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Love Without End (Romans 8:31-39)
12 Plays6 days ago
Sunday Message recorded 15 February 2026
by Senior Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church - Columbus, TX, USA
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934
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Introduction to God's Unending Love
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There's a passage of scripture that I would like to share with you that's found in Romans chapter 8, right at the end, verses 31 through 39. And I feel like that this passage reminds us how great the Lord's love is. But the thing that comes across loud and clear with each verse is this, that His love is a love without end.
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And so that's what I want to share with you today. But sometimes even people who are Christians really do not understand how great his love is. Maybe, maybe there's some people who don't care how great God's love is. Maybe there's some who really have never had it demonstrated. They've never read
Parallel of Timothy Gray's Inheritance
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about it. They've never seen it There was a man named Timothy Henry Gray who died in Wyoming.
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A group of children sledding down a hill discovered his body underneath a railroad overpass. He was a homeless man and he froze to death at 60 years of age.
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But what's really shocking... He died homeless because he didn't
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from an estate that was worth three hundred and seven million dollars but just think he died homeless because he didn't know or because he didn't care. I pray that today, after I share this passage, you will know about God's everlasting love that he has for each one of you.
The Song 'Nothing' and Romans 8
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As a matter of fact, since I'm the pastor, I get to say which song that they would sing last. And guess what I picked? I picked a song that matches exactly what the Lord laid on my heart to share with you from Romans 8, 31 to know why picked but you know why why i picked it because they sing about it. In this last song they're gonna come and sing, it's called Nothing.
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Nothing can separate you from God's love. Nothing, nothing. And so that's the song they're gonna sing after I give the words from God's word. But we felt like it would be more impactful if you see how God makes these promises and then they sing it and you let it soak in and then we extend the gospel invitation.
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So that's what's ahead. But I just wanted to share this passage with you from Romans 8, verses 31 to
Reading and Assurance from Romans 8:31-39
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39. Would you stand in honor of God's Word? and Let me read through this passage. It's great.
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What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things.
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Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies, who is to condemn Christ Jesus, the the one who died.
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More than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
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Shall tribulation or distress or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword. As it is written, for your sake we're being killed all the day long.
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We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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For I'm sure that neither death nor life nor angels, nor princes that nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 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.
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Let's pray together. Lord, speak to us through your word. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you. You may be seated. Did you catch it twice in this patches?
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It tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. It's found in verse 35, mentioned again in verse 39.
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But I want you to listen to what is described in verse 32 as these unending
Five Eternal Gifts from God's Love
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gifts. He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
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What kind of things? Would you like a new BMW or new Mercedes? Not those kind of things. I think there are some things that you can't buy at a car dealership.
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You can't buy them in a store. I want to share with you five gifts that this passage says that we have in Christ, in his love. And I believe it demonstrates that his love for you, his love for me, it'll never end.
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Let's look at them together. First, did you know that you have God's favor? Did you know that regardless of how you sometimes feel, regardless of your interpretation of your circumstances, God says, I'm not against you.
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I'm for you. You know, some people say that the if there really in the Hebrew, it's not if it's since. since God is for us, who can be against us?
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God's love will never end because Christ never sinned. That's why he never sinned. And so just think about how that's why God's love will for you will never end. Maybe you would say, yeah, but you don't know what I've done. Even since I prayed to receive Christ, even since I submitted my life to Christ, I failed the Lord.
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It's not based on you. It's based on him. It's based on the finished work of Jesus Christ. And because Christ never sinned, God's love for you will never end.
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He will always be in your corner. He loves you so much more than you could ever imagine. That's why Eliza Hunt wrote a hymn about it and said, my faith has found A resting place.
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Not in device or creed. i trust the ever living one whose wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument. I need no other plea.
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it is enough. that Jesus died and that he died for me. And God will always be for you because of the finished work of Christ.
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It's not your perfect obedience to Christ. It was his perfect obedience to the father. Let's move to the second thing. How about forgiveness? We also find forgiveness through Christ. In this passage, you'll count countless questions. Why don't you just scan through there with your eye and look at the number of question marks.
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There's so many. Sometimes they're asking what? Other times they're asking who? Sometimes they're asking how? But here in verses 33 and 34, we're asked, who?
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Romans chapter 8 begins with the truth. Get this. Romans 8, 1 begins with this. There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. No condemnation.
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You ever ever feel condemned? Even after you've trusted Christ? Even after you've said, i rest only in the shed blood of Jesus Christ forever? Even after, sometimes we can feel condemned. Of course, Satan, the accuser of the brethren, wants to accuse us before God.
