Romans 8:31-39 (#33.2026.01.11)

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If you're looking for greater hope, assurance and confidence through the shifting sands of life, then join me on today's episode as we dig deep into the Bible to discover rock solid truth for life and living from the God of the Bible. I'm your host, Scott Keffer. Hi and welcome to today's episode. As always, for a deeper experience, you can go to the show notes and download the blank Insight sheet. Fill in the blanks along with the group. Depending on how you're listening to this, there will be a link to the episode website@beholdingbibletruth.com and a sheet with the answers is included as well. Enjoy today's episode.

Scott Keffer [: 00:00:46

So we ask this, begin this section with what then shall we say to these things, to these things innate, but to these things in the first, literally in the first eight chapters. So I want to write down, this is the gospel for believers. He's saying, what do you say to these things? What do we say to the gospel for believers? He's asking us what are we saying about the gospel for believers. And I say that particularly because we tend to think that the gospel is for non believers. It's what we're going to share for people to come to a saving knowledge, right? And in a way, that's, that's the truth. He says, for I'm not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation, right? To the Jews first and then also to the Greek. It's the power of God and it is the righteousness of God. How do we become righteous before God? But it's also right the way that we understand who we are in Christ.

Scott Keffer [: 00:01:46

The gospel for believers. The gospel for believers. So this is God's best questions. This is God's best question. He's going to fire away with a set of perspective or questions so that we get your perspective right is what he's doing. He's showing us how to get our perspective right. So let's walk down through these questions. So he asked, if God is for us, who is against us? If God is for us, who is against us? Well, he's not saying, right? He's not saying if those are against us.

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He's saying, if God is for us, who is against us? I started to think, who is against us? Well, the first one is easy. Maybe you have enemies who are against you. Maybe you have enemies who are against you. At the moment from my distress, I called upon the Lord. This is Yahweh, right? And Yahweh answered me, and he set me In a large place, the Lord is. Underline this. The Lord is for me. The Lord is for me.

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The Lord is for me. Think about that. In life, who is really for you? Sometimes people, right? Sometimes those who are around you. But through all of life, in all places, at all times, who is really for you? Well, the only one who can be for you at all times in all places, right? Through all of life's circumstances, is the one who is changeless, the Eternal One. That's it. So it says, yahweh is for me. I will not fear. Says, what can man do to me? The Lord is for me among those who help me.

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Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. It's better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. And then he goes on to say, it's better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes and to trust in the power of the world system or whatever that might be, right? Better to take refuge. So enemies. Well, I get enemies can be against you. Maybe there are some right now. Might be your boss, I don't know. The next is then the world system.

Scott Keffer [: 00:04:13

The world system. Maybe you feel like the world system is against you. Where he says you are from God, little children and have overcome them. What is them? Them is not the people. Them is those who are held captive by the Evil One to do his will. There's a world system at work here. We tend to, you know, think that those who are against Christians, all of those people. But remember, it's a world, there's a system.

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There's a prince of the power of the air, right? So them. But he says, greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world system. Well, maybe it gets harder than that. Maybe there are friends who are against you. Maybe there are friends who are against you. Maybe right now you have some. If you haven't you had some in the past, you'll have some in the future. King David knows that.

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He says, my enemies speak evil against me. Well, when will he die in his name perish? And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, slipped it up his heel against me, with people you trusted, thought you were your friends or close to them. And they felt like they betrayed you. You've been there before. Who is against us? I'll put it out there. Jesus knows. Jesus knows what that's like.

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Through a bread with him and lifted up his heel against him. He is a faithful high priest. Who's been tempted in all ways as you have if you've been betrayed by a trusted friend. And then lastly, even more hurtful, maybe family, maybe family is against you. And King David said, my mother and my father have forsaken me. The Lord will take me up. So who can be against us? Enemies can be against us. The world system is against us.

Scott Keffer [: 00:06:31

Friends can be against us, and family. So he says, if God is for us, who is against us? So he's saying, compare those who are against you to those who are for you, to him who is for you. Right? Weigh them in a balance. However, you might go through that process of saying, sure, this is going to happen. You're going to have again enemies against you, the world system against you, friends against you, sometimes family against you. But if God is for you, who is against you? So that's the first question you ask. Well, the answer is what? God is for you. The answer to that question is God is for you.

