“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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The next thing Paul lists is ‘nor any powers’. The word here is dunamis, the word for power to work miracles. It also means spiritual strength or force (the gospel is the ‘power of God’ (Rom. 1:16); Jesus will return to earth ‘with power and great glory’ (Matt. 24:30); and ‘the powers of heaven will be shaken’ (Matt. 24:29)). God’s love is not substituted by any of these things.
Next we have, ‘neither height nor depth’. There is no physical place we can go to where God’s love cannot reach us. Psalm 139:7-12 tells us how we cannot hide from God. Also, this can be extended to height and depth in society. Our position does not affect the extent to which God loves us. He does not show favouritism based on our perceived value by society. Rich and poor are the same in His sight. He does not love anybody any less, or any more, than anyone else. Christ died for all.
The last thing on Paul’s list is, ‘nor anything else in all creation’. That pretty much sums it up, for all things, both physical and spiritual, were created by God. How much more emphatic does Scripture need to be – nothing can keep us from the love of God.
“No power of hell, no scheme of man, can ever pluck me from His hand; ‘Til He returns or calls me home, here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.”
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