Paul Summarizes the Love of God to and for His
Children Part 2
Romans
8:33-34 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who
justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and
furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes
intercession for us. NKJV
Paul having now acknowledged the fact that all
things are ours in Christ Jesus our Lord, he ask and answers another question to
bring about even greater assurance and the rock solid acceptance in Christ to
our hearts that is ours and was ours
before we were ever even born into the world. Paul is here with this question
exalting the Sovereignty and the Supreme Power of our Heavenly Father who
answers to no one or nothing for His actions carried out upon this His earth
for His glory as He here proclaims through the Prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 44:6-8 “Thus says the LORD, the King
of Israel, And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am
the Last; Besides Me there is no God. And who can proclaim as I do? Then
let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient
people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to
them. Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and
declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.’” NKJV There
is nothing or no one under heaven anywhere in all of our Father’s Universe that
can bring anything to our account (Romans
4:8) for it is continually washed clean by the blood of the Lamb (1 Peter 1:17-19), nor can we be called
into question about our motives and intentions as we walk with our Lord Jesus
Christ as His learner, pupil, and student (1
Corinthians 4:3-5). We are His Elect sons and daughters. Will this truth
cause us to live in the gratification of our lower fleshly, earthly, temporal,
and sensual desires pleasing our 5 senses?
As Paul has said himself so many times in this
epistle and as I soundly say along with him, “God Forbid” that we should drag the
Name of our Father in the mud and mar His Holy and Precious Name among those
who are still dead in their trespasses and sins. Who would want to have my life
in Christ, if such a life were no different in desires and indulgences than the
life the sinner is currently living? The fact that no one can bring any charge
against us does not then free us up to live as we please (Galatians 5:13). Just as God the Father chose one man Abraham and
through him was born the Nation Israel Sovereignly chosen by Him to be His
Elect Son, so have you and I been chosen (not because we deserved it (Titus 3:5)) and made holy by what our
Lord Jesus Christ has done on the Cross and in our hearts through regeneration and
new birth. For all of our sin, weakness, and infirmity is committed against our
Father in Heaven alone and it is He who has justified each one of us His Elect
and buried all of our transgressions in the deepest ocean and removed them from
us (Psalms 103:12). It is because of
our great love for Him that we confess and forsake our sins to Him that we may
continue to enjoy intimate fellowship with Him as He cleanses us (Proverbs 28:13 & 1 John 1:9).
It is my Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ that
has died taking my sin into Himself and justifies me freely with and by His
Grace given to me as the agent, administrator, and action bringing about my
salvation from my sin (Romans 3:24 &
1 Peter 2:24). It is our Lord’s Resurrection from the dead that seals,
submits, and secures our justification from our sin and it is by virtue of His
Resurrection that we are made new creatures in Him given resurrection life as
we continue to live and move and have our being in Him. Every accusation
brought before my Heavenly Father against me by my accuser and yours our
adversary the devil is rebuffed and rebuked by our Lord Jesus Christ as He Sits
at our Father’s Right Hand on His throne of Grace declaring us innocent of all
charges (1 John 2:1) and banishing
the accuser back to his exiled position here on the earth as he (the devil)
waits for his permanent banishment into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:10). In these two verses from the pen of the Apostle
Paul we find another one of many assurances to God’s Elect sons and daughters
of our eternal security. There is no way that I or any true regenerated born
again child of God can ever be lost, therefore, we can rest in the words spoken
by our Lord Jesus Christ when He said, John
6:37-39 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,
and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. For I have come down
from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is
the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose
nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.” NKJV
Isaiah 50:8-9 He is near who justifies Me; Who will
contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him
come near Me. Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Who is he who
will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will
eat them up. NKJV
“Night and day I pondered until I saw the connection
between the justice of God and
the statement that ‘the just shall live by his faith.’ Then I grasped that the
justice of God is that
righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God justifies us through faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be
reborn and to have gone through open doors into paradise.” Martin Luther
“Keep your eye simply on Him; let His death, His
sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind; when you wake in the morning
look to Him; when thou lie down at night look to Him. Oh! let not your hopes or
fears come between thee and Jesus; follow hard after Him, and He will never
fail you.” Charles Spurgeon
“The one true Church is composed of all believers in
the Lord Jesus. It is made up of all God’s elect -
of all converted men and women - of all true Christians. In whomever we can
discern the election of God
the Father, the sprinkling of the blood of God the Son, the sanctifying work of
God the Spirit, in that person we see a member of Christ’s true church.” J. C.
Ryle
“I am not only God the Father’s Elect son and saved
from all of my sins, but I am also set apart as His beloved son being
continually sanctified by God the Holy Spirit and I am eternally secure in what
God the Son did for me on Calvary.” Clifford D. Tate, Sr.
If you do not
know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this from your
heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear Lord Jesus,
I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe You
shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from the dead
proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn from my
sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control of my
life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...
Sincerely
in Christ,
Clifford
D. Tate, Sr.
Author
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