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The Generous Loving God. Romans 8:31-39,. V31, What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us , who can be against us? Who or what is against us? The world, sinful nature and death. . God is for us: The world may be against you but God is for you. .
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The Generous Loving God Romans 8:31-39,
V31, What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? • Who or what is against us? • The world, sinful nature and death.
God is for us: • The world may be against you but God is for you.
God is for us: • It is not a “may be” God is definitely for you.
If God is for us: • It refers to all who are justified by faith. • “If” precludes those whom God is against.
V32, He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? • Do we believe in a stingy or generous God?
V33, Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? • Who is making all the charges?
Rm 7:7b, 10a, For I would not have known what coveting really was if the lawhad not said, “Do not covet.”
V34, It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? 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.
Rm 8:1, therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. • Since Jesus had paid for our sins justice is done and we are justified before God – even though we are still struggling with our flesh, God doesn’t condemn us anymore.
V35, Who shall separate us fromthe love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? • Will Christ stop loving me?
V37-38, No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
V39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Christ’s love endures forever so we can’t possibly do anything at any time to wear out the love he has for us.
What kind of God is He? • He is the generous God who didn’t spare his own Son; He is the just God who judicially justified us through the death of his Son; He is the loving God who won’t stop loving his people.