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We will skip to verse thirty-four. In this verse, Paul tells us that Christ is interceding for us. God has set us free and has removed our sin and guilt, so it is Satan, not God, who accuses us. When he does, Jesus, our mediator and advocator, stands at God’s right hand to present our case. In verse thirty-five to thirty-six, Paul states that Christians are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. These verses were written to a church that would soon undergo terrible persecution. This passage reaffirms God’s profound love for his people. No matter what happens to us, no matter where we are, we can never be lost to his love. Suffering should not drive us away from God but help us to bond with him more and allow his love to reach and heal us.

Romans 8:34-36
34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who 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.”[a]