Law, rules, regulations do not change us, they cannot and will not change mankind. The Pharisees kept revising the law to make sure it covered every little possibility of sin, but none of their efforts ever changed the heart of even one man. In the same way, we can regulate and regulate, but all it does is point out the gap between us and God. For many of us, it appears that this country and the whole world perhaps, has started down a slippery slope that can only end in disaster. We can spend all of our time, pointing out the failures of others or of the law. But it will not change the course, it will not change what lies before any of us. It will get worse and it may get a lot worse for some of us. We cannot stop the consequences of sin and we cannot stop the plans of God. All we can cling to are the words of someone like Paul who could foresee a bleak future for his mortal body, but hope for a life in Christ.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:37-39 NIV
Nothing, not any natural disaster, not any bank failure, not any governmental collapse, not even a descent into lawlessness and chaos can separate us from the love of God. Nothing.
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