What does "I am persuaded" mean in Romans 8:38?
In Romans 8:38, "I am persuaded" means Paul is totally convinced and fully assured. It is not a tentative hope but absolute confidence that nothing can separate the believer from spending eternity with the Creator God. The phrase denotes settled conviction, not mere opinion.
Les explains that in Romans 8:38 Paul's phrase "I am persuaded" means to be totally convinced. He illustrates this by recalling King Agrippa in Acts, who told Paul, "Almost you have persuaded me," yet was not truly persuaded. Paul's persuasion, by contrast, is settled assurance that regardless of what may happen, nothing can separate us from spending eternity with our Creator God. Les also ties this to believers being more than conquerors through the One who loved us, even when led like sheep to the slaughter.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
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Should Paul's statement 'I am persuaded' in Romans 8:38 be our statement too?
Paul's words in Romans 8:38 should be our words, so that we can say exactly the same thing: 'for I am persuaded.'
Whose words should we adopt from Romans 8:38?
The apostle Paul's words in Romans 8:38 should be our words; we should be able to say exactly the same thing.