无条件的保证
罗马书八章31至39节
31既是这样，还有甚么说的呢？神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？
32神既不爱惜自己的儿子为我们众人舍了，岂不也把万物和他一同白白地赐给我们吗？
33谁能控告神所拣选的人呢？有神称他们为义了（注：或作“是称他们为义的神吗？”）。
34谁能定他们的罪呢？有基督耶稣已经死了，而且从死里复活，现今在神的右边，也替我们祈求。（注：“有基督云云”，或作“是已经死了，而且从死里复活，现今在神的右边，也替我们祈求的基督耶稣吗？”）
35谁能使我们与基督的爱隔绝呢？难道是患难吗？是困苦吗？是逼迫吗？是饥饿吗？是赤身露体吗？是危险吗？是刀剑吗？
36如经上所记：“我们为你的缘故终日被杀，人看我们如将宰的羊。”
37然而，靠着爱我们的主，在这一切的事上已经得胜有余了。
38因为我深信无论是死、是生，是天使、是掌权的，是有能的，是现在的事、是将来的事，
39是高处的、是低处的，是别的受造之物，都不能叫我们与神的爱隔绝；这爱是在我们的主基督耶稣里的。
信息分享
有时，我们发现保证书只能提供特定方面的保证，并不全面；而且，人的保证也不长久。
可是，保罗在第八章的最后一段经文，却为我们在基督里获得完全安稳的保障，提供了无条件的保证。让我们再读一遍38-39节。
当罗马基督徒读完保罗这封书信不久，他们便遭遇严峻的逼迫。保罗可能预料到逼迫的发生，便提醒他们作好准备，并在信仰上坚固他们。按照人的本性，当我们遇到逼迫的时候，往往会对神产生质疑。在这个时刻，我们就特别需要神的话语来坚固我们的信心。保罗在此向我们清楚展示，神对我们的爱能经得起任何考验。
许多东西（或者人）都会威胁我们在基督里的安全感。但保罗说：「神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？」对我们构成威胁的东西，难道比我们的神更伟大吗？
我们很容易被环境因素影响，失去安全感。但保罗在此重申，真的没有任何东西能叫神的保证无效。「无论是死，是生……」无论是目前的境况，或将来发生的事，都不能使神在基督里的保证失效。
对于你在基督里的身份，你还需要进一步的保证吗？请翻看约翰福音十章27至30节，看看基督说的甚么。相信它！信靠它！在基督里重新立志信靠。由此刻至永恒，你在祂里面已得着完全的安稳。
牢记的经文：请读希伯来书六章19节。
AN UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE
Romans 8: 31-39
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”[c]
37Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Message
Sometimes we discover the warranty covers only certain items. No human guarantee will last forever.
But in these remarkable closing verses of chapter 8, Paul gives us an unconditional guarantee of our security in Christ. If you have J.B. Phillips “Letters to Young Churches”, it would worth stopping right now to read his thrilling paraphrase of verses 38 to 39.
Not long afterwards, severe persecution broke out against the Christians in Rome. Paul might have anticipated this so he warned them about this possibility and encouraged their faith. Often we ourselves tend to doubt and we need the strong reassurance of God's word. Paul gave that to us in these great words concerning the enduring strength of God's love for us.
Many things (even personalities) may seem to threaten our security in Christ, but Paul said, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Anyone who threatens us will have to be bigger than God.
Often circumstances might threaten our security, but again Paul stated that nothing, absolutely nothing could ever break God's guarantee. “Death can't. Life won't.” Neither the circumstances of the present, nor anything which may happen in the future can break the terms of God's guarantee which is Christ Himself.
Do you need any more assurance of your position in Christ? Turn back to John 10:27-30 and read what Christ said. Believe it! Trust it and put your faith afresh in Christ. You are as secure as He is, now and for all eternity.
A VERSE FOR TODAY: Read Hebrews 6:19.