What one fact is everything Paul teaches in Romans 8 resting on?
The one fact is that God did not spare His own Son but delivered Him up of His own volition. The God of all creation allowed Roman soldiers to nail Him to the cross and did nothing to stop it; it was not that God lost control.
Les explains that all Paul has been teaching in Romans, and especially in chapter 8, rests on one fact. The God of all creation, the God of glory, majesty, and power, could have destroyed the whole human race or the planet with a wink, but He did not. Instead, He let those Roman soldiers nail Him to the Roman cross and put Him to death, and God did nothing to stop Him. This is what the next verse means: He spared not His own Son but delivered Him up of His own volition. It was not that God lost control.
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
How does Paul build his argument from Romans 8:1 to Romans 8:31?
Paul builds his argument in Romans 8 from the assurance of no condemnation in verse 1 to the climactic statement in verse 31.
How does Paul get to Romans 8:31 - what has he been building toward?
Paul builds his argument progressively through Romans 8, starting from the assurance in verse 1 ('no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus') and building up to this point at verse 31.
How does Romans 8:31 connect to Romans 8:1?
Paul's argument in Romans 8 builds from the opening assurance 'no condemnation' in verse 1 all the way down to the climactic statement in verse 31 about God being for us.