Scott Keffer [: 00:07:14

Right? If the. If God is for us, who is against us? What's the answer to that? It doesn't matter. I mean, it does matter, but it doesn't. He's not saying it's irrelevant because it's. It's hurtful, it's painful, it's hard, isn't it, when those are against us? But he's saying God is for you. So the truth there is, God is for you. What's the principle? God is for you. Then he asked another question.

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He who did not spare his own son, but delivered him over for us all, how will he not also with him freely give us all things underlying all things? All things. And he says, not only all things, but all things freely. All things freely. Have you ever had somebody give you something reluctantly, give you a gift reluctantly? Oh, here. How does that feel? God doesn't give you all things reluctantly. He doesn't give you anything reluctantly. And the idea behind that is he is sovereign and he's providential, which means nobody's forcing him to give to you. He gives out of his own character and his nature reaches grave shifts.

Scott Keffer [: 00:08:34

Right, Charis right. Which is the core of that right? Freely, it means to show favor. It means to pardon, forgive, and it means to show kindness. So God gives out of a heart to show favor, right to forgive and to show kindness. And so in Philippians he said, may God supply all, underline all your needs. Well, how's he going to supply those? Well, there's a measure, there's a measure according to his riches in glory, in Christ Jesus. So how Much is in that account that God is drawing from to transfer. So he's venmoing you from his account.

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How much does he have in his account? Unlimited. It's unlimited. So can he supply all things to you? So if he has a heart to freely give and he promises to. Is there anything that he will withhold? And he says, of course, he who did not spare his own son. So if I gave you the most glorious thing in. In. In the world, if, if you will, in. In all of right time.

Scott Keffer [: 00:10:05

His son, if he didn't spare his own son, is there anything he'll spare to give you? Which means, if I don't have it right now, I don't need it. But Lord, I want it and I want it now. And I wonder, why aren't you giving it to me? Why aren't you giving? And he's saying, would you stand, rest and hope in the fact that I have all things I haven't withheld my son? Is there anything in my all things that I'm withholding from you that you need? No. You have to have that principle. Otherwise you have the wrong perspective, which is, he's not giving me what I need. Therefore my priority is I'm going to go out and get it myself. How many have done that? I have done that. Go out and get it yourself.

Scott Keffer [: 00:11:15

So they're called mana mercies. Enough mercies for today. And oftentimes it's because I want the mercies for next week, today. I want the provision for next month today. So you gotta have the right principle, which is he gives all things freely. I haven't withheld my son. Is there anything else in my account that I will withhold from you? So all things freely? So he's talking about provision there. Then the next thing he says is who will bring a charge? Who bring a charge? What's a charge, Jim? Claim.

Scott Keffer [: 00:11:57

Claim? Yeah, claim. Who bring a claim, if you will. Right, so. So here's what he's doing. He's saying, imagine a courtroom and there's a judge seated and charges are being brought. So he's asking what charges? That's the plan. What charges? Charges are being levied. Who are they being levied against? It's you.

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But he's saying, what charges? So think about the charges. What are the charges? And I don't know which you won't hear. You still haven't paid for that sin. How many have heard that charge? You know that one you did before. You still haven't paid for that sin. How about a real Christian doesn't struggle like you. You're really a Christian or God has done, forgiving you particularly for that sin. How about you aren't really a true Christian.

Scott Keffer [: 00:13:02

How many heard that charge? Maybe you're sitting in a courtroom, charges are being levied against you. God doesn't love you anymore. God doesn't love you fully. God can't use you anymore. How many have heard that one? You're a hypocrite. You're a hypocrite because you sin or God has left you, left you on your own, left you alone, and you deserve it. Anybody have any other charges that have been levied against you? You don't have enough faith. There's another one.

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You don't have. If you had enough faith, right? You don't have enough faith or if you had enough faith, what else? You don't deserve this. There's another one. That's a good one, right? You don't deserve this. Anybody else hear any other charges? The courtroom of life. You don't measure up. Don't measure up. So put there.

Scott Keffer [: 00:14:14

So which ones work on you? I'll hold them. Yes. So it's important to understand, where am I? Where is my. Yeah, but which one am I particularly vulnerable to? So the enemy is no dummy. The enemy is no dummy. So which ones circle the top 2 or 3? Which ones are you particularly vulnerable to? What are you vulnerable to? Which one hits home? Which flaming arrow? Evil one Strikes hardest. Strikes hardest. Let's remind your accusation pushes you away from God.

