Romans 8:35-39 Briefly Expounded

Who [not What – for the seven adversities hereafter enumerated are caused by Christ’s enemies] shall separate us from the love of Christ [Christ’s love to us]? ...

[1] shall tribulation [outward afflictions inflicted by the wicked], ...

[2] or distress [inward afflictions caused by outward afflictions], ...

[3] or persecution [cruel treatment from the wicked], ...

[4] or famine [deprivation of food by the wicked], ...

[5] or nakedness [deprivation of other necessities by the wicked], ...

[6] or peril [danger of death from the wicked], ...

[7] or sword [death itself inflicted by the wicked – which is the climax of the preceding six, which are in ascending order]? ...

As it is written [in Psalm 44:22] ‘For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors [not merely conquerors, but glorious conquerors] through Him that loved us [Jesus Christ]. For I am persuaded [beyond any shadow of a doubt], that ...

[1] neither death [which separates us from this present life], ...

[2] nor life [with all its distractions], ...

[3] nor angels [fallen and evil ones], ...

[4] nor principalities [including the chiefest evil angels, especially Satan the devil], ...

[5] nor powers [including the strongest demons (e.g., the “more wicked” ones in Matthew 12:45)], ...

[6] nor things present [difficulties of this present time], ...

[7] nor things to come [difficulties lying in the future], ...

[8] nor height [anything in the heavens above us], ...

[9] nor depth [anything in the earth beneath us], ...

[10] nor any other creature [whatever or whomever it may be], ...

shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

–preacher Daniel Parks

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