The Road to Romans!
You have
conquered!
Romans 8:31–39 (ESV)
31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for
us, who can be against us?
32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for
us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
33Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is
God who justifies.
34Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who
died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed
is interceding for us.
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger,
or sword?
36As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed
all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels
nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
So Paul finishes off chapter 8 with a reminder
A reminder of why we
suffer, why we have to endure in our suffering, why when things get hard, we
press forward.
So lets break this down
and find out why, even though we may suffer, its worth it in the end.
We all suffer for things
that are worth it:
·
We work out to
look better, and feel better
·
We go to school
to learn more and some day make more money
·
We suffer
through a puppy’s life to have a loyal dog
·
We break horses
to have something to ride
We suffer for worthy
things all the time, and now we see why we suffer for a spot in eternity!
The big man is on your side!
Romans 8:31
(ESV)
31What then shall we say to these things? If God is
for us, who can be against us?
What shall we say to the
things and times we suffer??
·
Will we suffer
yep
·
Paul and many
other Christians before us can attest to that
·
I will assume
that many of you in this room today can
·
And Paul starts
off with a BOLD statement “what shall we say to things” and then he answers his
own question!
If God is for us, WHO
can be against us???
·
Here we draw
the line in the sand
·
Here we hold
fast
·
Here is where
we find our strength
·
It is natural
to be anxious in the face of trials, problems, and opposition.
·
Despite our
fear and anxiety, we need to rest in what we know. God is for us.
Matthew Henry
While God is for us, and
we keep in his love, we may with a holy boldness defy all the powers of
darkness. Let Satan do his worst, he is
chained; let the world do its worst, it is conquered: principalities and powers
are spoiled and disarmed, and triumphed over, in the cross of Christ. Who then
dares fight against us, while God himself is fighting for us?
He let His own Son die, why would we ever think he
would abandon us?
Romans 8:32
(ESV)
32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for
us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
·
God send His
own Son to be crucified for us
·
He did not
spare him, he let him pay the penalty
·
He loves you
that much
·
Look around,
ever soul in her was paid for with a huge price
·
Why would God
do that and leave you know
·
Why would he
not show you grace and mercy
·
Why would he
not follow through with what he promised you
·
Will you go
through trials YES
·
Will you suffer
YES
·
Will he deliver
you from absolutely!
No one, one can ever separate you from the love of
God!
Romans 8:33 (ESV)
33Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It
is God who justifies.
·
Let any one
that wants bring a charge against you
·
Satan bring it
on
·
The world do
your best
·
As we fight
right now in the world court of public opinion for our faith, let them bring it
on
·
All this
doesn’t matter, you are the elect
·
Your are the
saints
·
You are the
adopted children of God
Matthew Henry
He is the judge, the
king, the party offended, and his judgment is according to truth, and sooner or
later all the world will be brought to be of his mind; so that we may challenge
all our accusers to come and put in their charge. This overthrows them all; it
is God, the righteous faithful God, that justifies!
The one, who died for us, also speaks for us!
Romans 8:34
(ESV)
34Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who
died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed
is interceding for us.
·
No one can
condemn you
·
No one can take
away what God has given you
·
Your debt,
death, was paid for at the cross by Jesus
·
And his
resurrection he proof the debt was paid in full
And he sits at the right
hand of GOD
·
Jesus not only
paid our debt
·
But he sits at
the right hand of God
·
He took his
place of power
·
And not only
does he rule over everything
·
He speaks on
our behalf
·
He answers all
accusation
·
He looks after
us as his children
·
He is the GOOD
Shepard tending to his flock and he will not let one get lost
·
He will not let
one be taken by the wolves
·
Your future is
secure, your salvation is secure
o He paid the price
o He bought you on the cross and we will never leave
you or forsake you!
There will be hard times!
Romans
8:35–36 (ESV)
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger,
or sword?
36As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed
all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
·
We are not
exempt from suffering
·
We are not
exempt from hard times
·
We are not even
exempt for being killed
·
We might even
be sheep to slaughtered for our faith
·
BUT NOTHING, NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE
OF CHRIST!
o Death can’t
o Suffering can’t
o Trials can’t
o Nothing!
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