Scott Keffer [: 00:15:19

Accusation pushes you away from God, Right? It's built upon. You're right beside shame. It's built upon shame. Can't go to God like that. Can't go to God like that. Imagine. Imagine going to. Soon as I get healthy, then I'll go to the doctor.

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As soon as I get in shape, then I'll go to the trainer. As soon as I clean myself up, then I'll go to my redeemer. So conviction draws you home to God. Conviction. God's conviction draws you home to God. Cause you home to God. So right down below that, because he asked the question. What's the question? So the question is the charge.

Scott Keffer [: 00:16:13

First of all, the charge is an accusation. The charge is an accusation levied against you right in the courtroom, if you will. But the beginning of the question is who? So I want you to write down there, the devil doesn't need an advocate. Why are you helping him? The devil doesn't need an advocate. Why are you helping him? Devil doesn't need an advocate. That's a good question. So why do we help him? Why do we help him? Seeing the doubters, we're lying to ourselves. It's just this one.

Scott Keffer [: 00:16:53

Just. It's fun to rip on yourself sometimes. It's fun to rip on yourself because at the core of that we forget the gospel. I'm not earning my salvation. See, at the core of that, the belief is somehow right. My behavior right earns me. Right. I'm not worthy of this.

Scott Keffer [: 00:17:19

I haven't earned it. No, you haven't earned it. Not worthy. This. At the end of Private Ryan, how many seen Private Ryan? The end of Private Ryan, Remember when, when, when Hanks's character is dying, he says to, to the young guy, earn this. And at the end, at the end, when he's standing in the cemetery, he says, he says, have tell me my life has been a good life. Remember? He says it, tell me my life has been a good life. That's it.

Scott Keffer [: 00:17:47

That. So at the end of our days, what do we want to do? We want to be good stewards of God's grace, of course. Right. We want to be a well doner. Right. Question is, the end of the day, is God's love based upon my merit? And that's the core principle that, that goes with an accusation. I don't deserve this. Well, here's the answer.

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You don't. Here's the good news, why fight it? You don't. Then we say, you don't deserve this. The answer is, you're right, I don't. I don't. You didn't earn it before you received it, you don't earn it after. You didn't earn it before you received it, you don't earn it after. But there's a still that belief earn it.

Scott Keffer [: 00:18:33

We want to earn it. We want to earn it. So the charges are built around that. You haven't earned it, you don't deserve it. So we asked this question, so we talked about the charge, we talked about who will bring it, and then it's against who? God's God's elect. You ask the question, right, who, who will bring a charge against God's elect? Well, that begs the question, what does it mean to be God's elect? What does elect mean? It's used 23 times. It means to be chosen or selected or picked out for a purpose. And the way the Greek is said, the emphasis is on the chooser, the merit of the church.

Scott Keffer [: 00:19:34

And chosen get confused because we be right, chosen to be chosen, to be selected, to be picked out for A purpose. Many are called, but few are. Are chosen. Selected, picked out for a purpose. Many are called. The calling goes out, but few are chosen. In Colossians, like many other places. And so he says, and so as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved.

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Holy and beloved. So who brings a charge? We talked about the charge. We talked about who. God's elect. God's elect are those whom God has chosen. He's called you out of darkness into his, to his light. That's what it means to be called, to be chosen. Right.

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So it says, who will bring a charge against God's elect? Then he answers it with a question. Well, will God the Father. So that's where he starts. So he says, okay, so who's going to bring a charge in the courtroom? Right in the courtroom. Who's the judge? Who's the judge? Who's the judge of all God, the f. God the Father is the judge. God is the one who justifies. So then he answers that God is the one who justifies.

Scott Keffer [: 00:21:14

He answer with the question, so who's the one who condemns? So the opposite of being justified is to be condemned. Right. Justified means to render innocent just or innocent. Right. In a courtroom, the verdict is. Is delivered. What's the verdict? Just innocent. And again, it's not just innocent, it is just.

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And, and the, the basis of Romans is to say, you are the righteousness of God. Now you are the righteousness of God. The verdict is not only are you innocent, absolved of your sin, but you become the righteousness of God. Who's given that verdict? The judge. Who's the judge? God the Father. So he said, will God the Father bring a charge against you? Will he levied the verdict that you're innocent and just. God chose you. Right.

Scott Keffer [: 00:22:17

He called you. God justified you. God's verdict is final and binding. And, and mirrored after God's nature apart. The Fifth commitment, the fifth Amendment says, nor shall any person the subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life and live. It's called the doctrine of no double jeopardy. No double jeopardy. Where does that come from? The character of God.

