What does Romans 8:32 say God did with His Son?
Romans 8:32 declares that God did not spare His Son but gave Him up, letting Him be crucified, mishandled, and misused by the powers in vogue at that time. This act of God assures believers that no one can condemn them.
Les explains that Romans 8:32 provides the reason believers can rest in the truth that if God is for us, no one can be against us. Because God did not spare His Son but let Him be crucified, mishandled, and misused by the powers of that time, and He gave Him up. Les notes that this matches Philippians, where the Lord Jesus Himself was obedient unto that kind of death. He also compares it to Isaac in the Old Testament, who did not struggle or fight back but in complete obedience let Abraham lay him upon the altar. That Old Testament event was a preview of what took place in the New. Therefore, God's giving up of His Son is the foundation for the assurance that no one can condemn us.
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
More Questions
Who is the 'He' who spared not His own Son in Romans 8:32?
The 'He' who spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all is the God referred to back in verse 31.
What does it mean that God 'spared not His own Son but delivered Him up'?
The statement that God 'spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up' means God handed His Son over of His own volition—it was not that God lost control.