Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall…nakedness…? Romans 8:35e
The question asked is a personal one. Not “what” can separate us but “who”?
The inference is our enemy, Satan, who tries every tactic he can garner to make
us think we can be separated from Christ’s love. Today we look at his tactic of
“nakedness.”
In the northeast part of China there was a severe flood. Most of the homes
were ruined and peoples’ belongings were totally destroyed. There was a couple
who were not Christians. The wife was paralyzed from the waist down. They lost
everything in the flood so the husband bought some poison pills and was going to
give them to his wife and then also take them himself so they could both commit
suicide.
They had no place to live so they could only lie on the ground at the train
station. They were ragged and filthy with nowhere to bathe and without food. A
Christian walked by, saw and smelled them, and asked them what happened. He then
invited them to his home. The Christian even carried the crippled wife on his
back. This Christian had his wife bathe and clothe the crippled wife. He bathed
and clothed the husband. Then they gave them food and shared the gospel with
them and this couple committed their lives to Jesus.
The husband of the couple said that they could see from the lives of their
hosts that God is real and is a God of love.
The whole church helped this couple to build a house and it also later became
a house church meeting place.
RESPONSE: I will live this day aware that nakedness can never separate me
from Christ’s love.
PRAYER: Lord, give me eyes of love to help those who need You and also
need a practical example of Your love for them.