IF GOD IS FOR US, WE SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID (1 OF 3)
Scripture: Romans 8:31-32
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If God Is For Us, We Should Never Be Afraid (1 of 3)
Series: God Is for Us
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 8:31-32
What shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He 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? (vv. 31-32).
NEW SERIES
We are starting a new series of sermons based on Romans 8:31-39. The series is called ''God Is For Us.''
1. If God is for us, we should never be afraid (vv. 31-32)
2. If God is for us, we will never be condemned (vv. 33-34)
3. If God is for us, we will never be abandoned (vv. 35-39)
The apostle Paul asks, ''What then shall we say to these things?'' (v. 31). ''These things'' probably refers to all that he's written in chapters 5-8. Paul answers his question with five rhetorical questions. Let's read what says about ''these things.'' [Read Romans 8:31-39.]
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE
When my high school basketball team would go to a tournament, the first thing we'd do was look at the tournament schedule. Who would our first opponent be? Imagine if we could insert into our starting lineup a player like Lebron James. We wouldn't care who we were playing against. It wouldn't matter. That's what Paul means when he says, ''If God is for us, who can be against us?'' (v. 31).
''If'' means ''since.'' For God to be ''for us'' means that he's on our side. Since God is on our side, it doesn't matter who our enemies are. We can say with the psalmist, ''The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'' (Ps. 118:6). Jesus said, ''Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell'' (Matt. 10:28).
Paul isn't saying that God's children won't experience ...
Series: God Is for Us
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 8:31-32
What shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He 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? (vv. 31-32).
NEW SERIES
We are starting a new series of sermons based on Romans 8:31-39. The series is called ''God Is For Us.''
1. If God is for us, we should never be afraid (vv. 31-32)
2. If God is for us, we will never be condemned (vv. 33-34)
3. If God is for us, we will never be abandoned (vv. 35-39)
The apostle Paul asks, ''What then shall we say to these things?'' (v. 31). ''These things'' probably refers to all that he's written in chapters 5-8. Paul answers his question with five rhetorical questions. Let's read what says about ''these things.'' [Read Romans 8:31-39.]
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE
When my high school basketball team would go to a tournament, the first thing we'd do was look at the tournament schedule. Who would our first opponent be? Imagine if we could insert into our starting lineup a player like Lebron James. We wouldn't care who we were playing against. It wouldn't matter. That's what Paul means when he says, ''If God is for us, who can be against us?'' (v. 31).
''If'' means ''since.'' For God to be ''for us'' means that he's on our side. Since God is on our side, it doesn't matter who our enemies are. We can say with the psalmist, ''The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'' (Ps. 118:6). Jesus said, ''Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell'' (Matt. 10:28).
Paul isn't saying that God's children won't experience ...
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