Where does the buildup in Romans reach its climax?
The buildup throughout the first eight chapters of Romans reaches its climax in the closing verses of Romans 8, especially verse 35. There Paul declares that nothing can separate believers from the love of Christ and the love of God.
Les explains that the closing verses of Romans 8 are like the crescendo of a great orchestra. The sound builds and builds, and then the cymbals clash to get attention. That is what these verses are: the buildup has been throughout the first eight chapters of Romans, but now comes the crescendo. Paul would have shouted it at the top of his lungs: nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, the love of God. Then he returns to verse 35 and lists tribulation or distress, which were covered in the previous half hour.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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