Romanos 8:28-39

The Believer Can Rest In Total Assurance Because He Knows That God Is Working His Purposes Out From Beginning To End. He Can Therefore Rest In The Certainty Of His Love Whatever Befalls (8:28-39).

Now we learn that, although we may not know what is the mind of the Spirit in His intercession on our behalf, one thing that ‘we do know' (Romanos 8:28) is that to ‘those who love God' all things work together for good. While the Spirit intercedes in full knowledge, our knowledge is restricted. This is in fact good for us. It would not be good for us to know all. But our knowledge is nevertheless sound for it is firmly based on our faith in His purposes (Romanos 8:28) and our faith in His love (Romanos 8:35; Romanos 8:39). We know that God is ‘for us'. And in view of that fact that we know that ‘God is for us' (Romanos 8:31), we know that we have no need to fear, for He has demonstrated in the giving up of His own Son, what His intentions towards us are. Does someone lay a charge against us? (Romanos 8:33). God has declared us righteous. Does someone seek to condemn us? (Romanos 8:34). Our advocate, the risen Christ, pleads on our behalf (1 Juan 2:1). And having had made known to us His love by His death and resurrection, we can rest on that love with confidence knowing that nothing can separate us from it. For nothing can ‘separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our LORD' (Romanos 8:39).