkness. You cannot fix a broken mind using a broken mind. You need a
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savior. That is exactly where Romans 8 begins. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ
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Jesus. Every single one of us deserves condemnation. If a screen was placed in front of you that showed every thought
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you ever had, every lie you ever told, and every secret you ever kept, you would be utterly terrified. The justice
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of God demands that sin must be punished. God is completely holy and he cannot simply pretend that evil does not
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exist. But Romans chapter 8 starts with a shocking announcement. For those who belong to Jesus, every mistake you have ever made has been completely erased.
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How is this possible? Because through Christ Jesus, the law of the spirit who gives life has set you free from the law
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of sin and death. The law of sin and death was constantly pulling you down.
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Every time you tried to overcome it, your own human nature held you back. But when you place your trust in Jesus, a
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higher law takes over. The law of the spirit of life lifts you up. You are no longer defined by your failures. You are
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defined by grace. Before Jesus, people tried to overcome their human nature by simply trying harder to follow the
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rules. The law of the Old Testament was good, but it was weak because it relied on human effort. God knew we could never
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make the journey on our own. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by
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sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. God did not sit in heaven and shout
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instructions down to a dying world. He stepped into the mess. Jesus took on human flesh. He lived the perfect life
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that you could never live. And then he went to the cross and took the punishment that you deserved. All the
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condemnation that belonged to you was poured out on him. The debt was paid in full. When God looks at you today, he sees the absolute perfection of his son.
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After establishing this legal freedom, Romans 8 moves on to our practical daily living. It explains exactly why we
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struggle and how we can find peace, revealing that the ultimate battleground of the Christian life is not the world
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around us. It is our mind. Those who live according to the flesh have their mind set on what the flesh desires. But
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those who live in accordance with the spirit have their mind set on what the spirit desires. The word flesh in the Bible does not just mean physical skin.
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It describes the broken human nature that wants to live completely independent from God. It is the part of you that is selfish, prideful, fearful,
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and greedy. If you let your flesh control your mind, your life will be full of anxiety and frustration. But
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there is another way to live. You can set your mind on what the spirit desires. This means choosing to focus
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your attention on the eternal reality of God. It means filling your mind with truth instead of filling it with fear.
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The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the spirit is life and peace. This is a promise you
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can test right now. When you let anger and jealousy govern your thoughts, you feel empty. But when you govern your
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mind with the spirit, when you choose to focus on gratitude, love, and the promises of God, something miraculous
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happens. You experience peace. This peace does not mean your problems disappear. It means your problems lose
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their power over you. You can sit in the middle of a massive financial crisis and still feel a deep sense of calm because
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your mind is anchored to something bigger than money. [music] You can face a terrifying medical diagnosis and still have hope because
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your mind is anchored to the healer. The flesh is entirely hostile to God. It cannot submit to God. A person who only lives for themselves cannot please God.
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But the glorious truth for the believer is that you are no longer a prisoner to the flesh. Religion tells you to try
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harder. Romans chapter 8 tells you that you have a new resident living inside your heart. You, however, are not in the
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realm of the flesh, but are in the realm of the spirit, if indeed the spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not
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have the spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
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This is the dividing line of the universe. True Christianity is not just going to a building on Sunday. True
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Christianity is not just being a nice person who gives to charity and does not break the law. True Christianity happens
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when the very spirit of the living God comes to make his home inside a human body. If you try to fix your brokenness
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on your own, you will never finish the job. We simply do not have the ability to repair ourselves. But when you
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accepted Jesus, the Holy Spirit moved in to begin a total restoration from the inside out. He is not just a force. He is a person. He is the presence of God.
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And he brings a power that is impossible to comprehend with the human mind. And if the spirit of him who raised Jesus
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from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because
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of his spirit who lives in you. The exact same spirit that walked into a cold, dark tomb in Jerusalem, hovered
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over the dead body of Jesus Christ, and filled his lungs with breath is currently living inside of you. The
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power that conquered death is inside your chest. It allows you to defeat the habits that have held you captive for
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decades. It gives you the strength to forgive the person who hurt you. It gives you the courage to speak the truth when everyone else is lying. You do not have to obey your dark desires anymore.
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You owe nothing to the flesh. You are a new creation. Because of this new spirit, you are no longer just a servant
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of God. You are a child of God. The spirit you received does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again.
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Rather, the spirit you received brought about your adoption to sunship and by him we cry, "Aba, father." In the
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ancient Roman world, adoption was a very serious and permanent legal process.
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When a wealthy man chose to adopt someone, the adopted person lost all connection to their old life. Any debts
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they had were completely wiped out. Any crimes they committed were erased from the record. They were given a new name,
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a new family, and full rights to inherit the wealth of their new father. The law stated that an adopted child could never
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be disowned. The bond was considered even stronger than biology because it was a deliberate choice. God
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deliberately chose you. He saw you wandering in the streets, covered in the dirt of your own mistakes, carrying a mountain of debt that you could never
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pay. And he did not just hand you a piece of bread and tell you to run along. He brought you into his palace.
