There is no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus Christ . . . has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death . . .by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins . . . what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later . . . God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God . . . If God be for us, who can be against us . . . For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ our Lord.
All of that from a single chapter in a single book in the Bible. Wow. With promises like that, if God be for us, who can be against us?
God has been with us.
I have the utmost respect, admiration, and gratitude for those who serve in the Armed Forces. I will say thank you a thousand times, and it will not be enough. I cannot know the price they paid for the freedoms I have.
I also know that it is God who causes nations to rise and fall, who decides the victor of every battle, who rules the land, the sea, the air. God, and Him alone. If He had not been with us, then many would have succeeded against us.
God is with us always.
Think again about Romans 8. No condemnation. Free from the power of sin. Glorious future. All things for our good. No one can stand against us. Nothing can separate us from His love.
Paul is talking about you, me, and everyone else who believes in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Once your are His, you are His forever. Nothing can take that away.
With that in mind, I repeat once more, If God be for us, who can be against us?
We all face a battle.
Every Christian is a warrior, by choice or conscription, it matters not. We are in the Lord's army--all of us who believe--and the enemy will come our way. Our duty, as those who have gone before us, is to bravely face the battle to come.
I encourage you, as indeed I encourage myself as I write those words, to keep this one thing in mind.
If God be for us, who can be against us?
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