Romans 8:31-39
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31
In his letter to the believers in Rome, Paul expressed complete confidence in the reality of God's love regardless of circumstances. He asked with boldness, "If God is for us, who can be against us? " If God gave His own Son, Jesus, to save us, then He will provide everything we need to finish this life well. Paul listed seven unbearable situations that he himself faced : trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger and the sword. He didn't say that Christ's love would stop bad things from happening. But Paul said that "in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. "
Through the uncertainty of this world, God can be trusted completely, knowing that nothing "will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
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