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He washed you clean. He paid your debt.
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He gave you his royal name. Because of this adoption, you do not have to perform rituals to earn his attention.
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You are not a slave hiding from a cruel master. You are a beloved child running into the arms of a perfect dad. The phrase abba father is deeply intimate.
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It was the everyday word that a small child would use to call out for their father. It represents total trust and
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absolute security. The creator wants you to call him father. When the world rejects you, when your friends abandon
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you, when your own family betrays you, you still have a father who will never leave you. The spirit himself testifies
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with our spirit that we are God's children. Deep down in your soul, the Holy Spirit whispers the truth of who
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you are. When the enemy tries to tell you that you are a failure, the spirit reminds you that you are chosen. When
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your own mind tells you that you are worthless, the spirit reminds you that you were bought with the precious blood
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of Christ. And because we are children, we are also hes. We share in the inheritance of Jesus. Everything that
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belongs to him will one day belong to us. We will share in his ultimate glory.
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But the scripture is also honest. It tells us that to share in his glory, we must also share in his sufferings. This
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is where Romans chapter 8 speaks directly to the reality of human pain.
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We live in a broken world. Good people get sick. Innocent children suffer. Heartbreak is a daily occurrence.
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Natural disasters destroy homes.
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Violence fills the streets. If we are children of God, why do we still hurt so much? I consider that our present
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sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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Paul does not dismiss our pain. He does not tell us to put on a fake smile and pretend everything is fine. He knows
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what suffering is. This is a man who was beaten, starved, betrayed, and thrown into dark prison cells. Yet he takes all
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the agonizing pain of this life, puts it on a scale, and then places the future glory of heaven on the other side. The
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scale completely tips. the future glory is so heavy, so massive and so beautiful that it makes the worst pains of this
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life look incredibly small. He then explains why the world is in such a tragic state. We know that the whole
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creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. When humanity rebelled
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against God in the very beginning, it did not just break the human soul. It broke the entire universe. The earth was
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cursed. Decay and death infected everything. The reason we have earthquakes, hurricanes, and disease is because the physical world is broken.
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But Paul uses a very specific analogy.
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He calls this pain the pains of childbirth. When a mother goes through the agony of labor, the pain is intense,
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but the pain is not pointless. The pain means that new life is coming. The pain has a purpose. The earth is waiting for
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the day when Jesus returns to make all things new. It is waiting for the day when the sons and daughters of God are
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revealed in their full glory. We also grown inwardly. We have the Holy Spirit inside us, giving us a taste of heaven.
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But we are still trapped in physical bodies that get tired, get sick, and eventually die. We are caught between
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two worlds. We are saved, but we are waiting for the final redemption of our physical bodies. But hope that is seen
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is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it
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patiently. We keep moving forward because we know the finish line is real, even if it is hidden behind the horizon.
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But what do we do in the meantime?
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Romans chapter 8 gives us the most comforting truth about prayer in the entire Bible. In the same way, the
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Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us
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through wordless groans. There will be moments in your life when you drop to your knees and you have absolutely no
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words. You receive a phone call with terrible news and your mind completely freezes. You sit on the floor of a
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hospital room and all you can do is weep. You look at your broken marriage or your rebellious child or your empty
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bank account and you do not even know what to ask God for. Should you pray for a miracle? Should you pray for peace?
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You simply do not know. In those moments of profound weakness, the Holy Spirit
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steps in. He takes your confusion and turns it into a perfect prayer. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind
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of the spirit because the spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God. God the
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Father searches your heart. He sees the pain and the Holy Spirit prays on your behalf. You never have to worry about
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using the right words. You never have to worry about praying the wrong thing.
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When you are too weak to lift your own head, the Spirit is praying for you. And his prayers are always in perfect alignment with the will of God. You are never alone in your darkest room.
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Because we have the Spirit praying for us. And because we are chosen children of God, we can trust God with the actual
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events of our lives. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called
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according to his purpose. Notice that the verse does not say that all things are good. God does not look at the evil
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in the world and call it good. But God is so infinitely powerful and so entirely sovereign that he can take the
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worst things that happen to you and use them to build something magnificent.
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Right now, you might only see the painful moments of your life. You wonder why God allowed certain people to walk
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away from you. From where you stand, it can feel like it makes absolutely no sense. But God sees the complete
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picture. He is working all things together. The pain you endured 10 years ago might be the exact tool God uses to
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help you save someone else's life tomorrow. The failure that humiliated you might be the exact lesson that
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builds the humility you need to handle future success. Look at the story of Joseph in the Old Testament. His
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brothers hated him. They threw him in a pit. They sold him into slavery. He was falsely accused of a crime and thrown
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into a dark dungeon for years. None of those things were good. But God used the pit, the slavery, and the dungeon to
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position Joseph in the exact place he needed to be to save millions of people from starvation.
