WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST?

 
 OCTOBER 19.
 

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Romans 8:35
 

CAN any thing occur which Jesus did not know?
 
Can any enemy arise foe whom Jesus is not prepared?
 
Did he know the end from the beginning?
 
Was he acquainted with all that is in us,
  with all that would be done by us, and
  with all that would happen to us,
   when he set his love upon us?
 
If he did not, can he be God?
 
If he did, is it likely that he will allow any thing which
  he foresaw from eternity, to separate us from his love?
 
Beloved, there is nothing new to Jesus,
  there can be nothing new;
  therefore as he fixed his love upon us,
  knowing the very worst of us,
  he will not allow any thing to turn away his love from us.
 
Once united to Christ, we remain united for ever.
 
Having loved his own, he loved them unto the end.
 
We may therefore look around upon all that threatens us,
  upon all that discourages us,
  upon all that is calculated to fill us with alarm, and ask,
  “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
   I am persuaded, that nothing shall be able to separate
    us from the love of God, which is in
     Christ Jesus our Lord.”
 
Sweet truth this.
 
Lord help me to take the comfort of it.
 

No separation! cheers my heart,

And bids my fears subside;

My soul and Jesus cannot part,

For me he lived and died.

 
James Smith 1849