{"id":6876,"date":"2021-09-29T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:25:26","slug":"a-love-that-will-not-let-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6876","title":{"rendered":"A LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET GO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.6435-9\/242600738_2981829685404746_6013804139678550537_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=825194&amp;_nc_ohc=w2i5zinzoUsAX_BEZcH&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&amp;oh=3572d1275d108215ea1c93186e7f7726&amp;oe=617A3A31\" alt=\"May be an image of text that says 'A LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET GO ROMANS 8: 1-39'\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/A-Love-That-Will-Not-Let-Go-Romans-81-39-message-by-Rev.-Richard-Jones.-T.mp3\">A Love That Will Not Let Go, Romans 81-39 message by Rev. Richard Jones. T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>A LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET GO<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Romans 8: 31-39<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PRAISE WORTHY WONDERS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>No Guilty Verdict\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 1-2\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.\u00a0<strong><sup>2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For the law of\u00a0the Spirit of life\u00a0has set you\u00a0free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Adopted in Love\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 15-16\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For\u00a0you did not receive\u00a0the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of\u00a0adoption as sons, by whom we cry,\u00a0\u201cAbba! Father!\u201d\u00a0<strong><sup>16\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Glories Promised\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 18 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For I consider that the sufferings of this present time\u00a0are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>2 Corinthians 4: 16-18<\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>So we do not lose heart.\u00a0Though our outer self\u00a0is wasting away,\u00a0our inner self\u00a0is being renewed day by day.\u00a0<strong><sup>17\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For\u00a0this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,\u00a0<strong><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Help in Prayer\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 26-27\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Weaving for Good\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 28\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And we know that for those who love God all things work together\u00a0for good,\u00a0for\u00a0those who are called according to his purpose.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>THE TRUTH OF PROVISION\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 31-32\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>What then shall we say to these things?\u00a0If God is for us, who can be\u00a0against us?\u00a0<strong><sup>32\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>He who did not spare his own Son but\u00a0gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Matthew 6: 25-33<\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cTherefore I tell you,\u00a0do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?\u00a0<strong><sup>26\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.\u00a0Are you not of more value than they?\u00a0<strong><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his\u00a0span of life?\u00a0<strong><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,\u00a0<strong><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>yet I tell you,\u00a0even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.\u00a0<strong><sup>30\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you,\u00a0O you of little faith?\u00a0<strong><sup>31\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Therefore do not be anxious, saying, \u201d\u02dcWhat shall we eat?\u201d\u2122 or \u201d\u02dcWhat shall we drink?\u201d\u2122 or \u201d\u02dcWhat shall we wear?\u201d\u2122\u00a0<strong><sup>32\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For\u00a0the Gentiles seek after all these things, and\u00a0your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.\u00a0<strong><sup>33\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But\u00a0seek first\u00a0the kingdom of God and his righteousness,\u00a0and all these things will be added to you.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>THE TRUTH OF PARDON \u00a0\u00a0Romans 8: 33-34 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who shall bring any charge against God&#8217;s elect?\u00a0It is God who justifies.\u00a0<strong><sup>34\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died\u201d\u201dmore than that, who was raised\u201d\u201dwho is at the right hand of God,\u00a0who indeed is interceding for us.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>THE TRUTH OF PRESERVATION\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Romans 8:35-37\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?\u00a0<strong><sup>36\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>As it is written, \u201cFor your sake\u00a0we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.\u201d <strong><sup>37\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>No, in all these things we are more than\u00a0conquerors through\u00a0him who loved us.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>THE TRUTH OF PERMANENCE\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8: 38-39<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,\u00a0<strong><sup>39\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Love That Will Not Let Go, Romans 81-39 message by Rev. Richard Jones. 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