Wednesday, October 24, 2012

God is for us!

Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:31  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

This verse from yesterday--
Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Called according to 'God's' purpose.   All who choose to believe in our Savior Jesus Christ are called according to God's purpose. It is God's purpose that all believe, so ALL are called. 

1Ti 2:3  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1Ti 2:4  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Who will have ALL Men to be saved.

God WANTS us ALL to be HIS!

It is God's purpose that we all be saved. He is calling all of us and not leaving a single person out. People believe that God isn't calling them but the truth of the matter is they aren't answering His call. He will NOT force anyone to respond to Him.

IF we answer the call of our GOD we will be justified by our God, and glorified by HIM.

This is TRUTH!

Answering the call of God, living according to HIS purpose is to believe in His Son Jesus Christ. We have to believe that our Savior came to preach the gospel- the good news of SALVATION in HIM, through HIM. 

God's purpose is that we believe. That we have faith in HIS love and all that comes from that love.

Truly--

WHAT shall we say to these things?
If GOD be FOR US WHO can be against us!

This is TRUTH!

We know who is against us, but he is POWERLESS against God! He has NO power when it comes to our SAVIOR, none!   Our Savior faced the evil one and He Satan was POWERLESS against HIM!

God has defeated Satan for US!

When we are aligned with our God, when we are ON HIS side, when we answer HIS CALL then we have GOD FOR US and NONE can be against us, none can take us from HIM, NONE!

When we believe that we are being assaulted relentlessly, when we feel as if we are the farthest thing from having God for us we are allowing ourselves to be led into despair.  Satan will take every opportunity to get us to believe that we are on our own, that God does not care about us. Satan wants us to believe that we are without any help and he'll do everything to convince us of that. 

With GOD on our side truly NOTHING can take HIM from us! NONE! And having God in our lives, having God's LOVE in our life, having the SAVIOR as our personal SAVIOR is something that cannot be stripped away from us unless we make the choice to no longer believe.

God is for us!
Satan would have us believe that He is far from us, uncaring, unloving. Satan wants us to believe God does not care whether we live or die. Unfortunately he succeeds all too often. 

God is FOR US!

How can we convince ourselves of this in our darkest hours when Satan is attacking us so severely we can scarcely breathe?  When our faith is being tested that is when we must, by the grace of God, holdfast to the promises we know, the promises we read in God's Word.

GOD IS FOR US!

In HIS love!

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