{"id":1847,"date":"2010-07-06T22:20:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T03:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2010-07-06T22:20:21","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T03:20:21","slug":"romans-832-all-things-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-832-all-things-given\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 8:32 – All Things Given"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 8:32 – All Things Given<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

God has freely given us the payment for our sins and has also freely given us everything we need to be godly people.<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The word \u201cspare<\/span>\u201d is translated from pheidomai<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201cto spare\u201d or \u201cto treat leniently.\u201d God was not lenient toward His Son, but gave Him to suffer for you and me.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelivered<\/span>\u201d is translated from paradid\u014dmi<\/em><\/span>, which is made up of para<\/em>, meaning \u201cbeside, to the side of, or over to\u201d and did\u014dmi<\/em>, meaning \u201cto give.\u201d Hence, it means \u201cto give over to\u201d or \u201cto surrender to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The word translated \u201cfreely give<\/span>\u201d is charidzomai<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201cto willingly bestow an undeserved favor.\u201d This same word is translated \u201chaving forgiven you\u201d in Colossians 2:13<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul has just declared, \u201cIf God is<\/em> for us, who can be<\/em> against us?\u201d We know from other passages of Scripture that God is Almighty, that is, All Powerful. No one is more powerful than God (our father is stronger than their father). But, just because He can do anything to protect us and defend us doesn\u2019t mean that He will make our lives one of ease and prosperity. In fact, because He is an all-knowing God, He knows what things will make us most Christ-like. He knows that times of trial and difficulties in our lives will make us stronger. That\u2019s precisely the issue that Paul is addressing in this verse.<\/p>\n

God the Father, did not spare His only Son, Jesus. In fact, God the Father, sent His only Son to live a perfect life and then freely offered that life as a substitutionary sacrifice to pay for your sins and mine. He permitted His precious Son to be subjected to one of the most cruel and painful tortures ever invented by the sin-sick minds of man. Then, once our sins were paid for, He then declared us to be righteous and adopted us as His children. That has been His plan since before time began and nothing can alter that plan.<\/p>\n

So, Paul\u2019s point in this verse is very simple; if God is willing to offer up His only Son so that He could adopt us as His children as well, He must really love us. And if He loves us this much, surely He will freely give us all that we need, or as Paul put it; \u201chow shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?\u201d<\/p>\n

But what does Paul mean by \u201call things?\u201d The Apostle Peter gives us the answer to that question in his second general epistle to the church:<\/p>\n

as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain<\/em> to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, (2Peter 1:3<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Thus we see that in addition to giving the life of His Son to pay the penalty that we can\u2019t pay ourselves, God gives us everything we need to live full lives as godly people.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only is our Father the strongest around, He loves us more than we can comprehend! And, now that you know that you have everything you need to live a godly life, what are you going to do about it?<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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