Written ~ 07-12-2023
Romans 8: 31-34
“What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one – for God Himself has given us right standing with Himself. Who then will condemn us? No one – for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and He is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.”
Boy, these verses are packed full of just some of the benefits of being a born-again follower of Jesus Christ.
Paul said it! These are wonderful things! If we have put our faith and trust in the LORD Jesus Christ – nothing or NO ONE can accuse us of wrongdoing. Jesus Himself is standing between the accuser and God, Christ is the one who says, “No, he’s one of mine, she’s one of mine.”
We have the all-powerful God on our side!
In Genesis 17:1, God appeared before Abram (Abraham) and this is what He says,
“I AM El-Shaddai – God Almighty. Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.”
Putting our faith in the LORD causes us to stand blameless before God Almighty. So, if the accuser, who we know to be Satan, is trying to accuse you of wrongdoing, filling your head with lies, you need to stop him by pointing to Jesus!
Honestly, I think one of the most difficult accusers can be ourselves, we tend to be the hardest on ourselves – condemning ourselves for wrongdoing. But even if we go to the LORD with a list of things we haven’t done right, Jesus is going to look at us, with Love in His eyes, then point to Himself to reassure us that He has already taken that sin away and we stand blameless before God Almighty – El Shaddai.
If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
That’s a powerful question to ask yourself.
Who dares accuse us? Who then will condemn us?
The answer to both those questions is…
NO ONE
If we walk in fear, timidity, or lack self-confidence, we are forgetting that God Almighty is standing with us!
God is for us…
God gave up everything for us…
God has chosen us…
God Himself has given us right standing with Himself, by sending His only Son to die in our place and by raising Jesus from the dead, He now sits in a place of honor, and He will defend all our actions before God Almighty, because we belong to Him.
That’s awesome, don’t you think?
We can walk in power, in strength, in love, all because “God is for us!!” We can have confidence in this! Why? Because God told us so! Way back in Genesis, God tells us He is El-Shaddai!! God Almighty! Let’s wrap that around our shoulders and stand tall!
Let’s repeat –
If we are born again followers of Jesus Christ…
Who can ever be against us?
Who dares accuse us?
Who then will condemn us?
NO ONE!
If we can truly grasp this – just think of the confidence we will have in conquering anything that comes our way.
Trust in Jesus. He’s pleading (praying) for us!!
~AMEN~
Romans 8:31-34 ~ The Message (MSG)
“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.”