NOTES for Rom 8:31-39
The words of the apostle Paul always strike us with their astonishing power and confidence. After reading this passage, no doubt remains that the Lord truly will not abandon us under any circumstances. The love of God is so great and strong that nothing on earth or in heaven, nothing around a person or in his inner world, can overcome it. These words can lift a person from the depths of despair and give him strength to go on.
If the confidence of Paul, who did not even meet Jesus during His earthly life, could be so absolute, then how strong must the faith have been of those who saw the light of Tabor. Clearly it was this burning faith, and not the moral and ethical system of Christianity, that made the appearance of the Church possible.