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Published August 1, 2005 |
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Have you been discouraged?
Have you wondered if God really cares about you?
Have you felt all alone?
If God Be For Us
Rom. 8:28-31
And we
know that all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose.
29)
For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to the image
of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brethren.
30)
Moreover whom he did
predestinate, them he also called: and whom he
called, them he also justified: and whom he
justified, them he also glorified.
31)
What
shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,
who can be against us?
God has acted for the believer, not against him.
This is the greatest truth in all the world. God did
not have to act for man, but He did. God loves every
man, no matter his condition, or sin and shame.
Therefore, you can rest assured that nothing,
absolutely nothing, shall ever separate you from the
plan and purpose of God. God’s love is absolute. It
is perfect. And God shall have His perfect love
expressed by completing His perfect plan and purpose
for each your lives. You can have absolute assurance
that God will work all things out for his good, even
things that fail and are painful to the heart. God
shall deliver you from the struggling and suffering
of this world. The true believer shall be conformed
to the image of Christ and glorified with Him.
1. God Has Loved Us.
II
Thes. 2:16
Now our
Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting
consolation and good hope through grace,
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
Rom. 5:8 But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
I John 4:9
In this
was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him.
2. God Has Called Us
Rom. 9:24
Even us,
whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also
of the Gentiles?
1 Peter 2:9
But ye
are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth
the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvelous light:
3. God Has Begotten Us.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten
us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and
abideth for ever.
1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus
is the Christ is born of God: and every one that
loveth him that begat loveth him also that is
begotten of him.
4. God Has Made Us Alive
Col. 2:13
And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened
together with him, having forgiven you all
trespasses;
Ephes. 2:1, 5
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins; 5)
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
5.
God Has Reconciled Us
2 Cor. 5:18
And all
things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself
by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry
of reconciliation;
Rom. 5:10
For if, when we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son,
much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life.
Col. 1:21 And
you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in
your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he
reconciled:
6. God Has Redeemed Us
Gal. 3:13
Christ
hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being
made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is
every one that hangeth on a tree:
1 Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your
vain conversation received by tradition from your
fathers;
Rev. 5:9
And they
sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the
book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast
slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out
of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and
nation;
7. God Has Delivered Us
Col. 1:13
Who hath delivered us from the
power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son:
2 Cor. 1:10
Who
delivered us from so great a death, and doth
deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver
us;
1 Thes. 1:10
And to
wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from
the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the
wrath to come.
8. God Has Saved Us
2 Tim. 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according
to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in
Christ Jesus before the world began,
9. God Has Given Us Eternal Life
1 John 5:11
And this
is the record, that God hath given to us eternal
life, and this life is in his Son.
Rom. 6:23 For
the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
10. God Has Anointed Us
2 Cor. 1:21
Now he which stablisheth us
with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye
have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not
that any man teach you: but as the same anointing
teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no
lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide
in him.
11. God Has Sealed Us
Eph. 1:13-14
In whom ye also trusted, after
that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14)
Which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
2 Cor. 1:22
Who hath also sealed us, and
given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Eph. 4:30
And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
sealed unto the day of redemption.
12. God Has Committed Unto Us The Word
2 Cor. 5:19
To wit,
that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto
himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
"If God be for us, who can
be against us?" He who is infinitely
wise has undertaken to direct us: He who is
infinitely powerful has undertaken to protect us: He
who is infinitely good has undertaken to save us.
What cunning, strength, or malice, can prevail
against His wisdom, His power, and His goodness?
There is None. Therefore we are safe who love God;
and not only shall sustain no essential damage by
the persecutions of ungodly men, but even these
things work together for our good.
"If God be for us, who can
be against us?" The ground of the
challenge is God's being for us; in this he sums up
all our privileges. This includes all, that God is
for us; not only reconciled to us, and so He’s not
against us, but in covenant with us, and so engaged
for us--all his attributes are for us, his promises
are for us. All that he is, and has, and does, is
for his people. He performs all things for them. He
is for them, even when he seems to act against them.
And, if so, who can be against us, so as to prevail
against us, so as to hinder our happiness? Be they
ever so great and strong, ever so many, ever so
mighty, ever so malicious, what can they do? 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?
Isaiah 43:1-5
But now
thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and
he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have
redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou
art mine. 2)
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with
thee; and through the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee.
3)
For I am the Lord thy God, the
Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for
thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4)
Since
thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been
honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I
give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5)
Fear not: for I am with thee:
In His Service,
Pastor Donald Pierce |
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Scripture References |
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Rom.
8:28-31
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II Thes.
2:16
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John
3:16
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Rom.
5:8
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I John
4:9
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Rom.
9:24
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1 Peter
2:9
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1 Peter
1:3
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1 Peter
1:23
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1 John
5:1
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Col.
2:13
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Ephes.
2:1, 5
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2 Cor.
5:18
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Rom.
5:10
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Col.
1:21
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Gal.
3:13
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1 Peter
1:18
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Rev.
5:9
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Col.
1:13
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2 Cor.
1:10
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1 Thes.
1:10
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2 Tim.
1:9
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1 John
5:11
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Rom.
6:23
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2 Cor.
1:21
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1 John
2:27
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Eph.
1:13-14
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2 Cor.
1:22
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Eph.
4:30
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2 Cor.
5:19
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Isaiah
43:1-5
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