ROMANS 8:31-34
Sunday
Morning: June 25, 2006
Text: Romans 8:31-34 What shall we then say to these things? If
God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the
charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who
is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession
for us.
WHAT
SHALL WE THEN SAY
Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,
who can be against us?
LIST
OF THESE THINGS
Romans 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:
and whom he called, them he also justified:
and whom he justified, them he also glorified
[honored].
WE
HAVE NOTHING TO SAY
Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul [annul, make void] my judgment? wilt thou condemn
me, that thou mayest be righteous?
ARE WE AGAINST GOD
Romans 9:20 Nay
but, O man, who art thou that repliest
against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
THE LORD IS GOOD
Matthew 20:15-16 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine
own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16 So
the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. Mat. 22:14
WE ARE NOT OUR OWN
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not . . . ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: . .
IF GOD BE FOR US
Romans 8:31 What
shall we then say to these things? If
God be for us, who can be against us?
“US
and WE” ARE THE “WHOM” IN 8:30
Romans 8:30 Moreover whom
[plural] he did predestinate,
them [plural] he also called:
and whom [plural] he called, them [plural] he also justified:
and whom [plural] he justified,
them [plural] he also glorified.
HE CHOSE US
John 15:16 Ye have not
chosen me, but I have chosen you,
and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you.
“AGAINST
US” IS FUTURE
Romans 8:31 What shall
we then say [future active] (then) to these things? If God be
for us, who can be against
us?
THOSE AGAINST PAUL AT THE TIME
2 Timothy 2:9
Wherein I suffer trouble, as
an evil doer, even unto bonds;
but the word of God is not bound.
ALEXANDER THE COPPERSMITH
2
Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did
me much evil: the Lord
reward him according to his works
GOD
WAS FOR JOB
Job 1:8-10 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright
man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
SATAN AGAINST JOB
9 Then Satan answered the LORD,
and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
GOD HAD PROTECTED JOB
10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the
work of his hands, and his substance
is increased in the land.
SATAN
STIRRED GOD AGAINST JOB
Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth
God, and escheweth evil? and
still he holdeth fast his integrity,
although thou movedst me against him,
to destroy him without cause.
DELIVERED HIM UP
Romans 8:32 He that spared
not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all
things?
DELIVERED
FOR OUR OFFENCES
Romans 4:25 Who was delivered
for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
WHILE SINNERS CHRIST DIED
Romans 5:8 But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
WITH HIM
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how shall he not with
him also freely give us all things?
AS OUR HIGH PRIEST
Hebrews 4:14
Seeing then that we have a great
high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
GOOD THINGS TO COME
Hebrews 9:11 But
Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, . .
ASK IN MY NAME
John 14:13-15 And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name,
that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
HIS NAME, THE WORD OF GOD
Revelation 19:13 And
he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word
of God.
THE SEED, THE WORD OF GOD
Luke 8:10-11 And
he said, Unto you it is given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing
they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 11 Now
the parable is this: The seed (that
is sown) is the word of God.
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL
John 16:23-24 And
in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in my name:
ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full.
GOOD, FAITHFUL, PROFITABLE
Matthew 25:23 His
lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
IF OUR HEARTS CONDEMN US NOT
1 John 3:21-23
Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, then have we confidence
toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And
this is his commandment, That we should believe
[present active] on the name
(the Word of God) of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
NOT CHARGEABLE BEFORE GOD
Romans 8:33-34 Who
shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth [present active]. 34 Who
is he that condemneth [present
active]? It is Christ
that died, yea rather, that is risen
again, who is [present active] even at the right hand of God, who also maketh [present active] intercession for us.
HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST
1 John 1:7-9 But
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess [present active]
our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.