If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:31-39)
Image from Pixabay “What shall we then say to these things?” The truths of God’s word are not meant to be merely filed away. They are meant to be mulled over, thought about, explored, and applied. We are meant to draw out the implications of doctrine. That is what Paul is doing here. He is drawing out the implications of the truths of this chapter, and indeed, of the whole book up to this point. We need to do this as well. But this means that we are going to be doctrinal people. It means that we are going to be people who care about doctrine. For you are not going to even be able to ask this question that Paul is asking if you don’t know what these things are! “These things” include the universality of human sinfulness and the fact that we are by nature idol makers who worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator. It includes the fact that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. It includes th...
