This chapter outlines awesome privilege we believers receive through Christ. We receive salvation; we are no longer controlled by sin, we are heirs to His glory, the Spirit lives within us and communicates to the Father for us, verse 31 even says, “If God is with us who can be against us?” Through Jesus, we cannot be condemned, and He continues to intervene on our behalf.
With a list of gifts given through Jesus, verse 35 asked the question, When trouble comes ‘Does it mean He no longer loves us? This question could seem out of place in a chapter after a list of favors God has given His children. Having full knowledge of being loved by God, assurance is needed when suffering.
35 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?...37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
Children often communicate what is in their heart better than adults. This may be because they haven’t learned to mask their feelings. While I sat with a little girl and talked about her parent’s divorce, she said clearly, “If God loves me, why is this happening?” Many adults ask the same question in times of trouble. I had asked God this question when dealing with overwhelming life circumstances. Understanding our fragility as humans, God makes it clear in verse 39 nothing changes God’s love for us.
Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 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.
Jesus let us know that we will have trouble in this world. We can take heart our Lord not only offers salvation, He has a never-ending love for us, He is always with us, strengthen us, and lift us up with His righteous hand. The picture of this in my mind's eye is a Father extending a hand to help his child who has fallen