Romans 8:32 “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”
God asked in v. 31 “If God be for us, who can be
against us?” Looking at the context of this chapter God is telling us that
through His electing us, and His “predestinating us to be conformed to the
image of his Son” v. 29 God has made us into the image of His Son, Jesus.
God did not just redeem us, but also “conformed” us to be like unto His own
Son. That is a total changing
us from a wretched lost and dying sinner to be like unto His Beloved Son. The
process of this change was costly to God because it was essential that God choose
the perfect source of our change. Therefore, the only way for God to be molded
in the image of His Son was to sacrifice His own Son. Therefore, God elected
us, predestined us, called us, and in Christ He justified us, and in the end, He
will glorify us. This means God, in His finished work will make all believers
in heaven to be fashioned like His own Son Jesus. God through all this, brought
to view His glorious love for us, because He sacrificed His own Son to
accomplish this work of change in us. If God was to form us like unto the image
of Jesus, then Jesus had to pay the price for our redemption. This is what God
did for every Christian throughout time and until this change is complete. We,
in this flesh will never understand what God has done for us in our redemption
until we are in heaven. The love it took for God to allow His own Son in Jesus
to crucified by Satan and those wicked and sinful hands that sacrifice Him. We
will never in this life ever understand nor appreciate the love and sacrifice
of what God has done for us. If we did, just our smallest and most
insignificant sin would cause us to fall on our face and ask God for
forgiveness. Our human mind cannot understand the reality of heaven and hell
and the glorious love that God has given to us. In heaven we will surlily
understand the true meaning to these words “Amazing grace, how sweet the
sound That saved a wretch like me.” God, “spared not his own Son,”
God put on Jesus the entire burden of sin for every soul that He is going to
redeem.
Then God said, “…how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things?” The words “all things” does not include our
every wish in this life, God did not say this for our selfishness, but for His
grace given. Let us remember the gift of grace God had just given, “He that
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all….” The question is,
isn’t this all things? Isn’t this more than we would or could ever ask
for? What else could we ever ask for that overshadows our gift of salvation? “All
things” are our spiritual gifts that the Holy Spirit has given to us along
with our salvation. God said, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James1:17 God is not a giver
to selfishness; God is the giver of grace and mercy. God knows our needs before
we ever ask, “for your
Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Matt.
6:8b. Therefore, Jesus warned us in the same verse “Be not ye therefore like unto them…” that is “thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites.” The greatest gift that God has ever given to a sinner is
salvation through redemption by His sacrificed Son, how dare we ever be
selfish. Therefore, God has given us everything He has chosen for us, let
us rejoice and be glad, let us enjoy everything God has given to us. We that
are saved have the greatest gift because there is none greater, every other
gift just adds to that joy. Thank you, Lord!
