“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight…” ~Colossians 1: 19-22 (KJV)
The Scriptures are crystal clear: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall (1)tribulation, or (2)distress, or (3)persecution, or (4)famine, or (5)nakedness, or (6)peril, or (7)sword? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither (1)death, nor (2)life, nor (3)angels, nor (4)principalities, nor (5)powers, nor (6)things present, nor (7)things to come, nor (8)height, nor (9)depth, nor (10)any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [*Romans 8: 35, 37-39 (KJV)]” The sheer irony of it all, is that no one and nothing can separate us from The Unconditional & All-Inclusive, Perfect Love of Our Heavenly Father in Christ Jesus; no, not even our own unbelief! Our unbelief can never change how our Father sees us; much less, the love that He holds in His Heart toward us. However, those who continue to arrange themselves under subjection to the Law (notice the “10” specific things listed above) will perceive… in their minds… that their Father’s love has changed toward them, through encountering life’s circumstances. They will feel as if they have failed in relation to their application of some performance requirements or obedience standards, that have been misconstrued from the Dead Letter of Scripture. “If God is so loving, then why would He allow this to happen unto me? I must be ‘missing it’ somewhere, ‘doing something wrong’!” But this is the cursed mentality of the Law. This is the same mentality that allegedly believes in, knows God; yet somehow, is perfectly okay with the multitude… even, myriad… of excuses that can separate us from the love of one another.
