July 6, 2025
Since God Is For Us, We Overcome All
Romans 8:31-38 / Colin Rueter
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Life has a way of pressing us down with suffering, guilt, fear, and spiritual discouragement. As God’s people, we long for encouragement, hope, and reminders about who God is and what He has done. Since we need this, it is why Paul ends Romans 8 with one of the most triumphant declarations in all of Scripture. Paul proclaims that being a follower of Christ shapes the way we look at and navigate the good and difficult chapters of our story in light of the Greatest Story.
The main point is for the follower of Jesus to have full assurance in the variety of circumstances they will face that God is for them in the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We can walk through any trial with joyful endurance knowing that God is for us, Christ is with us, and nothing can separate us from the love of God in Jesus. The main takeaway is to stand firm in the securing and never-changing love of God to be faithful today.
The main point is for the follower of Jesus to have full assurance in the variety of circumstances they will face that God is for them in the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We can walk through any trial with joyful endurance knowing that God is for us, Christ is with us, and nothing can separate us from the love of God in Jesus. The main takeaway is to stand firm in the securing and never-changing love of God to be faithful today.
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Service Order
Welcome
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery
Reading – Psalm 23
And Can It Be
He Will Hold Me Fast
Offering
Sermon
Jesus Thank You
Communion
God Is For Us
Benediction
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery
Reading – Psalm 23
And Can It Be
He Will Hold Me Fast
Offering
Sermon
Jesus Thank You
Communion
God Is For Us
Benediction
Memory Verse
Psalm 34:1-3 – I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. ²My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. ³Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!Service Times
Prayer8:30-8:45am
Sunday School
9:00am-10:00am
Worship Service
10:30am-Noon
Berea
In Berea, the adults will continue to work through the whole Bible, this week studying Nahum.For the summer, the older kids (10+) will learn about Christian biographies with David Oman, the younger kids (3+) will continue their curriculum on God's Promises, and the nursery will be available for kids under 3 years old. Sign up forms for helping with the younger two age groups are in News and Notes.