THE INSEPARABLE LOVE OF GOD
Hope Alive – Part 6
Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
February 7, 2021

Romans 8:39 (NLT)
No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:26–27 (ESV)
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

1 Peter 1:3–5 (ESV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Three ministries of the Holy Spirit:
• Regeneration

Romans 8:9 (ESV)
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

• Sanctification

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)
So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

• Security

Romans 8:26 (ESV)
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Ephesians 1:13–14 (ESV)
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

1 John 1:10 (ESV)
If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us

Romans 8:26
“…the Holy Spirit makes intercession.”

Intercede: To rescue someone in very great danger with no resources on his own.

1 John 2:1 (ESV)
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Romans 8:27
“And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit…”

1 Samuel 16:7 “Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.”

1 Kings 8:39 “You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men.”

1 Chronicles 28:9 “The Lord searches every heart, understands every motive.”

Acts 1:24 “Lord, You know every man’s heart.”

Romans 8:28 (ESV)
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 16:22 (ESV)
22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!