"If this passage (Romans 8:35-39) merely says that God loves believers no matter what happens but that we may still depart from his love, then it is cold comfort indeed, for our prime concern is not that God will cease loving us. We know he will be faithful to the end. What worries us is that we will deny him, that we will turn our backs on the faith and renounce our first confession. This text assures us that we will not do so. We will remain true to God, not because we are so noble, but because Christ is so loving, because Christ's love is so relentless. Nothing, not even ourselves--especially ourselves--can ever cause us to renounce the love of God that has invaded our lives."
--Thomas Schreiner and Ardel Caneday, The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverence and Assurance
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