If God is for us, who can be against us?

In Romans 8:31 Paul declares boldly: ‘If God is for us, who can be against us?’ He is implying, of course, that nobody can be against us. Perhaps you are thinking: But many people are against me. The tax man is against me! My in-laws are against me! My boss is against me! My bank manager, terrorists, corrupt politicians, the list is endless. So, what is Paul getting at?

* First, we should remember that our real struggle is not against flesh and blood. Our greatest enemies are not the people I have just mentioned. There is a more serious battle going on in the life of a Christian.

* Secondly, Let’s read the verse in context. I’ll start at verse 28, which is a favourite for many of us.

“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:28-32)

By Graham Brooke-Smith

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