31What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us? 32God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else? 33If God says his chosen ones are acceptable to him, can anyone bring charges against them? 34Or can anyone condemn them? No indeed! Christ died and was raised to life, and now he is at God's right side, speaking to him for us. 35Can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering, and hard times, or hunger and nakedness, or danger and death? 36It is exactly as the Scriptures say, "For you we face death all day long. We are like sheep on their way to be butchered."
37In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves us. 38I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love--not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, 39and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Religulous is a 2008 documentary film written by and starring comedian Bill Maher. The title of the film is derived from the words "religion" and "ridiculous"; the documentary examines and mocks organized religion and religious belief.
I doubt that God is either amused or intimidated. Maher can rant and rave with all the pomposity he can muster and nothing changes. Only one person has ever been able to shape reality with His words...God. As the bumper sticker says: "God's house...God's rules!"
God has chosen to satisfy the demands of the Law with the Blood of His Son....and ONLY the Blood of His Son. And so, when you and I are willing to take a "leap of faith" and claim Christ's work for our own lives...all the condemnation in the world cannot stick to us. We're like spiritual teflon.
Not that the world won't try. Most of the world still has other ideas...their own rules.
The world's great religions reject God's rules...and call us infidels
Satan can whisper in our ears...and call us hypocrites
Our own sin can eat away at our conscience...and call us pathetic
Bill Maher can laugh...and call us fools
Nevertheless..."God's house...God's rules!" None of it shapes realtiy. None of it will stick. I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love--not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!
This is a positive Gospel that should ovewhelm us. It should fill us with such a sense of thanksgiving that we cannot imagine a critical thought toward others...just prayers...that they too will some day recognize the Good News as we have.
Live boldly out there today...
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