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But that doesn't erase the forgiveness that we have available to us in Christ. That's why as you get to the end of the chapter, it's no longer, there's no condemnation. You know what it also says?
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There's no separation.
Justification and the Great Exchange
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There's no separation because god's never God's love for you is never going to end. What a wonderful thing. you know Sin is the great separator, right?
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It's the great separator. And so it says, what if somebody brings a charge against you, your past? What if someone says, I've got a right to condemn you because of your past? Right?
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Maybe you'd say, you know what? The reason that even though you say that about me, it's not true is because God justified me in Christ. Do you know what justified means?
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It means to be declared righteous. We're not righteous. So how did this take place? Second Corinthians 5 21 says, for our sake, that's me. That's you. That's all of us who have put our faith and trust in Christ for our sake.
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He made him, God the Father made Jesus to be sin knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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So when Jesus died on the cross, it's like there was a great exchange. All of your sins, all of my sins were laid upon Christ in all of his righteousness was somehow placed upon us.
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It was credited to our account. Isn't that great news? That's unending love. that That's what Jesus did for us. But there's a third thing, the future, the future that we have with Christ.
Christ's Resurrection and Assurance of Eternal Life
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Look at verse 34. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died.
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More than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God. do you know the significance of the resurrection? I believe this these verses, they tell us about the significance of the resurrection.
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You see, the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is this. When he died on the cross, when he was placed in the tomb, was that it? Or did God the Father say, i accept the The price that Jesus, my son, gave for all the world. You know how we can know that God accepted it?
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Because God raised him. And God said, my son never sinned. My son does not deserve death. My son deserves life everlasting. And so he raised him from the dead. So the father's acceptance of Christ's sacrifice, but also notice something else that's included. Did you see it He was raised. That's right. But then what happened?
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Who is at the right hand of God? do you remember the ascension of Christ when he went back to be with the father? The father has a place at his right hand.
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I don't mean any disrespect to you lefties that's in the room, but all I'm saying is the right hand is typically the strong hand. It's typically the arm. It's the place of authority.
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So the highest place of authority in the throne room of God, when God says to Jesus, you deserve a seat, my son, right here beside me. It's the place of authority.
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Unbridled authority. it's incredible that that's Christ's seed. And that's why, that's why, because he's there. Because death didn't end it. That's why you can have assurance of your salvation.
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You can have assurance of your salvation because of the fourth thing. You know, the fourth way that I know that God's love is unending?
Christ's Intercession and Believers' Assurance
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Because of the friendship that you and I have in Christ.
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What does it say at the end of verse 34? Who indeed is... interceding interceding for who for us for you for me for all of us he knows we're all broken and that's why jesus takes his seat and so for all eternities there that one belongs to me you see that lady you see that man you see that boy you see that girl oh they trusted in my finished work for them on the cross And so I thought, it's amazing that he does that. I almost think of intercession as sort of like intervention.
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It's intervention. And so we can go to the throne of grace at any time and say, Lord, would you help me through this? Lord, I don't think I'm going to make it through this. And so Jesus is there. Yes, Father, that one belongs to me.
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Let's listen to what they're asking. You know, Robert Murray McShane was a Scottish Presbyterian preacher from many years ago. You know what he said about Christ's intercession for us?
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This is a direct quote. If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. It's a long way to heaven. Yet distance makes no difference.
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He is praying for me. He is in the next room praying for you. He is interceding for us, intervening for us. I love Hebrews 7, 24 and 25 because it emphasized the the high priesthood of Jesus Christ.
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And it says, he holds his priesthood, get this, permanently. He holds his priesthood permanently because he continues forever.
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Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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Man, that's good news. That means his love for me will never end. And because his love for me will never end, he says, you can count on me. I've got your back. I'm right here with the Father, and I'm going to keep on representing you to the Father.
The Inseparability from Christ's Love
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Well, let me close with one last thing. The faithfulness.
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The faithfulness of Christ. You know, verse 35 brings up the primary question that drives the rest of the chapter. Verse 35 says, who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
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So the issue there is assurance. You know what? He's faithful and nothing. There's nothing that can separate us from the love of Christ. As a matter of fact, 2 Timothy 2 verse 13 says, if we if we are faithless, listen closely to what comes next. If we are faithless, He remains faithful. Amen.
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Whoa, man, that is powerful stuff. That means that whatever the contender is that's saying, hey, I'm going to take this one away from you, Father. Nope, because he lists all these different things, none of which can separate us from the love of Christ. You look at that verse 35 carefully.