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Joseph later looked at his brothers and told them that what they intended for evil, God intended for good. God is
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doing the exact same thing with your life. If you love him and if you are called according to his purpose, nothing
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is wasted. Not a single tear hits the floor without God using it for your ultimate good. And what is that ultimate
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good? It is making you look more like Jesus. How can we be absolutely sure that God will finish this good work in
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us? Paul gives us a look behind the curtain of eternity. He shows us a golden chain of salvation that cannot be
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broken by anything in heaven or on earth. For those God forneew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image
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of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. Before God ever painted the sky
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blue, before he ever carved the canyons or filled the oceans, he knew you. He did not just know facts about you. He
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knew you intimately. And knowing you, he predestined you. This means he set a
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destination for your life. And that destination is that you would be transformed to perfectly reflect the
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character of Jesus Christ. And those he predestined, he also called. Those he called, he also justified, those he justified, he also glorified.
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This is the unbreakable chain. If God forneew you, he predestined you. If he predestined you, he called you. You
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heard his voice pulling you out of the darkness. If he called you, he justified you. He made you completely right with
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the law, erasing your record. And if he justified you, he glorified you. Notice that Paul uses the past tense for the
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word glorified. Glorification is the final step of salvation. When we receive our perfect bodies in heaven, we have
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not actually experienced it yet. But God's promise is so absolute, so certain, and so unbreakable that Paul
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talks about our future glory as if it has already happened. God does not abandon his projects halfway through. He
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does not call you, justify you, and then drop you because you made a mistake. The God who started the work in your heart
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is the God who will carry it on to completion. Your salvation does not depend on your ability to hold on to
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God. It depends on God's ability to hold on to you. What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for
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us, who can be against us? This is the ultimate perspective shift. We spend so much time worrying about who is against
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us. We worry about the economy. We worry about sickness. We worry about critics.
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We worry about spiritual enemies. But Paul reduces all of those enemies to dust with one simple equation. The creator of the universe is on your side.
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The God who speaks galaxies into existence. The God who holds the oceans in the palm of his hand. The God who
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commands armies of angels is actively fighting for you. If that God is for you, the opposition does not even
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matter. A million enemies standing against you are nothing compared to the one true God standing beside you. How do
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we know he is really for us? Look at the cross. He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all, how will he
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not also along with him graciously give us all things? If a man is willing to give you a billion dollars, you do not
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need to worry if he will lend you $5 to buy a cup of coffee. God already gave you his most valuable treasure. He
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watched his only son bleed on a wooden cross for your sake. If he loved you enough to endure that kind of agony to
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save your soul, do you really think he is going to abandon you when you are struggling to pay your rent? Do you really think he is going to ignore you
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when you are crying in your bed? He gave you the greatest gift. He will certainly provide everything else you need to make it home. The enemy loves to accuse us.
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Satan literally means the accuser. He constantly whispers in your ear that you are a fake. He reminds you of your past
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sins. He tells you that God must be disappointed in you. But Paul shuts down the courtroom of the enemy forever. Who
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will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
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Imagine being on trial for a terrible crime. The prosecutor is yelling at you, listing every horrible thing you have
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ever done, but the judge of the highest court in the land looks down and says that you are completely innocent. It
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does not matter what the prosecutor says. The judge has the final word. God is the one who justifies you. The enemy
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has no jurisdiction here. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ
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Jesus who died more than that who was raised to life is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. The
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only person in the universe who actually has the right to condemn you is Jesus Christ. He is the only one who is
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perfect. He is the only one who has the authority to judge. But instead of condemning you, he died for you. And
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right now, at this exact moment, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the father actively defending you. When the
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enemy screams your failures, Jesus shows his scars.
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This brings us to the final declaration of the chapter. It is a battlecry that has given courage to martyrs, prisoners, and everyday believers for 2,000 years.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or
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danger or sword? When Paul wrote these words, he was writing to Christians living in Rome under the shadow of a
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brutal empire. These believers were being hunted. They were losing their businesses. They were being dragged into
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arenas and fed to wild lions for the entertainment of the crowds. They faced literal swords. They faced actual
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starvation. When you go through terrible suffering, the first thing the enemy tries to tell you is that God has
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stopped loving you. The lie says that if God really loved you, you would not be sick. If God really loved you, your
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business would not have failed. But Paul completely destroys that lie. Trouble and hardship are not evidence that God
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has abandoned you. The worst things the world can throw at you cannot sever the invisible cord of love that ties you to the heart of Jesus.
