“Yea, rather, that is risen from the dead” (Rom. 8:34)
Image from Pixabay. On this Sunday, in which we celebrate in a special way the resurrection of our Lord from the dead, I want to take us back to a verse that we recently looked at in Romans 8. It’s verse 34. We mentioned it then almost in passing, so I think it is appropriate to come back to it today and dwell upon it a little further. It is part of Paul’s argument for the security of the believer in Christ. He argues that no one can be against them, no one can successfully lay a charge against them, and no one can successfully condemn them. Now we noted then that Paul is not saying that no one will bring charges against the godly. Many of God’s people throughout the ages have found themselves condemned by earthly tribunals and condemned, and some have even been killed for their faith in Christ. Our Lord himself said that this would happen: “And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some...
