NOVEMBER 12, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

NOVEMBER 12 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Deuteronomy 7:9-11

"Nothing can separate you from the love of God which is Christ Jesus our Lord." Nothing means nothing! In the 8th chapter of Romans, Paul had just gone through an extensive and exhaustive list of categories that we humans might assume would cause us to be separated from God...things that would cause us to no longer be His children, or have His salvation. When he got through with the list his biblical conclusion was, because of who God is, that separation, that loss of salvation, was impossible. God's promise to those who come to Him through His Son, Jesus, is eternal life. His gift of salvation is unconditional...in the sense that once He gives it to you it is held by Him and no one can take it out of His mighty hands!

When you think about your salvation can you tell me what you did to merit it? You can't earn it...you can't buy it...you can't be good enough for it...you didn't have a certain gifting or talents that demanded that God save you, because He needed you. No the Scripture makes it clear that we are saved by "grace through faith." It is not a work of ourselves, "lest anyone should boast." It is genuinely the gift of salvation...and because it is God who gives it....it is irrevocable. This is the point where we start with the lists of "what ifs?" Have you noticed yet in your reading of Scripture that there is no list of "what ifs" that cause you to lose your salvation, or would cause the Lord to leave you? If one is biblically saved, they are eternally saved. Our salvation is based upon God's promise and when God promises something, He always fulfills that promise, completely. Now that is good news!

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