“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.” Romans 8:33-34
Though we are sinners and condemned by God’s law, do we, as believers, need to fear being condemned on the day of judgment? God has declared us just and righteous through faith in Christ Jesus and His atoning sacrifice on the cross. Christ Jesus Himself is the Judge who will condemn the ungodly, and He is the one who died for us and rose again and even now intercedes on our behalf at the right hand of God the Father in heaven.
O gracious and merciful God, thank You for declaring me just and righteous in Your sight through faith in the Son — for redeeming me as Your own dear child through the shed blood of Christ Jesus. Amen.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 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?” Romans 8:31-32
Since God showed His great love for us by giving His only-begotten Son to die for us and atone for the sins of all, what have we to fear? He who called us to faith in the Son will most certainly continue His gracious working in us and preserve us in that true and saving faith unto life everlasting!
O gracious God, thank You for sending Your Son to die for me, for calling me to faith in Christ Jesus through the Gospel, and for preserving me in that faith until I am safe with You in heaven. Amen.
“Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.” Romans 8:30
What a comfort it is to us as believers to know that God knew us as His own before the foundation of the world, predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son Jesus Christ, called us through the Gospel promises of forgiveness and life in Christ Jesus, counts us just and righteous through faith in Jesus, and preserves us in that faith through the continued use of His Word until we are glorified and with our Savior in heaven!
O merciful Father, as You have known me and called me to faith in Your Son through the Gospel, preserve me in that faith unto life everlasting. Amen.
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
Though often hidden from our eyes in this life, God is, in all things, working for the eternal welfare of those called to faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, through the Gospel, those who, as a fruit of their faith in Christ, love God.
Grant me faith, O God, to believe that You are working for my good in all things, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:29
Those whom God knew as His own through faith in Christ Jesus He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son — to be like Jesus in loving, trusting, and honoring God — that Jesus might be the firstborn among many brethren who, as a fruit of their faith in Christ, also honor, love, and trust in God above all else.
O gracious God, thank You for calling me to faith in Your Son and giving me Your pardon and forgiveness. Grant that I be conformed to the image of Christ Jesus and become like Him. Amen.
[Scripture is quoted from the King James Version of the Bible.]