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Outward pressure of tribulation, that can't separate you from the love of Christ. Inward turmoil of distress, that can't separate you from the love of Christ. Relentless harm of persecution, that can't separate you from the love of Christ.
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Complete deprivation of famine, that can't separate you from the love of Christ. Severe exposure of nakedness, that cannot separate you from the love of Christ. Relentance. What about ongoing threat of danger?
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That can't separate you from the love of Christ. What about mortal threat of the sword? That can't separate you from the love of Christ. You know, Paul gives a biblical reason why all of that is so true in verse 36. He quotes from Psalm 44 verse 22, where they're lamenting and they're saying, I don't understand why righteous people and good people, why people who follow God, why they have to suffer, why they go through so many different things.
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And so the New Testament is clear right off the start. You follow a Christ. It doesn't mean you're going to have an easy road for the rest of your life. There may come suffering into your life. So maybe you'd say, well, then we're all just a bunch of losers.
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No. No, we're not losers. Look at verse 37 very carefully. Read every part of that verse. The Bible shouts the word, no, no, Christians are not losers.
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In Christ we win. We're more than conquerors through him who loves us is what it says. It's like a preposition in the Greek that means over and above combined with a verb that means to prevail in conflict means over.
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That we, we win. We win in spite of persecution for Christ. And we win because of persecution for Christ. You know, from verses 31 to 37, it's like Paul's been given a logical argument.
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Just like an attorney in a courtroom. He's been given a logical argument, right? But man, he changes. Somehow he turns a corner when he gets to verse 38 and listen to him share from his heart. It's like he opens up his heart. And here's what he says.
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For I am sure What are you sure about, Paul? I'm sure that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. I am sure that I'm eternally secure in Christ, not because of me, but because of him, because of what he did for me.
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And so I just think, thank you, God.
Analogy of the Shadow and Eternal Life
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I heard a story about Donald Gray Barnhouse, a great theologian, and his wife died.
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his children were still very young. And they were on the way back from the funeral. And everybody in the car was sad. and a big truck passes by them. And it's like a shadow goes by over the car. And he thought, that's what I feel. We're in a dark shadow.
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And then the Holy Spirit said, no, that's part of the message you need to share with the kids right now. And he thought, what message? And then all of a sudden, he remembered Psalm 23.
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Yea, though I walk through. the valley of the shadow of death. So he said, that's it. So he said, kids, I want you to listen to your father.
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He said, your mother, how do you feel about your mother's death? One said, well, it's almost like, well, he sees the truck go by. It's like a big truck has run over us and we're all in pain. We're all broken.
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And he said, let me ask you a question. Would you rather be hit by a truck than Or would you rather be covered by the shadow of the truck?
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and the And the little girl in the back raised her hand said, Daddy, I know the answer to that. It's easy. I would rather go through the shadow of the big truck rather than be hit by the big truck. Because if you go through the shadow of the truck, there's no pain.
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He said, kids, God just reminded me that your mama, she went through the valley of the shadow of death. but she has no pain because she's with the Lord in heaven. It never ends, see?
Weather Vane Symbolism of God's Love
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon was walking with a friend in the countryside and he happened to notice that there was a weather vane on top of an old barn. And that weather vane would move as the wind was blowing and they were walking down the road. And on the weather vane, I don't know if it was in the shape of an arrow or what, but it had a message on there.
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And the message said, God loves you. So Spurgeon saw it and he thought about it and he said, you know what? That that sign up there on top of that weather vane, that really makes me mad.
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And his friend said, why would that make you mad? He said, it makes me mad because God's love for us is not like a weather vane. It's not going to be here one day and gone the next day.
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And the friend said, you know way more than me about these things, Charles, but I'm humbly going to give you something to think about. he said, okay, what is that? He said, I think you misunderstood the meaning.
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He said, I think that what they're saying is regardless of which way the wind blows in life, God still loves you. And he's like, whoa, I learned something today. you know I hope you learned something from Romans 8, 31-39.
Conclusion: Everlasting Love of God
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You know, this is a really profound passage. There's so much that could be said and should be said from this passage. But I think at the same time, even though there's so much that's profound in here, it's very simple what the message is.
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You see, the simple message is this, that God's love is without end. See, God loved you yesterday. And God loves you today. And you know what?
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God's going to love you tomorrow. And God's going to love you 10,000 years from now. You know why? Because His love is everlasting. His love never changes.
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And because... Nothing, nothing can separate you from the love of Christ. want to invite Amy and Gary to come and sing my favorite song on their Story Man album. And it's just simply entitled so appropriately based on the facts of scripture.
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Nothing.
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