Romans 8:31 KJV

Romans 8:31  KJV

Set forth is one of the mysteries of God's love to us in Christ Jesus, and the exceedingly great and precious privileges we will enjoy in him, apostle Paul concludes in this verse:  What shall we then say to these things?  He speaks with amazement swallowed up with the admiration of it all, especially, wondering at the height and depth, and length of breadth, love of Christ, which passes our understanding.   The more we know of other things the less we wonder at them.  Also, the further we are led into the knowledge of the gospel mysteries of Jesus Christ, the more we are affected with the admiration of them.  We begin to develop a hunger and a thirst to know more.  With such a spiritual height and bravery of spirit, Paul almost seems to have such a fluency of expression  that he comforts himself and all the people of God, just upon the consideration of these privileges.  It appears that he challenges the enemies  of  the  believers to take their worst punch they can do:  If God be for us, who can be against us?  Go on and try it and watch God fight our every battle! 

 His territory of the challenge is that God's being for us; sums up all our privileges.  The inclusion is all, that God is for us; he not only reconciled to us, he is not against us, but, for us; he is in covenant with us, and so he engages for us, all his attributes for us, and his promises are for us in Christ Jesus.  All that he is, and has, and does, is for his people.  And, this being our trust in Him, who can be against us?, that they may prevail against us, so as to hinder our happiness, or take away our joy?  Finally, who then dares to fight against us, while God is fighting for us?   This we say to these things, and this is the inference we draw from these premises.