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You can't be brought up twice on the same offense. So it just mirrors it. Based upon the character of God, there is no double jeopardy. You're justified. So he says, who condemns? Well, God justifies. Satan accuses God, the Father justifies Satan accuses. For the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down. He will be thrown down.

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Is. He is a liar from the beginning. He is the Father. Of lies. He is the father of lies. Who accuses them before our God. What? Day night. Day night.

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So the enemy lives to accuse you. So he's saying, okay, so this is the charge. Who will bring it gets God's elect. Is it God the father? No, he's justified you, right? Well then maybe Christ will. Christ Jesus. Will Christ Jesus bring a charge against you? So he says Christ Jesus. Not Jesus Christ Messiah. Jesus Messiah first divine before human, the divine human one.

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But divine first in priority. Right. Christ Jesus is he who died. Yes. Rather, who is raised, who is at the right hand of God and who also intercedes. Messiah. Jesus died, he was raised and he intercedes for us. Where? At the place of favor.

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The place of the firstborn son. So Messiah has died. He having offered what the offer, One sacrifice for sins for all time. He sat down at the right hand of God. In the Hebrews, this is pointing back to the high priest. The high priest never sat down because the high priest continually offered sacrifices, which means there was never enough, it was never sufficient. It was pointing to the day, to a high priest who would come with a sacrifice which would be sufficient so that the high priest could sit down. When he sat down, it means it is finished.

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It's done. It's done. There's no more sacrifice for sin. It's already offered once for all. Hence also he is able. What's he able to do? Saved forever those who draw near to God through him. Since he always lives to do what, you know, he sat down. His role now is to intercede for you to the Father.

Scott Keffer [: 00:25:56

So Paul says, or John says, I write to you that you may not sin, but if anyone sins, we have an advocate. Who's our advocate? Jesus Christ the righteous. Jesus Christ, the righteous. Jesus Christ the righteous. So I love when people call us and say, pray for us by his grace. We tend to. We try and have the habit of praying instantly one, to show that we believe and trust in prayer and to instantly bring that before God. And you can pray, by the way, verbally, you can pray in text.

Scott Keffer [: 00:26:34

When people ask you to pray, just text your prayer back then. It's always encouraging to know that we could pray anytime, anywhere, in any mode, in any mode. And it's good to know because the fact is, sometimes I'll remember to pray for you, sometimes I won't. That's why I pray instantly. And then you think, if I get. If things get really hard, there's the. The top of the prayer list. These are the people who I know will pray and then even if you don't think, you think, well, their prayers count more.

Scott Keffer [: 00:27:06

You still think like, okay, who are the ones that I know their prayers? Like, if it's really a hard thing, I'm getting hold of who, right? But who has more clout with God the Father than Jesus Christ the Son? Why would I pray and hope that anyone else is praying for me? Why would I not pray to the Father through the Son and know that the Son is praying for you? He's advocating for you. And guess what? He doesn't get tired. He doesn't forget, Right? He doesn't. He doesn't weary. He doesn't wonder, what should I pray? All the things that we do right humanly. Jesus Christ is advocating for you. How does that feel? You think if you wonder, am I alone? No, God is for you. And Jesus Christ is advocating for you.

Scott Keffer [: 00:28:03

He's advocating for you. We have an advocate for the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. So then he answer the question, okay, who will bring a charge against God's elect? No one. That's valid, right? But he says, who will separate us from the love of Christ? So now he's going from condemnation to separation, from condemnation to separation. So what's the fear of condemnation, guilt and shame? What's the fear of separation? I'm all alone, right? So if the feeling of guilt and shame cannot condemn us in God's eyes, how about suffering in life's pain? Right? How about suffering in life's pain? Can they undo God's love? That's the next part. That's the next place we'll get, won't we? Well, think about. Okay, so I'm not guilty. I don't ashamed before God.

Scott Keffer [: 00:29:04

But life's. Yeah, life's hard. Life's hard. Is that separating me from the love of God? See, what's he doing? He's answering with his question. Every question that you have, every doubt that you have, every fear that you have, every concern that you have through life, through his questions, he's answering your questions. But what he's getting you to do is answer them yourself. Answer these questions, say the answers out loud. This is the gospel.

