Paul's Thundering Climactic Crescendo

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Romans 8:38-39

38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 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.

 
 

Romans chapter 8 is like a symphonic movement with various musical themes appearing and then reappearing, all the while the piece is building to its breathtaking final measures, and here we have arrived at Paul’s thundering climactic crescendo.

Paul concludes his reassurance to the Romans not with precise argument but with ten poetic phrases that are meant to represent anything and everything that is arrayed against those who are in Christ Jesus. There is literally nothing in the created order that can take us out of God’s love because God is the one true Creator, and all things ultimately answer to Him.

The gift of Christ Jesus is proof of God’s love, and the believer ought to find peace and strength in that fact.