Romans 8:38-39 (a)

“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.”

Paul lists ten things here that he is convinced will not be able to separate us from God’s love. (And this is the reason for what he states in v37: ‘we are more than conquerors... for I am convinced...’.)
Firstly, neither death nor life can separate us from God’s love. Death will only bring us closer to Him (2 Cor. 5:8, Phil. 2:23). Paul says in Phil. 2:21, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” It also means that nothing that is dead nor anything that is alive can separate us from God’s love. Our relatives, our ancestors - no matter who they were or what they did in their lives, cannot separate us from God’s love. Our children, no matter what they get up to, cannot separate us from God’s love. God doesn’t stop loving us because our grandfather was a murderer or an occultist, or because our children have gone off the rails.
Neither can spiritual beings – angels or demons – separate us from God’s love. God’s love doesn’t wane because we have angels looking out for us, nor is it affected if we are under demonic attack. God is supreme. Satan couldn’t keep Christ in the grave, and he still can’t stop God’s love from reaching us.
As for the present or the future, these cannot separate us from God’s love either. His love for us will endure, without end. Notice that Paul doesn’t say ‘the past or the future’. If we are in Christ, we are a new creation. The old is gone and the new has come. Our past doesn’t matter to Him (although we may still have to deal with the consequences of it). But if we are in Christ, there is nothing still ahead in our lives – which of course, God already knows about – that can sever His love for us. This is greatly comforting. We don’t have to worry about the future.

...to be continued...