Since he did not spare even his own"); document.writeln("Son but gave him up for us all, won\'t he also give us everything else? Who dares"); document.writeln("accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one\'”for God himself has given us"); document.writeln("right standing with himself. Who then will condemn us? No one\'”for Christ Jesus"); document.writeln("died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of"); document.writeln("honor at God\'s right hand, pleading for us. Can anything ever separate us from"); document.writeln("Christ\'s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or"); document.writeln("calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened"); document.writeln("with death? (As the Scriptures say, \'For your sake we are killed every day; we"); document.writeln("are being slaughtered like sheep.\') No, despite all these things, overwhelming"); document.writeln("victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing"); document.writeln("can ever separate us from God\'s love. Neither death no life, neither angels nor"); document.writeln("demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow\'”not even the"); document.writeln("powers of hell can separate us from God\'s love. No power in the sky above or in"); document.writeln("the earth below\'”indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate"); document.writeln("us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.1
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In Romans 8, Paul makes a persuasive"); document.writeln("argument for believing in eternal security by framing these questions:
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Who will accuse those who God has"); document.writeln("chosen? No one can. Satan tries, but God has justified us through Christ and"); document.writeln("declared that we are not guilty. If you fall into a period of lack of faith or"); document.writeln("sin, you may lose your reward, but you cannot lose your eternity in heaven with"); document.writeln("God (1 Corinthians 3:12-15).
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Who will separate us from the love of"); document.writeln("Christ? There are many experiences that test our faith, but we are saved by"); document.writeln("God\'s grace. The Lord understands our trials and doubts, and He is not"); document.writeln("interested in pushing us aside when we stumble. God always knew we would make"); document.writeln("thousands of mistakes after receiving Christ, but He saved us anyway.
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Some Christians worry that accepting"); document.writeln("the idea of eternal security will motivate people to live in sin because they"); document.writeln("have nothing to lose. But If we think about the wonder and majesty of our Heavenly"); document.writeln("Father, doesn\'t it make more sense for us to be motivated to obey Him for all"); document.writeln("He is and what He has done for us? The more we know about Christ and His love"); document.writeln("for us, the more we will love Him and desire to please Him.
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Suggested Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank"); document.writeln("You that nothing and no one can separate me from Your love, not even myself."); document.writeln("Thank You that You chose me to enjoy eternity by Your side. Thank You that even"); document.writeln("though You knew I was going to make thousands of mistakes after accepting Jesus"); document.writeln("into my heart, You saved me from spending an eternity without You. Lord Your"); document.writeln("unconditional love is a mystery to my limited mind. I can only raise my hands"); document.writeln("to heaven and say THANK YOU! In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
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Today\'s Encounter was written by:"); document.writeln("Rosina N.
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