Contrary to what some believe its not that easy to get separated from our Father. The Father and Jesus dealt with the sin issue over 2000 years ago, so with that hurdle out of the road, we can confess and get on with living in our unbroken relationship with our God.
Rom 8:31-39
31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 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.
Paul, addressing a pagan audience told them: "For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'". Acts 17:28
God remains intimately involved with his beloved image bearers, even though they don't even recognise that.
We all need to ponder these verses and let their significance get into our innermost being. God does not separate Himself from us. He loves us far too much, even in our rebellion .."while we were still enemies..."
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