Easter ... in it's own words
What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
Today, Easter, I don't have the words to say what this day symbolizes for me personally. I would not try to articulate what this day means for the entire world. In a rare excercise on my part, I write no words. The words have already been written. Enjoy!
"Since he did not
spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't he also give us
everything else?
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Who dares accuse us
whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right
standing with himself.
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Who then will
condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for
us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for
us.
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Can anything ever
separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have
trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in
danger, or threatened with death?
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(As the Scriptures
say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered
like sheep." [fn])
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No, despite all
these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
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And I am convinced
that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, [fn] neither our fears for today nor
our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from
God's love.
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No power in the sky
above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able
to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our
Lord."
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