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NASB | Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
Bible Question:
Romans 8 is the wrong chapter to consider this question. "Is there security of the believer?" is secondary to the question of "Are you a true believer?". So maybe the question should be: "Is there security of the TRUE believer?" There are many that SAY they believe, but do they believe "in their heart"? Romans 10 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Nowhere in the bible does it teach salvation for someone that is stuck in sin. If they truly love Jesus there will be evidence of a changed life. He said those that love Him will keep His comandments. Yes, King David slipped into sin, but when the temptation came again years later he showed his spiritual maturity: 1 Kings 1 1 Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm. 2Therefore his servants said to him, "Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and let her care for him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm." 3So they sought for a lovely young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king, and served him; but the king did not know her. Those that are stuck in sin should doubt their "true salvation" and repent. They do not need to hate themselves, but they should hate their sin. Then God can change them from the inside out. See Psalms 51. Pastor Glenn |
Bible Answer: So what was there in the person's question, short as it was, to suggest that they were not a true believer or that they were stuck in sin? The person simply presented two passages, one saying that nothing can separate us from the love of God and another saying that a servant was cast into outer darkness. |