Lesson 4738

 (Lesson 4738) (01-24-25) Romans 8:31-39 

   “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 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? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 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. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 

 

   In today’s lesson, Paul confidently declared that, since God is for believers, no one can be against them. He emphasized that God, who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for believers, will graciously give them all things. Paul affirmed that no one can bring any charge against God's elect (the saved), as it is God who justifies them. He asked, "Who is he who condemns?" and answered that Christ Jesus, who died and was resurrected, is interceding for them. Paul further assured that nothing, whether tribulation, distress, persecution, or any other force, can separate believers from the love of Christ. He concluded that believers are more than conquerors through Him who loved them, and nothing in creation can separate them from the love of God in Christ Jesus. This passage confirms the eternal security of the believer, emphasizing that God's love and salvation are irrevocable and unbreakable. ~