We will see in these verses three irrefutable proofs that God is for us so that we can be assured that, come what may, God is always on our side, working all things toegether for our good:
- The proof that God delivered over His Son for us
- The proof that God has justified us
- The proof that Christ Jesus is our all-sufficient Savior
How “God is for us” in Romans 5-8:
- God is for us by justifying us (5:1)
- God is for us by granting us peace with Him (5:1)
- God is for us by giving us the grace in which we stand (5:2)
- God is for us by saving us from His wrath (5:9,10)
- God is for us by reconciling us to Himself (5:10)
- God is for us by giving us salvation as a free gift (5:15-16)
- God is for us by giving us the gift of righteousness (5:17)
- God is for us by justifying us unto life (5:18)
- God is for us by giving us eternal life (5:21; 6:22, 23)
- God is for us by giving us newness of life (6:4)
- God is for us by freeing us from being slaves to sin (6:6)
- God is for us by making us slaves of righteousness (6:18)
- God is for us by making us His slaves (6:22)
- God is for us by sanctifying us (6:22)
- God is for us by promising to deliver us from the body of this death through Jesus Christ (7:24-25)
- God is for us by declaring no condemnation for us (8:1)
- God is for us by setting us free from the law of sin and death (8:2)
- God is for us by fulfilling the requirements of the law for us (8:4)
- God is for us by giving the Holy Spirit to dwell in us (8:9,11)
- God is for us by giving Christ to dwell in us (8:10)
- God is for us by leading us by the Spirit of God (8:14)
- God is for us by making us sons of God (8:14)
- God is for us by adopting us as His sons (8:15)
- God is for us by giving us the Spirit’s testimony that we are children of God (8:16)
- God is for us by making us His heirs (8:17)
- God is for us by making us fellow-Heirs with Christ (8:17)
- God is for us by glorifying us with Christ (8:17-18)
- God is for us by promising that our future glory will be far greater than our present suffering (8:18)
- God is for us by having the Holy Spirit intercede for us (8:27)
- God is for us by having the Holy Spirit help us in our weakness (8:26)
- God is for us in causing all things to work for our good (8:28)
- God is for us by calling us according to His purpose (8:28)
- God is for us by foreknowing us (8:29)
- God is for us by predestining us (8:29)
- God is for us by conforming us to the image of His Son (8:29)
- God is for us by calling us (8:30)
- God is for us by justifying us (8:30)
- God is for us by glorifying us (8:30)