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2 Corinthians 1:18-22

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. 20 For all the promises of God in Him areYes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Hebrews 8:8

Heb 8:8 “Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will effect a new covenant… 11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ For all will know Me, From the least to the greatest of them.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity (guilt), and their sin (to miss, go wrong) I will remember no more.”

Romans 8:35-3935 Who (what) shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:“For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Who shall SEPARATE us from the love of Christ?

Separate: divide, depart, create "space“ Matt 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

Act 1:4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;

Isaiah 59:1-2

1:1 Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so shortThat it cannot save;Nor is His ear so dull, That it cannot hear.2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

Young's Literal TranslationBut your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing.

What Can Separate Us Fromthe Love of God in Christ Jesus?

TroubleHardshipPersecutionFamineNakednessDangerSword

Death - LifeAngels - DemonsThe Present - The FutureAny powersHeight – Depth

Anything Else in All Creation

Through the New Covenant We Draw Near

On the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19

And We Know the Love of Christ

Ephesian 3:17 that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Know (ginskō) – to know, especially through personal experience

And We Experience His Love

1 John 3:16 This is how we KNOW what LOVE is - Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

Draw Near with Confidence

Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Come to the Father

John 14:1 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you know the way where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

With Jesus, Where He Is

John 17: 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us...6 raised us up with Him, and seated us WITH HIM in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.