Scott Keffer [: 00:29:32

He's saying, save the gospel. Preach it to yourself. He's giving us the questions because we know the answer. These are the answers. So he's saying, Christ's love is limitless. His love is limitless. So. So he's saying, who will separate us from the love of Christ? The Messiah.

Scott Keffer [: 00:29:58

Not the love of Jesus, the love of the defined Messiah, the Promised One, the sent One. And the Spirit of God through the apostle Paul in Ephesians says, paul's praying this. He's praying this. I pray that you'd be strengthened with power through his spirit, so that Christ can dwell in your heart by faith. And that you would be grounded. You would know the breath length, height, depth, and to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled up to all the fullness of Him. He says, now I, I pray that you would be strengthened with power through his spirit. We need spiritual power to know the limitless bounds of Christ's love.

Scott Keffer [: 00:30:47

It's something to pray for. Pray for others, pray for others. Pray for yourself. That you'd be strengthened with power through spirit. Why? So that Christ can dwell in your heart by faith. And that you would be right. You would be grounded in Christ and you would know his love. You would know his love.

Scott Keffer [: 00:31:04

Let's see, if we send out a sonar signal as big as the universe is, at some point it hit the end. If it's limited, it's finite, and it would come back hundreds of millions and billions of. Right. Distance, 90 billion light years, whatever that is, right? If you sent out solar signal in all four directions, in all directions, it would never come back. The price love. Because there's not a limit. There's no end the height and depth, right? What's he saying? That you would know the breadth, length and height and depth. And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge.

Scott Keffer [: 00:31:46

So he's saying, what will separate us? So then I thought, well, what is that about? It's about what makes me feel like God doesn't love me anymore? What makes me feel like that? What makes me feel like that? Or is he paying you back for your sin? Or is he paying you back? You ever feel like he's paying you back? Who's that sin for? He's getting me back for that or because I did this, now he's paying me back. So we have two parts with life's pain and suffering and hardness. One, does it mean God has left me? He left me alone? Or two, is he paying me back? Do I deserve this? I don't deserve that. But do I deserve this? Do I deserve this? So what makes me feel like God doesn't love you? Pain in life. Pain in life makes me feel like God doesn't love me, doesn't it? So he says, will, tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness. Pharaoh short. Well, those are the kind of things that get my attention, that make me feel like God has Left me, right, that I'm separated from God. God's love no longer is valid.

Scott Keffer [: 00:33:23

Maybe he's paying me back. So it's something like this. If God loved you, this wouldn't be happening. You ever feel like that God really loved you? Of course, Job's friends say, hey, according to what I've seen, those who file wrongdoing, harvested like Joe, you're getting what you deserve. He said, they say, right before this, have you ever seen the innocent who dies innocent, Right? So now you got friends, if not the internal accusations. But he says something really important next. He says, just as it is written. Just as it is written.

Scott Keffer [: 00:34:09

Just as it is written. In other words, he's saying, this is known, seen, and purposed from all time. All your pain in life is purpose, providential of God. And so you underline for your sake, because he says, this is because you're his. Now, some of the stuff you go through life is for your sake. In other words, you get your. Your sin gets us into. Yeah, if your sin gets us some of your tribulation and nakedness and peril and sword in life, some of that, you.

Scott Keffer [: 00:34:50

You're. Is your own doing. But he's saying, understand for your sake, this is the result as sheep to be slaughtered. It's part of the deal. If they hated me, they will hate you. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. But he's saying, as it is written, this is not a surprise. This is not a surprise.

Scott Keffer [: 00:35:12

For your sake, Lord Jesus, for your sake. Does he know what it is to experience tribulation? How about distress? How about persecution? How about family? How about nakedness? How about peril? How about swords? Did Jesus know of those things? It says he's been tempted in all ways as you. He isn't tempted. Empathizing. High priest is a sympathizing high priest. You don't call out to him and say, I'm. I'm wondering, because I feel like I've been forsaken. What would he say? I said that I felt that on earth.

Scott Keffer [: 00:35:51

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He says, I've been tempted in all things, yet without sin. What does that mean? Come to me. I will have mercy and grace to help in time of need. Come to me, I will have mercy and grace. Now in time of me, just. That is so he says, yet in all these things, guess what? We overwhelmingly conquer. So he's saying the mindset for us is not, how do I just get out? Which is often what we Think, get out of those situations. How do I just get through? He's saying, no.

