1. Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (Romans 8:33)
Ans: It is God who justifies (Romans 8:33)
2. Who is he who condemns? (Romans 8:34)
Ans: 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 (Romans 8:34)
3. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:35)
Rhetorical-
a) Shall tribulation
b) Or distress
c) Or persecution
d) Or famine
e) Or nakedness
f) Or peril
g) Or sword? (Romans 8:35)
CITATION OF SCRIPTURE
As it is written:
For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Romans 8:36 (Psalm 44:22)
1. Opposition
a) Common
b) Age-old
c) To be expected
2. Extent of opposition
a) Being killed
b) Counted as sheep for the slaughter
APPROACH TO BE ADOPTED
1. Never doubt
a) God’s defence
b) Christ’s love
2. Never be afraid of suffering for the sake of our faith in God! (Matthew 5:11-12; Philippians 1:29)