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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What does it mean to be more than a conqueror? A conqueror defeats their enemy. But someone who is more than a
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conqueror takes the weapons of the enemy and uses them to build their own kingdom. When the enemy brings pain to
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destroy your faith, God uses that exact pain to make your faith unshakable. When the enemy brings persecution to silence
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you, God uses that persecution to give you a testimony that echoes through eternity. The very things designed to
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crush you are the things God uses to elevate you. You win completely, not because of your own strength, but
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through him who loved you. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the
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present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to
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separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Death cannot
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separate you from God. Death is just a doorway that leads you directly into his presence. Life cannot separate you from
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God. No matter how messy, complicated, or confusing your life gets, his love remains constant. Angels and demons
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cannot separate you from God. No spiritual power, no dark force, no witchcraft, no curse has any power to
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break the grip that God has on your soul. The present cannot separate you from God. Whatever crisis you are facing
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right now cannot stop his love. The future cannot separate you from God. You do not need to be afraid of what is
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coming tomorrow or next month or next year because God is already there and his love is waiting for you. No powers
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can separate you. No political leader, no corrupt government, no economic collapse can sever this bond. Neither
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height nor depth can separate you. You can climb to the highest peak of human success and pride and his love is there
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to ground you. You can fall into the deepest darkest pit of depression and addiction. And his love will reach down
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into the mud to pull you out. Nothing else in all creation can separate you.
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Just in case Paul forgot anything, he covers the entire universe. If it is created, it cannot separate you from the
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creator. The only thing that is not created is God himself.
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This love is not based on your performance. It is completely based on the finished work of Christ Jesus our
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Lord. This is why Romans chapter 8 is the most powerful chapter in the Bible.
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It answers every accusation. It heals every deep wound. It removes every heavy chain. Religion tells you that you are
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on probation. Romans 8 tells you that you are an adopted heir. The world tells you that your pain is pointless. Romans
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8 tells you that your pain is preparing you for glory. The enemy tells you that you are alone. Romans 8 tells you that
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the Holy Spirit is praying for you with groans too deep for words. You do not have to live in fear anymore. You do not
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have to wake up every day wondering if God is mad at you. If you have placed your faith in Jesus Christ, the verdict
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has been permanently decided. There is no condemnation. When you truly grasp the reality of this chapter, it changes
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the way you face adversity. You stop living like a victim of your circumstances and start living like a
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royal child of the King of Kings. You realize that you are backed by the supreme authority of the universe. If
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your life feels heavy today, if you are exhausted from trying to be perfect, if you are terrified of the future, read
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Romans chapter 8. Read it until the truth sinks deep into your bones. God forneew you. God called you. God justified you. And God will glorify you.
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[music] Stand up. Lift your head. The war for your soul has already been won.
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The tomb is entirely empty. The spirit is living inside of you. God is for you.
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And absolutely nothing in this world or the next world will ever be able to separate you from his massive
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unrelenting eternal love. Step out of your guilt. Step into your freedom and live like the conqueror you were created
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to be. If this message blessed you today and you'd like to support this work, you can find the link in the description and
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Romans 8 :1-25 Deliverance from Bondage
[Rom 8:1 KJV]
[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[Rom 8:2 KJV]
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
[Rom 8:3 KJV]
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
[Rom 8:4 KJV]
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[Rom 8:5 KJV]
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
[Rom 8:6 KJV]
For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.
[Rom 8:7 KJV]
Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
[Rom 8:8 KJV]
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
[Rom 8:9 KJV]
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
[Rom 8:10 KJV]
And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
[Rom 8:11 KJV]
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
[Rom 8:12 KJV]
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
[Rom 8:13 KJV]
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
[Rom 8:14 KJV]
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
[Rom 8:15 KJV]
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
[Rom 8:16 KJV]
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
[Rom 8:17 KJV]
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.
[Rom 8:18 KJV]
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
[Rom 8:19 KJV]
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
[Rom 8:20 KJV]
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,
[Rom 8:21 KJV]
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
[Rom 8:22 KJV]
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
[Rom 8:23 KJV]
And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.
[Rom 8:24 KJV]
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
[Rom 8:25 KJV]
But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
Romans 8:26-39 Our Victory in Christ
[Rom 8:26 KJV]
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
[Rom 8:27 KJV]
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
[Rom 8:28 KJV]
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
[Rom 8:29 KJV]
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
[Rom 8:30 KJV]
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
[Rom 8:31 KJV]
What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?
[Rom 8:32 KJV]
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
[Rom 8:33 KJV]
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth.
[Rom 8:34 KJV]
Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
[Rom 8:35 KJV]
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
[Rom 8:36 KJV]
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
[Rom 8:37 KJV]
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
[Rom 8:38 KJV]
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[Rom 8:39 KJV]
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
