"IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?"

Romans 8:31

  1. Introduction Romans 8:28-39
  2. Old Testament examples from Hebrews
    1. Heb 11:1-40
    2. Heb. 12.1-2
      Heb. 12.1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
      Heb. 12.2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  3. New Testament examples
    1. Stephen Acts 6:8 and 15, 7:51-60
    2. Cornelius Acts 10:1-35
  4. Those that do not continue in God's will
    1. Simon the sorcerier Acts 8:5-24
    2. James 5:13-20
      James 5.13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
      James 5.14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
      James 5.15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
      James 5.16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
      James 5.17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
      James 5.18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
      James 5.19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
      James 5.20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
    3. I John 1:9 If we confess our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleans us from all unrighteousness.
  5. Those that do continue in God's will
    1. Rom. 2.7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
    2. James 1.12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  6. Conclusion
    1. I Peter 3:8-14
      I Pet. 3.8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
      I Pet. 3.9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
      I Pet. 3.10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
      I Pet. 3.11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
      I Pet. 3.12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
      I Pet. 3.13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
      I Pet. 3.14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
    2. Phil. 4.11-13
      Phil. 4.11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
      Phil. 4.12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
      Phil. 4.13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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