Lesson 43 April 14, 2002

Ø Where or how does vs:36 fit here?

- This is the attitude of Satan and the World/kosmos towards believers.

- This is clearly hard to identify with.

- PRIN: No matter how tough the situation is, even to the point of martyrdom, You are Christ's, you are in Him, and absolutely nothing can separate you from Him, ever!!

8:37 The Conquest of Suffering;

"But in all these things..."

#1 Quality of the victory =

#2 Comprehensiveness of the victory =

#3 Fact/reality of is predictable, why? =

- loved is a participle;

Do you think the force of the loved is present or a past tense?

How is it that we know love?

* The cross not only provides the power to save but also to live a holy and separated life, and to be able to live out His purpose for you, to become conformed to the image of His Son!

Rom. 8:38-39 Settled convictions

- For I am convinced that and the rest of the 2 verses fills in what he is convinced about.

- Peitho speaks of being persuaded or convinced by the facts of something; the facts of the case;

* Principle: Settled convictions result from truth of the Word communicated through teaching.

Settled convictions are needed if there is to be growth.

- Elements needed for settled convictions:

1. availability of truth

2. teaching of that truth

3. believing of that truth learned

- Is it possible to know truth if truth doesn't exist??

A fundamental issue that you must answer is this, has God spoken or has only man spoken?

- The whole purpose of the church is to teach the truth, make it available so that you can build a conscience, a F/O/R, so that you have settled conclusions, so that you can also say as did Paul I have been convinced on the basis of a solid foundation of DVPT.

Look at 1 Tim 3:15.

- The list here in vs:38 starts where vs:35 left off.

- Actually see 5 groupings here;

#1 death/life

#2 angels/principalities/powers

#3 things present/things to come

#4 height/depth

#5 any other created thing

#1 death/life this describes our condition of existence in life - no condition of existence whether death or life can separate us from the love of God.

#2 angels/principalities/powers = no preternatural can separate us from the love of God! i.e. supernatural

Whose greater? God or these angels, principalities and powers??

#3 things present/things to come idea here is the dimension of time;

Is there a stronger passage in the Word of God that your aware of than this one to develop our confidence and assurance as to our standing with God and His love for us?