平約瑟MeditateDevotional God Is on Your Side Today!

 God Is on Your Side Today!

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:31

Romans 8:31 contains a powerful rhetorical question and I encourage you to memorize it. Unfortunately, there are still some believers today wondering, “Is God really for me?” Well, my friend, the Word of God does NOT say “maybe God is for us” or “hopefully, God is for us.” It simply says, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Indeed, when God is for you, what opposition can succeed against you? When God Himself fights for you, defends you and vindicates you, what adversity or adversary can stand against you? There are none! Hallelujah!

rhetorical question

美式 

• ph.
  修辭性疑問句；不需回答的反詰句

• rhetorical

  • KK[rɪˋtɔrɪk!]
  • DJ[riˋtɔrikəl]

  美式 

  • adj.
    修辭學的；華麗的；誇張的

indeed

• KK[ɪnˋdid]
• DJ[inˋdi:d]

美式 

• adv.
  （加強語氣）真正地，確實，實在；（表示讓步）當然，固然
• int.
  （表示驚訝，諷刺，輕蔑等）真是；哦，不見得吧

vindicate

• KK[ˋvɪndə͵ket]
• DJ[ˋvindikeit]

美式 

• vt.
  證明……無辜，為……辯白；維護

• 過去式：vindicated 過去分詞：vindicated 現在分詞：vindicating

adversity

• KK[ədˋvɝsətɪ]
• DJ[ədˋvə:siti]

美式 

• n.
  逆境；厄運；（經濟方面的）窘境[U]；災禍；災難；不幸的事[C][P1]

• 名詞複數：adversities

adversary

• KK[ˋædvɚ͵sɛrɪ]
• DJ[ˋædvə͵səri]

美式 

• n.
  敵手；敵人[C]；（競賽中的）對手[C]

• 名詞複數：adversaries

“But Pastor Prince, how did God come to be on our side? Even though I am a Christian today, I still fail and fall short of God’s holy standards. I still lose my temper on the road now and then, and from time to time, I still get angry with my wife and kids. Why should God be on my side when I fail? Don’t you know that God’s holy?”

temper

• KK[ˋtɛmpɚ]
• DJ[ˋtempə]

美式 

• n.
  情緒；性情，脾氣[C]；暴躁；怒氣[C][U]
• vt.
  【冶】回火；鍛鍊
• vi.
  （金屬）經回火後具有適當的韌度

• 名詞複數：tempers

• 過去式：tempered 過去分詞：tempered 現在分詞：tempering

All great questions. Let me tell you why God is on our side. The answer is found at the cross. The blood that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, shed on the cross put God on your side. Today, God can be for you even when you fail because Jesus’ blood has washed you whiter than snow!

Have you seen Cecil DeMille’s movie, The Ten Commandments, or the animation, The Prince Of Egypt? Do you remember what happened on the night of the Passover? The children of Israel put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. What did the blood do? The blood put God on their side! None of the families who had applied blood on their doorposts had to fear the death of their firstborn children.

Now, think about this for a moment. Were the firstborn children of Israel spared that night because of their perfect behavior and conduct, or were they spared because of the blood of the lamb? Of course, it was because of the blood of the lamb!

spared

conduct

In the same way, God does not bless you, as a new covenant believer, based on your perfect behavior and conduct. He is for you today because of the blood of the perfect Lamb—Jesus Christ. That is why as believers today, we don’t have to fight for ourselves. I like to say it this way: “If God is for us, who can come successfully against us?”

as a new covenant believer 新約的信徒

Always remember that God is on your side today because of Jesus’ blood. His holiness and righteousness that men are afraid of are now on your side because of Jesus’ blood. His unmerited favor is on your side and all of heaven’s resources are yours because of Jesus’ blood! Now, who can come successfully against you? No sickness, no disease, no creditor, no evil accusation, no gossip—no weapon formed against you, can come successfully against you (Isaiah 54:17)!