Scott Keffer [: 00:36:42

In the midst of it, how should. How will you win? How will you conquer? And not just conquer, how will you overwhelmingly conquer? You can only do it through him who loves us. That's it. There's no way to do it. How can you overwhelmingly conquer? So in the midst of it, the Bible says, we understand, right? In order to be able to stand under, right? Endure is the word, stand under. In order to be able to stand under, we have to understand what we're going through. We have to keep perspective, which is built on the principle that we are called to overwhelmingly conquer. And sometimes it just feels like one foot in front of the other, right? That's all I can do is get up out of bed, put one foot in front of the other.

Scott Keffer [: 00:37:44

Other times it feels like I can. You know this. But he says, right? He says he will mount up with wings like eagles. You will run and not grow tired. You will not walk and not become weary. Those who wait, those who wait upon the Lord, those who wait upon the Lord. So he's saying, the principle is that we will be overwhelming conquerors, which is hard to feel like that, right? You're in midst of tribulation or distress or persecution. But he's saying, the principle is we have been called to overwhelmingly conquer.

Scott Keffer [: 00:38:22

Keep that perspective. And it's through him who loved you. So we go back to where we began. So he says, so what do you say? So he's saying, what do you say? Not just what I say, what is the Bible saying, but what do you say about these things? What do you say? So Paul says, right. The Spirit of God through Apostle Paul says, I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, 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 Christ our Lord. So he's saying, be convinced. Be convinced.

Scott Keffer [: 00:39:15

For the Gospel, for believers, the question is, will accusations come? I write, they will. Accusations will indeed come. Question is whether you will listen to the voices that God himself has already silenced, the voices without and the voices within. When the Judge has justified you, no charge can stand. When the Son has died and risen for you, no condemnation can succeed when Christ himself intercedes for you. No failure can undo you. No failure can undo you. When God has set his love upon you in Christ, no suffering, no fear, and no power in heaven or on earth can separate you from that love.

Scott Keffer [: 00:40:06

So when the accusations rise, don't answer them with emotion and uncertainty. Answer them with the verdict of heaven. God is the one who justifies. And rest there. And rest there. The gospel from the leaders. The gospel of Christ Jesus. All right, write down insight, folks.

Scott Keffer [: 00:40:40

We had a question, comment, concern, insight. You're not alone, okay? And in the, in the growth as a Christian, when you're first come to Christ, he answers quickly. The longer you go, the longer the answers delay. Because he's teaching you to live by faith and trust in his character, right? So if you wonder what does it seem like? That's why having principles on which we keep perspective, we got to keep perspective. Because he's saying, right is as you grow up, as you grow up, he gives affirmation, Right. He affirms things for you, but he's teaching us to live upon the truth. Right. We walk by faith, not by sight.

Scott Keffer [: 00:41:42

Yeah, that's good. Goodness. Who else? Yeah. Sometimes you might say, wonder, if the Lord answers all my prayers, where would I be? Is good. You know, every one of these, I hope you see, every one of these questions is not for him. He knows the answer. Every one of these questions is for you to address the fear and the concern, Right. And the doubt and the.

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The falsehood of what we might be believing, Right? So he walks us through a way to. To calm every concern, to speak to every doubt, to give you assurance for every fear that you have. Because God is. If God is for us, who is against us? Who is against us? Well, Father, in heaven, we can't but stand in awe of your mercies. Your loving kindness is everlasting foreign. We're humbled, Lord, by your goodness. We're blessed, Lord Jesus, by the work that you accomplished and all that we have in and through. And so I pray for folks here that you would strengthen them with power through your spirit so that Christ can dwell in their heart by faith and they being rooted and grounded in love, they may be able to comprehend the breadth, length, height and depth and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge that they may be filled up to all the fullness of you now, to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.

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To him be the glory to you be the glory, Father, in the church and in your son, the Lord Jesus Christ, both now and forever. And all your people said, amen. Amen. Amen. May he bless you and may he keep you. May cause his face to shine upon you. And may he lift up his countenance and grant you His Shalom, that you would rest, you would rest, you would rest in his limitless love, the love of Christ, and to know that nothing will separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Both now for eternity.

Scott Keffer [: 00:43:56

Amen.

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Thanks for listening. I hope you have greater hope, assurance and confidence in your life and a deeper trust in the God of the Bible and His Son, Jesus Christ. Until next time. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. And may the Lord lift up his countenance on you and give you his peace, His Shalom in your soul and in your life. Until next time. May God bless you and keep you.

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