Notes of Faith April 16, 2026
Pastor’s Pen Pulpit Series: Romans 8
July 14, 2002
“NO SEPARATION” Part I
Romans 8:31-32
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Having clearly declared what God has accomplished for us in 8:28-30 – foreknew, predetermined, called, justified, glorified – Paul now calls for a reply.
“What can we say to these things” – (truths just declared). “If God is for us” –
A little grammar lesson here! In this verse, if is used as a first class condition – a statement of fact i.e. “If (or since) the stove is hot (and it is) I will get burned if I touch it!”
If (or since) God is for us, and He is, all the way from eternity past, who is or can be against us? This question can only be answered with “no one can be against us!”
Paul goes on to elaborate further, going into even more detail –
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all,
In the great antitype of Christ found in Isaac, God did spare Abraham’s son (Genesis 22:9-13). But He did not spare His own Son – He delivered Him up on Calvary’s cross for all of us.
“how will He not also with Him freely give us (the) all things?
In the original text there is a definite article (the) before the words “all things” which gives limitations to the “all things”. He loves us too much to literally give His people all things without exception. He means all things that enhance our life and lifestyle.
Note: They are freely given. If He has freely given us the greatest gift already, His Son, how could He possibly withhold that which is less than the greatest? We ask, “how will He?” God replies, “I will not!” Note too, that it states, “with Him, (Jesus)”. We have nothing in our lives apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything we are and have is in His name.
Believers, you are rich beyond your wildest dreams! Let’s live like it this week. In next week’s Pen Pulpit we go into a series of great questions that further confirm the fact that there is no separation from our Heavenly Father. So until then – God bless.
Love to you all,
Pastor Charles Covington
Deut 31:8
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Heb 13:5-6
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
6 So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
John 10:27-30
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 "I and the Father are one."
These verses give us proof of eternal security of salvation. If…or since one has come to Christ Jesus in true faith, believing in the work that He has done, paying their debt for sin, forgiving their sin, redeeming them to relationship with the Father, then, they are guaranteed eternal salvation! You can never do anything that could change that truth! If you are saved, you were saved by God and nothing can take you away from God’s power and authority! You belong to Him forever!
Let us trust God to live in us, be with us, and go before us for the rest of our days on earth and finally, bring us home to be with Him, transformed into the perfect state that meets the requirements of our eternal home! God is at work in you!
Phil 1:6
I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Amen!
Pastor Dale