Why can God promise that if He is for us no one can be against us?
Because God did not spare His own Son but delivered Him up for us all. As Paul argues in Romans 8, that supreme act proves His commitment to believers, so nothing can ultimately prevail against the eternal part of us held in God's hands.
Les explains that Romans 8 gives the promise that God is for us, and therefore who can be against us? The reason is verse 32: the God who spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all. Les emphasizes that Paul writes only to believers, so “us” means himself and his fellow believers. Whatever someone or the powers that be may do to the flesh, they can never touch the invisible eternal part that is in God's hands. Therefore, believers rest on God's proven commitment in giving His Son.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against 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
If God is for us, who or what can be against us?
God is for us, and because He is for us, nothing can actually be against us; believers should never lose sight of this promise.
Does 'If God is for us, who can be against us' mean nothing bad can happen to believers?
Romans 8:31, 'If God be for us, who can be against us,' does not mean God is promising that nothing can happen to believers.
Does 'If God be for us, who can be against us' mean Christians will never have hard times?
The same Paul who wrote 'if God be for us, who against us' in Romans had endured beatings with rods, stoning, shipwreck, and many perils, so this verse does not mean God's people will never face hardship.