Verse of the Day 3/24

Verse of the Day 3/24

Romans 8:32He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?  Amplified Bible (AMP)

This passage starting in verse 24 and going through the end of chapter 8 is one of my favorites in all of the Bible.  I've mentioned before that my attention is drawn to the words "all things".  In verse 28 we read that "all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose."  Today's verse indicates that God is willing, desires to give us "all things", including His Son.   Verse 37 indicates that "all things" including trials and struggles are to show us as being "more than conquerors" when we put our faith and trust in Him.

John Piper spent 8 years preaching through Romans.  With that as a backdrop, what he writes about today's verse should draw our attention.  "The most far-reaching promise of God's future grace is found in Romans 8:32. This is the most precious verse in the Bible to me. Part of the reason is that the promise in it is so all-encompassing that it stands ready to help me at virtually every turn in my life and ministry. There never has been, and never will be, a circumstance in my life where this promise is irrelevant.    Piper continues, "Romans 8:32 contains a foundation and guarantee that is so strong and so solid and so secure that there is absolutely no possibility that the promise could ever be broken. This is what makes it an ever-present strength in times of great turmoil. Whatever else gives way, whatever else disappoints, whatever else fails, this all-encompassing promise of future grace can never fail. "

Whatever we may face today, may we hold to His "all encompassing promise of future grace" which can never fail.

In Christ,
 Mike

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Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.   NIV

Romans 8:31-39The Message (MSG)

^31-39 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.