Yes, God can make this promise because He gave His own Son for believers, demonstrating His commitment to them.
The promise in Romans 8:31 is rooted in God's ultimate act of love—not sparing His own Son but delivering Him up for us. This guarantees that He will freely give all things necessary. Believers face hardship and persecution, but nothing can separate them from God's love or His eternal security.
Romans 8:31-32 — This verse directly asks 'If God be for us, who can be against us?' and connects it to God giving His Son.
Romans 8:31-32 states, "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?" This reveals that God's willingness to give His Son is the foundation for His promise to give all things. The following verses in Romans 8 assure that tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or sword cannot separate believers from the love of God. Furthermore, believers are described as "more than conquerors through him that loved us" (Romans 8:37), and nothing—death, life, angels, principalities, powers, things present or to come—can separate them from God's love (Romans 8:38-39).
Les Feldick emphasizes that Romans 8:31 is a powerful promise for believers, especially when they feel outnumbered or fearful. He teaches that God has proven His commitment by giving His own Son, so He will freely give everything else. Les clarifies that this promise does not mean believers will escape hardship; they may face tribulation, persecution, and even torture, as seen in church history. However, these things cannot separate believers from the love of Christ, and they are eternally secure because of the work of the cross, not their own efforts. Les also stresses that God is sovereign and in control, and He will ultimately avenge His people.
No. Les Feldick points out that believers in the early church faced horrible persecutions and torture, and they often went to their deaths singing hymns. He reminds that even in America, there is no guarantee of freedom from such persecution in the future. However, these hardships are part of the world's hatred toward believers, yet they do not separate them from God's love.
The promise is for believers. Les Feldick explains that the believer is secure because of the work of the cross, not because of who they are or what they have done. This assurance is based on God's power and His placement of believers in His safety, not on human merit.
Les Feldick teaches that nothing can separate believers from the love of God—not tribulation, persecution, or any power. He quotes Romans 8:38-39 to show that neither death, life, angels, principalities, nor powers can separate us. He also addresses the false belief that a believer can lose salvation, emphasizing that these verses refute that idea.
Persecution and Faithfulness
Believers may face torture and persecution, but they can remain faithful, as early martyrs did.
The Promise of Romans 8:31
This promise reassures believers who feel outnumbered that God is for them.
Security in the Work of the Cross
No persecution can force a believer out of the body of Christ because security is guaranteed by Christ's work.
Nothing Can Separate
Believers are safe in God's power; even the devil's powers cannot separate them.
Can Anything Separate You from God's Love? Romans 8:33-39
But you see Paul says that this is all part and parcel of what God has imparted to us, the promise that even though we may have to go through these things, and many have, it will never separate us from the love of Christ. And remember, this life at most, and I've said this over and over, at most maybe we would be fortunate enough to live 95 or 100 or a few over, but even 100 years, what is that co…
God's Sovereignty and Provision
Because God gave His Son, He will freely give all things; He is the final avenger.
What Does It Mean to Present Your Body as a Living Sacrifice?
As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long, we�re accounted as sheep for the slaughter. That�s the world�s attitude toward the believer, and has been ever since the beginning of time, even back in the Old Testament economy. Why did the pagan people around Israel so hate the Jew? Because of their relationship with their Creator God, and it hasn�t changed. It�s still the same way.
Assurance of Salvation
These verses refute the idea that believers can lose salvation; God is in total control.
Romans 8:31: What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
The core promise that grounds the entire discussion.
Romans 8:32: 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?
Explains the basis for the promise: God's sacrifice of His Son.
Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Lists the hardships that cannot separate believers from God's love.
Romans 8:37: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Assures victory over all these trials through Christ.
Romans 8:38-39: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The complete list of things that cannot separate believers from God's love.
No, Les Feldick clarifies that believers may face tribulation and persecution, but these cannot separate them from God's love and security.
The 'us' refers to believers who are in Christ, those for whom God gave His Son. It does not apply to unbelievers.
Assurance comes from the work of the cross, not from human effort. God's power secures believers, and nothing can separate them from His love.
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