Should the apostle Paul's words in Romans 8:38 be our words?
Yes. The apostle's words in Romans 8:38 should be our words, and we should be able to say exactly the same thing: 'for I am persuaded.' The Greek word for persuaded is much stronger than merely consenting to something, so this confession should be genuinely believed.
Les teaches that Romans 8:35-39 is so beyond human comprehension that we have to read it and believe it repeatedly. He explains that Romans 8 is the tremendous chapter of our great salvation, not based on what we have done but on what Christ has done on our behalf. In verse 38, the apostle's words should be our words; we should be able to say exactly the same thing, 'for I am persuaded.' The Greek word for persuaded is much stronger than finally consenting to something. The surrounding passage asks who shall separate us from the love of Christ—tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or sword? Yet believers are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Les also notes that the world's attitude toward the believer has been hostile from the beginning, even in the Old Testament economy, because of Israel's relationship with their Creator God.
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.'
What does 'powers' mean in Romans 8:38?
The Greek word translated 'powers' is dunamis, the root of 'dynamo,' and it means energy.