God Is For Me!

The triumphant victory of the life in the Spirit.

1. (verse 31) Paul begins his conclusion to this section: If God be for us, who can be against us?

a. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” If all we had were the first few chapters of the Book of Romans, some might believe that God was against us. Now that Paul has shown the lengths that God went to save man from His wrath and equip him for victory over sin and death, who can doubt that God is for us?   

• “Our weak hearts, prone to legalism and unbelief, receive these words with great difficulty: God is for us… They have failed Him; but He is for them. They are ignorant; but He is for them. They have not yet brought forth much fruit; but He is for them.” (William R. Newell)   
• Most all men say or think that God is for them – terrorists commit horrible crimes thinking that God is for them. Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit guards this statement with an “if,” so we may know that just because a man thinks God is with him does not make it so. God is only for us if we are reconciled to Him through Jesus Christ.

b. “Who can be against us?” Likewise, despite the suffering Christians face, if God is for them, what does it matter if others are against them? One person plus God makes an unconquerable majority.   

• We certainly can be deceived into thinking that God is for us when He actually is not (as do cultists and those like them). Yet it cannot be denied that for those who are in Jesus Christ, God is for them!

2. (verse 32) Evidence that God is for us: the gift of Jesus Christ.

a. “He who did not spare His own Son”: If the Father already gave His ultimate gift, how can we think that He won’t give us the smaller gifts?

Based on the Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik