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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
If God says that nothing shall separate us from His love, then He can’t stop loving us. Therefore, I surmise that if I don’t keep His commandments, it is because I do not love Him.
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Of course, if you don't keep His commandments, then you don't love Him.
Nothing separating us from the love of God applies to Christians, who walk with God. No power can kidnap you and cause God's love to fail you.
But you can apostasize. In that case you are no longer in the "us" Paul speaks about, you have no claim to the promises of God EXCEPT the promise of pardon upon condition of your repentance, which is available to all sinners and rebels that are willing to cease their war against God.
Jude 1:21 KJV
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
If we are told to keep ourselves in the love of God, then it is possible to NOT keep ourselves in the love of God.
But in any event, "love" here in all these passages isn't about feelings like so many suppose.
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