GOD IS FOR YOU !

Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God befor us, who can be against us?

The second sentence in this verse has been quoted so many times. If God before us, who can be against us? This is really not a question, but rather it is an answer. It answers the first sentence in the verse. What shall we then say to these things? Paul is pointing back to a list of things he has mentioned in this chapter. After listing all this wonderful promises and truths from God, he then asks: What shall we then say to these things? The conclusion is: If God befor us, who can be against us? So we can see, it is a conclusion, and an answer. What Paul is really saying here is: Since I have proven that God is for us, then who can really be against us? 

So what is “these things” then? What is it that Paul is referring to that brings him to this conclusion?

 

V 1)   There is No Condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. 

V 4)   Righteousness of the law fulfilled in us

V 11) He shall quicken our mortal bodies by his Spirit

V 16) We have recieved his Spirit, and are his children 

V 17) We are joint heirs with Christ 

V 17) We shall be glorified together with him 

V 26) His Spirit helps our infirmities 

V 28) ALL things works together for the good to us that love him 

V 29) We shall be made LIKE him 

V 30) Called us, Justified us, and glorified us

When we know all these things, the only thing we can say, and the only reasonable response is: If God is FOR us, who can be against us.